Jaclyn M. Abbot

Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University.

Verified on an official Rutgers pageNutritional Sciences faculty listing Nutritional Sciences undergraduate course descriptions Introduction to Sports Nutrition syllabus, Summer 2024 Nutrition and Health syllabus, Spring 2024

Jaclyn M. Abbot is a part-time lecturer in Nutritional Sciences whose listed work focuses on nutrition education, health promotion, and chronic disease prevention.

Teaching snapshot

4.54of 5

Teaching effectiveness

54 course evaluations

▲ 0.14 vs department (4.40)

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Courses taught
2
709:235, 709:255
Teaching Fall 2026
2 courses
Introduction to Sports Nutrition, Nutrition and Health
Course evaluations
54
Course quality 4.52 / 5
Research
1 area
Teaching here since Fall 2025

What their class is like

From Rutgers course evaluations (SIRS). The marker on each bar shows the department average.

Teaching effectiveness4.54

54 evaluations

Overall course quality4.52

54 evaluations

Courses they teach

2 courses in the Rutgers schedule, first seen Fall 2025.

709:235Fall 2026
Introduction to Sports Nutrition
Nutritional Sciences
Teaching in this course4.27
3 offerings evaluated
Assessments
The Summer 2024 syllabus weighted threaded discussions at 25%, three unit quizzes at 50%, and a Unit 4 sports nutrition plan assessment at 25%; it specified no separate final exam.
Workload
The course ran asynchronously online in four units during a short summer session, and the syllabus advised scheduling daily study time to stay on track.
What students say
One May 2024 RMP review describes the online course as useful for an exercise-science elective and among the easiest classes the reviewer had taken.
Based on Summer 2024
709:255Fall 2026
Nutrition and Health
Nutritional Sciences
Teaching in this course4.45
4 offerings evaluated
Assessments
The Spring 2024 online syllabus weighted threaded discussions at 20%, unit quizzes at 45%, and assignments at 35%; it specified no separate final exam.
Workload
The course covered six units: nutrition fundamentals, macronutrients, digestion and metabolism, energy balance and exercise, micronutrients, and life-cycle nutrition. The syllabus generally allowed four to five days to read a chapter and listen to its audio lecture.
Based on Spring 2024

Research

What they work on, and where undergraduates can get involved.

Nutrition education focused on health promotion and chronic disease prevention.

What students say

Public student discussion, summarized. Read it alongside the evaluations above.

RateMyProfessors · 3.7 / 5 from 10 ratings (matched by name only)

Difficulty 2.3 / 5 · 44% would take again. This match uses the name alone, so it may describe someone else with the same name.

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(8)· checked 2026-10-18

ScheduleScarlet Sync schedule data
StudentsRutgers SIRS
StudentsRateMyProfessors (name match)
OfficialRutgers Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program Faculty: Jaclyn M. Abbot
OfficialRutgers Nutritional Sciences Undergraduate Course Descriptions
OfficialRutgers 11:709:235 Introduction to Sports Nutrition syllabus, Summer 2024
OfficialRutgers 11:709:255 Nutrition and Health syllabus, Spring 2024
StudentsRate My Professors: Jaclyn Abbot at Rutgers

Summaries are written by Scarlet Sync from the sources above and checked by an independent review before they appear here.

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Jaclyn M. Abbot

Part-Time Lecturer, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University.

Jaclyn M. Abbot is a part-time lecturer in Nutritional Sciences whose listed work focuses on nutrition education, health promotion, and chronic disease prevention.

Teaching snapshot

4.54of 5

Teaching effectiveness

54 course evaluations

▲ 0.14 vs department (4.40)

View SIRS history

Ask

Courses taught
2
709:235, 709:255
Teaching Fall 2026
2 courses
Introduction to Sports Nutrition, Nutrition and Health
Course evaluations
54
Course quality 4.52 / 5
Research
1 area
Teaching here since Fall 2025

What their class is like

From Rutgers course evaluations (SIRS). The marker on each bar shows the department average.

Teaching effectiveness4.54

54 evaluations

Overall course quality4.52

54 evaluations

Courses they teach

2 courses in the Rutgers schedule, first seen Fall 2025.

709:235Fall 2026
Introduction to Sports Nutrition
Nutritional Sciences
Teaching in this course4.27
3 offerings evaluated
Assessments
The Summer 2024 syllabus weighted threaded discussions at 25%, three unit quizzes at 50%, and a Unit 4 sports nutrition plan assessment at 25%; it specified no separate final exam.
Workload
The course ran asynchronously online in four units during a short summer session, and the syllabus advised scheduling daily study time to stay on track.
What students say
One May 2024 RMP review describes the online course as useful for an exercise-science elective and among the easiest classes the reviewer had taken.
Based on Summer 2024
709:255Fall 2026
Nutrition and Health
Nutritional Sciences
Teaching in this course4.45
4 offerings evaluated
Assessments
The Spring 2024 online syllabus weighted threaded discussions at 20%, unit quizzes at 45%, and assignments at 35%; it specified no separate final exam.
Workload
The course covered six units: nutrition fundamentals, macronutrients, digestion and metabolism, energy balance and exercise, micronutrients, and life-cycle nutrition. The syllabus generally allowed four to five days to read a chapter and listen to its audio lecture.
Based on Spring 2024

Research

What they work on, and where undergraduates can get involved.

Nutrition education focused on health promotion and chronic disease prevention.

What students say

Public student discussion, summarized. Read it alongside the evaluations above.

RateMyProfessors · 3.7 / 5 from 10 ratings (matched by name only)

Difficulty 2.3 / 5 · 44% would take again. This match uses the name alone, so it may describe someone else with the same name.

Sources

(8)· checked 2026-10-18

ScheduleScarlet Sync schedule data
StudentsRutgers SIRS
StudentsRateMyProfessors (name match)
OfficialRutgers Nutritional Sciences Graduate Program Faculty: Jaclyn M. Abbot
OfficialRutgers Nutritional Sciences Undergraduate Course Descriptions
OfficialRutgers 11:709:235 Introduction to Sports Nutrition syllabus, Summer 2024
OfficialRutgers 11:709:255 Nutrition and Health syllabus, Spring 2024
StudentsRate My Professors: Jaclyn Abbot at Rutgers

Summaries are written by Scarlet Sync from the sources above and checked by an independent review before they appear here.