Dr. Denise Martz is a clinical health psychologist in the Kulynych/Cline Distinguished Professorship at Appalachian State University. As a professor, she enjoys teaching women’s health, behavioral medicine, health, abnormal, and clinical psychology courses. Denise has been publishing her scientific work on fat talk with colleagues and students for the past twelve years. In addition to her academic career, she runs a small private practice in her community. Denise has two wonderful grown sons and lives with her partner and assorted fur babies in Valle Crucis, North Carolina.