Katja Rowell, MD, is a graduate of the University of Michigan medical school and served as a family physician in urban, rural, and university student health settings. During her time in practice, she was struck by the prevalence of disordered eating and feeding, and related health problems. Rowell works with parents to provide personalized solutions and support for feeding and weight concerns, from selective eating to food preoccupation. She is the author of Love Me, Feed Me: The Adoptive Parent's Guide to Ending the Worry About Weight, Picky Eating, Power Struggles and More. Rowell teaches the importance of a healthy feeding relationship to health care providers, family therapists and childcare staff and consults with corporate clients, nutrition education and public health projects. She has appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Betty Crocker Blog, Parents Magazine, Brain Child Magazine, The Utne Reader, and Mommy MD Guides, among others. Find out more about Rowell at thefeedingdoctor.com.
Jenny McGlothlin, MS, CCC/SLP, is a speech-language pathologist and faculty associate at the University of Texas, Dallas. She developed and supervises the STEPS feeding program (2005 present); is a clinical lecturer who is certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; and specializes in pediatric motor speech disorders (apraxia, dysarthria), pediatric feeding/swallowing disorders (dysphagia), craniofacial disorders, supportive treatment of eating in preschoolers (STEPS), speech production research, and newborn/infant feeding.