We are pleased to announce the graduate students and projects that have been selected for 2020’s Food Studies Graduate Research Grant. The awardees are:

  • Anna Cahn, Counseling Psychology and Human Services/Prevention Science: “University of Oregon Student Food Security and Accessibility COVID-19 Survey.”
  • Yasmin Diaz Mendias, Romance Languages: “A Literal Taste of the Working Class: The Cultural Resistance of Le Mondine and United Farmworkers.”
  • Ellen Ziesenhene, International/Global Studies: “Cultural Well-Being and Perceptions of Food Security in West Africa.”

Please join us in congratulating the awardees. They will share the results of their research with the UO food studies community next year with presentations in the “Food Talks” series. Watch for announcements!

The Food Studies Awards Committee and Advisory Council hope that students will consider complementing their degree with a UO Food Studies Graduate Specialization. For more details on this program, please contact Professor Stephen Wooten (swooten@uoregon.edu).

We wish the awardees much success with their research!

– The UO Food Studies Graduate Research Awards Committee:
Daniel Buck, Timothy Herrera, Mary Jaeger, Harper Keeler