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Dr. Dorsey holds a B.S. in Human Ecology from Howard University in Washington, D.C., with a major in human nutrition and food. In addition, he conducted graduate research in International Development at Howard University. His master鈥檚 thesis was entitled, "Transferability of Hydroponic Technology to Arid and Semi-arid Regions."

Dr. Dorsey earned his Ph.D. in Natural Resources and Environment from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, specializing in environmental policy and behavior. His doctoral dissertation was entitled, "Community-Based Activism Within an Environmental Justice Frame: The Siting of a Waste-to-Energy Facility in Flint-Genesee County." Dr. Dorsey is an experienced educator in the interdisciplinary fields of environmental justice, urban ecology, and sustainability science. He has held faculty positions at Michigan State University, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and the 黑料爆料 鈥� St. Petersburg.

In the Patel College of Global Sustainability, Dr. Dorsey teaches the MA/MS program's core courses, Concepts and Principles of Sustainability and Research Methods for Sustainability and the food concentration courses, The Future of Food: Environment, Health and Policy, Sustainable Food Production, and Bio-resources for a Sustainable Future. In addition, Dr. Dorsey has taught other courses at USF as an adjunct professor such as the undergraduate IDH 3350 鈥� Honors Natural Science: The Global Challenge of Sustainable Urban Development (2014-2017) and the graduate level GEO 6116 鈥� Perspectives on Environmental Thought (2019).

Dr. Dorsey鈥檚 research interests include brownfield redevelopment; sustainability modelling, social marketing of sustainable behaviors, sustainability in collegiate sports, biomimicry and material ecology, sustainable diets from infancy to adulthood, urban agriculture in developed and developing nations; corporate social responsibility and sustainability management; residential lawn, yard and xeriscaping practices; and community economic empowerment initiatives such as neighborhood gardens, food forests, vertical farms, shipping container farming, and hydroponic and aquaponic growing operations. Dr. Dorsey was the keynote speaker at the 2018 Growing Community Gardens - Tampa Bay Conference sponsored by the Coalition of Community Gardens - Tampa Bay and keynote speaker at the 2021 It Takes Us Social Justice Series sponsored by Pasco-Hernando State College, Florida.

Dr. Dorsey was PCGS Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (2021-2025), PCGS Director of the Academic Capstone Experience (ACE) (2015-2025), and a LEED Green Associate (2014-2016).

Dr. Dorsey has worked extensively with community groups on social and environmental issues in Detroit and Flint, Michigan, Cincinnati, Ohio, and St. Petersburg, Florida. Prior to his doctoral career, Joseph was a Peace Corps Volunteer Nutritionist in West Africa (Ivory Coast), a Public Health Nutritionist with the WIC Program in the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix) in the Caribbean, and a Clinical Nutritionist/Research Assistant (Howard University Hospital and D.C. General Hospital) in Washington, D.C. in the United States.

Courses

• IDS 6233 鈥� Concepts and Principles of Sustainability (3)
  • This course discusses basic concepts and principles of sustainable development, systems integration, and different sustainability perspectives such as local/global and historical/future. Best practices are analyzed through case studies and a research project.
    
    
• IDS 6271 鈥� Future of Food: Environment, Health and Policy (3)
  • This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to food as an operational component of the environment, human health, and public policy throughout the world. The course will discuss historical perspectives, current issues, and future outlooks of food sustainability as well as address the global challenges to food security. The course will take into consideration the role of food in sustainable development and discuss the potential impacts of climate change as an environmental stress food supply and social and political conditions as well. Lastly, the course will look at possible trajectories of food design, availability, access, and sustainability into the future.
  • This course is available on-campus and online.
  • Course number may differ from the USF Class Schedule Search.
    
    
• IDS 6270 - Sustainable Food Production (3)
  • Overview of global food production systems including both traditional and sustainable agriculture, animal husbandry, and aquatic farming practices, their impact on ecosystems and the environment, and solutions for feeding a rapidly growing population.
  • This course is available on-campus and online.
  • Course number may differ from the USF Class Schedule Search.
    
    
• IDS 6210 鈥� Bio-resources for a Sustainable Future (3)
  • In this course, agricultural and biological resources (bioresources) will be explored as an essential means of supporting a sustainable future for the planet. Efficient and sustainable methods for producing food, fiber, bio-based products, and renewable energy will be presented along with their environmental impact and supply chain considerations. Emphasis will be placed on the prospects of plant biomass and algae to serve as renewable raw materials for a sustainable economy. The course will cover topics of global challenges in energy, water, and food security, and the interconnections among the three resources with a nexus thinking approach.
  • This course is available on-campus and online.
• IDS 6272 - Research Methods for Sustainability (3)
  • This course offers critical guidance and preparation for developing a graduate level thesis proposal and teaches the various methods and procedures that not only satisfy academic requirements but give students hands-on, in-depth experience with the tools and methodologies and the underlying rationale for them so that students are able to responsibly design and carry out original research in their chosen field of study. The course allows the students to apply the methods taught in each of the modules to determine the appropriate research approach and/or strategy for students鈥� topics, how to use various data gathering techniques to test hypotheses, and provide time to discuss relevant research goals, objectives and questions, and reflect on the rationale for each choice. 
  • This course is available on-campus and online.

