For My Students: My First 10 “Bad” Instagram Posts
My students’ Instagram lives made me reflect on mine, my first posts, and who I want to be on the app.
Author: Emily Contois
Food Media Syllabus
Through historic cookbooks, Instagram, and 30+ virtual guests, “Food Media” critically considers our global food system through media.
Thinking Through Food and Media
A panel synopsis on the intersection of food studies & media studies that explores key texts, concepts, challenges & a future research agenda.
ASFS 2019 at University of Alaska Anchorage + a Call to Action
A 2019 ASFS conference debrief, plus why the Alaska governor’s 41% cut to the university system matters for all of us.
Reflecting on the Southern Foodways Alliance & Bentonville, Arkansas
The SFA Summer Field Trip explored the food culture of Bentonville, Arkansas, a booming and blossoming city shaped by immigrants, corporate interests, and a deep sense of place.
Teaching the Unruly Unessay
My students and I tested out unessays this semester, an assignment I now highly recommend.
CFP—You Are What You Post: Food and Instagram
Emily Contois and Zenia Kish welcome chapter proposals on the topic of food and Instagram for an edited collection.
Teaching with Infographics
My students translated 1500-word essays into infographics. I share details for instructors interested to try a similar assignment.
On Teaching “Persuasive Influences in America” for the First Time
I reflect on what my students and I read, wrote, and learned in a course on persuasion in the U.S.
The Changing Nutrition Landscape for Whole Grains: Insights from History & Pop Culture
In November 2018, I had the opportunity to present at the Oldways Whole Grains Council Conference in Seattle, Washington.
A Student Interview on Media Studies + Food Studies
I chatted with a first year TU student about researching and teaching in media studies and food studies.
Announcing a New Food History Fellowship at the University of North Texas
Jennifer Jensen Wallach and Michael Wise discuss the new fellowship, food studies at UNT, and what it’s like to live, work, and eat in Denton.
Q&A with Adrienne Rose Bitar on Diet & the Disease of Civilization
I chatted with fellow dieting scholar Adrienne Rose Bitar on her new book: Diet and the Disease of Civilization.
Why I’m Still Blogging After 6 Years & Being Trolled
I blog as an academic for a number of reasons, but this year I had some new reflecting to do.
What Jonathan Gold Taught ASFS Food Scholars
A roundup of tweets from a writing workshop Jonathan Gold taught at the 2017 ASFS Conference.
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