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Professor of American Studies and Food Science &Technology Darrell Corti Endowed Professor in Food, Wine and Culture University of California, Davis A recent profile in Brown Alumni Magazine tells the long version of my story. Portraits on the left are from that piece - by Tim Archibald Here is the short version: Following several years of working as a cook in San Fransisco, I became a scholar of food studies in the mid 1990s, first as a returning student at the University of California, Berkeley (BA American Studies) and then as a PhD student at Brown University (American Studies). At Davis since 2005, I work at the intersection of two very different fields, departments, and worlds: American Studies and Food Science &Technology. My research focuses on where ideas about "good" and "bad" food come from and the cultural role they play, the political stakes of dietary discourse, and the politics of knowledge and expertise in the food system. My work is both interdisciplinary (I employ multiple methodologies to answer research questions) and multidisciplinary (I collaborate and communicate across disciplinary boundaries). I do a lot of "translational interdisciplinarity," which entails making my research, which is grounded in the humanities and social sciences, legible and meaningful for colleagues in the sciences as well those working in, or working to transform, the food system . Recent Projects include...
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