For more than a decade, food insecurity rates among college students at all kinds of institutions have been higher than that of the general population of the United States. In her research, Dr. Lori Borcher’s looks at how a One World Everybody Eats Community Cafe affects food insecurity and a sense of community in college students.

About Dr. Lori Borchers
Lori Borchers is an instructor in the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas Christian University. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Kansas and a Master’s degree in Adult Health Nursing from Georgia State University. Before coming to TCU, she worked for more than 20 years as a Registered Nurse in a variety of settings. Currently, she teaches undergraduate nursing students while also working on her PhD in Educational Leadership at TCU. Her area of interest is the One World Everybody Eats community model and how it can be used to help decrease food insecurity on college campuses.

Most recently, Lori created and taught an online class which focused on food insecurity and building a business plan for a pay-what-you-can café in the student’s own chosen geographical area. 

Dr. Lori Borchers sits on the One World Everybody Eats Board of Directors. In her spare time, she enjoys volunteering at the Taste Community Restaurant in Fort Worth with her husband and children.