Research Interests

Community-Based Applied Sustainability Projects

(All in Florida 鈥� Course # indicates class-engaged team and/or individual projects)

City of Dunedin:

• Solar Energy Feasibility Project (gov鈥檛 buildings) 鈥� IDS 6233/USF CSPP (2019)
• Casa Tina Rooftop Garden Project (local restaurant) 鈥� IDS 6271 (2022)

City of St. Petersburg:

• Fresh N鈥� Local Greenhouse/St. Pete Youth Farm (community garden) 鈥� IDS 6233 (2021)
• Urban Farming & Environmental Sustainability Panel, 2nd PDAP Community Tech Day (2024)
• Harvesting Love: St. Pete Youth Farm - WEDU PBS fourth episode (interview) (2024)

City of Tampa:

• Blake High School: Food Waste Retrieval (research project) 鈥� IDS 6935 (2018)
• Coalition of Community Gardens - Tampa Bay
  • Keynote Speaker: 1st Annual Conference (2018)

  • Conference Planning: IDS 6270 (2020)

  • Keynote Speaker: 6th Annual Conference (2024)

  • USDA Grant Sub-Recipient, 鈥淕rowing Community Gardens Initiative鈥� (2023-2025)

• Earth Month Advocacy Global Initiative Center (EMAGIC): IDS 6233 (2023) - Earth Month Proclamation 2023

• Ecofest/Learning Gate Community School (planning and collaboration) (2013-2015)

• USF Fields of Green Initiative -Tailgate Recycling: Bulls Football Home Game (2024)路 Gonzmart Family of Restaurants Rooftop Garden Project: IDS 6233/IDS 6271 (2025)

• Homegrown Hillsborough: Water Street Market Survey 鈥� IDS 6233 (2024)

• Patel High School: School Garden Project 鈥� IDS 6270 (2020-2022)

• Sustainability Superheroes Summer Institute: K-12 Educator Training (2018-2020)

• Tampa General Hospital-TampaWell Health Park 鈥� Food Pharmacy and Community Garden Project 鈥� IDS 6233 (2025)

City of Treasure Island:

• Sustainability and Resiliency Plan (gov鈥檛 operations) 鈥� IDS 6233/USF CSPP (2022)

Land O鈥橪akes:

• Rosebud Continuum Sustainability Education Center (various projects) (2017 鈥� 2025)
• Rosebud Continuum Sustainability Education Center (board member) (2017 鈥� 2022)

Manatee County:

• Solar Energy Feasibility Project (gov鈥檛 buildings) 鈥� IDS 6233/USF CSPP (2020)

Pasco County:

• Community and Grower Food Assessment Project (survey) 鈥� IDS 6233 (2022)

Food Production Projects (Track 1)

1. Organic Agriculture (permaculture, regenerative agriculture, food forests, edible landscapes) 
2. Community Supported Agriculture (neighborhoods, schools, churches, gardens, farmers markets)
3. Water-base Agriculture (drip irrigation, hydroponics, aeroponics, aquaponics, aquaculture)
4. Controlled Environment Agriculture (growing pods, greenhouses, brownfields, warehouses, shipping containers, vertical farms)
5. Environmental Shell Agriculture (green roofs, rooftop gardens, green walls)

Food Supply/Security Projects (Track 2)

1. Food Supply Chains (wholesale packaging and distribution centers, retail stores, groceries, supermarkets, convenience stores, gas stations)
2. Eateries (restaurants, cafes, carry-outs, delivery services, food courts, catering, fast food places, etc.)
3. Food Security (hunger reduction networks, food banks, food pantries, shelters, disaster relief, war) 

Food and Nutrition Projects (Track 3)

1. Human Nutrition (personalized diets, sustainable diets, food and fitness, biochemistry and nutrients)
2. Food Safety (microbiology, epidemiology, genetically modified organisms)
3. Health and Disease (prebiotics, probiotics, nutraceuticals, supplementation, food-based intervention) 

Food Waste Projects (Track 4)

1. Conservation Behavior (psycho-social consumption patterns to prevent food waste)
2. Composting (converting food waste to soil fertilizer)
3. Biomass Use (using bio-digesters to transform food waste into bio-gas and liquid fertilizer)
4. Food Waste Management (operationalizing the 4 R鈥檚: Reduce, Recover, Repurpose, Replace) 
5. App Development (Web-based smart technology for food resource inventory, tracking, monitoring and reporting, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI)) 
6. Food Policy and Politics (policy analysis, program evaluation, social commentary, recommendations) 
7. Food Waste Metrics (develop scales, indicators and measuring tools for food systems effectiveness) 

As an eclectic and innovative academic concentration, our goal is to conduct cutting-edge, forward-thinking food systems research, develop, demonstrate, and deploy ground-breaking food resource technologies, and foster and strengthen mutually beneficial partnerships with corporations, businesses, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations in local, regional, national and global food systems networks. 

Off Campus Service

Rosebud Continuum 鈥� Board Member (2017-2022): The Rosebud Continuum Sustainability Education Center is a 501 C (3) non-profit organization established to be an eco-farm and demonstration site for green technologies and sustainability operations. Based on a 20-acre plot of land and lake in Land O'Lakes, Florida. The Rosebud Continuum features native plants & wildflower meadows, biodigesters & biochar projects, aquaponics & hydroponics, agroforestry & regenerative agriculture, apiary & beekeeping, and several solar & wind energy projects. Non-profit SolarCities' on-site bio-digesters will supply bio-gas for energy and substrate for fertilizer.