Lexie Staten

Lexie (Buchs) Staten serves as the Dean of the Rinker Ross School of Health Sciences and holds multiple roles including Assistant Professor and Exercise Science Department Chair at Trine University. In addition to academic positions, Lexie co-founded Wholly Plants, contributing as a blogger. Previous experience includes serving as a Culinary Instructor at Houston ISD and completing a dietetic internship at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Houston, along with a Food & Nutrition internship at Wiley Dining Court. Lexie earned a Master's of Science in Nutrition from Texas Woman's University in 2016 and a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics from Purdue University in 2015.