Profiles in "Food Sovereignty" Expertise Area
- Arina Melkozernova is an instructional designer and a PhD Candidate at ASU. Her research on foodways, biosemiotics and resilience brings Humanities, art, science, and non-Western knowledges together.
- Adamson is President's Professor of environmental humanities in the Department of English. She directs Humanities for the Environment, North America & the BRIDGES Flagship Hub at ASU's Global Futures Laboratory.
- Vicenti Carpio is a citizen of the Jicarilla Apache Nation and of Laguna and Isleta Pueblo heritage. Current projects explore institutional intersections of Japanese Internment and American Indian urban relocation policy.
- Mara investigates Irish literature and film. Her second research stream includes research in health humanities and medical rhetoric.
- Estève Giraud oversees all research projects at the Swette Center relating to organic and urban agriculture, policy interventions, food security, food sovereignty and food systems resilience.
- Sara El-Sayed researches the power of deliciousness and wisdom of indigenous foodways in addition to leading outreach for the Center's organic initiatives.
- Melissa Nelson, professor of Indigenous sustainability, researches biocultural heritage and environmental justice, intercultural solidarity, and the renewal and celebration of community health and cultural arts.
- Andrea Rissing's research uses diverse qualitative methods to explore US agriculture in a global context. Foci include innerworkings of sustainable food systems, agrarian change, and farmland and livelihood equity.