Professor and Director, Horse Science program
Middle Tennessee State University
Dr. Rhonda Hoffman is a Professor and Director of the Horse Science Program at Middle Tennessee State University. She has taught horse owners, youth, college students, veterinarians, and feed manufacturers about horse science for over 25 years. Dr. Hoffman’s equine nutrition research emphasizes carbohydrate metabolism, insulin dysregulation, and equine metabolic syndrome. She was first to quantify equine insulin sensitivity using the Minimal Model FSIGT. She developed concepts for interpreting carbohydrate fractions in forage chemical analysis that relate to equine digestive physiology, glycemic impact, and horse health instead of plant physiology. Dr. Hoffman earned board-certification as a Diplomate of the American College of Animal Nutrition in 2007. She has published over 80 scientific research and popular press articles, and she has been an invited speaker for over 100 national and international meetings, including conferences in Canada, England, Germany, Spain, and a keynote presentation in Brazil. She was awarded the MTSU Outstanding Teacher Award in 2013 and the Equine Science Society Outstanding Educator Award in 2021.