I am a PhD candidate in the department of anthropology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Broadly, I am interested in the long-term viability of human activity on the planet. Within that, I see food as an important factor that can connect health and...More
I am a PhD candidate in the department of anthropology at Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Broadly, I am interested in the long-term viability of human activity on the planet. Within that, I see food as an important factor that can connect health and sustainability movements around the world in order to accelerate positive change. I conducted my doctoral fieldwork in Guatemala, researching the drivers of both mainstream and alternative eating and farming practices in the country. My work shows the myriad important material, social, and symbolic factors that interact to affect how people choose to eat and/or grow food at any given moment. By embracing complexity over simplification, I seek to develop a dynamic theory of food systems change that can be used to devise practical solutions to Guatemala's food-related health and environmental issues.
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Food Studies
