Sarah B. Mills, Ph.D is the Director of Graham’s Center for EmPowering Communities, where she manages UM’s partnership with the Michigan Office of Climate and Energy and helps communities across the state consider energy in their land use planning, zoning, and other policymaking. She is Associate Professor of Practice in Urban and Regional Planning at […]
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Katherine (Kate) Bauer is an Associate Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She is a member of the University’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation and the Caswell Diabetes Institute, an affiliate of the Sustainable Food Systems Initiative, and a Faculty Expert with Poverty Solutions. Trained as a
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University of Michigan food systems professor, Ivette Perfecto, was inducted on September 30, 2023 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Learn more about her research and how she ended up doing work in food systems in the following interview. Where did you grow up?
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Dr. Jennifer Blesh is an agroecology professor, Appalachian Trail hiker, mom of two, and a researcher of ecologically sustainable and socially just food systems. Her work in the U.S. and Brazil explores the environmental outcomes of agroecological practices and how policy change and grassroots movements can support transitions to agroecology. Read on to learn about
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Dr. Sonneville is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Michigan. A registered dietitian, behavioral scientist, and public health researcher, she focuses on the prevention of eating disorders among children, adolescents, and young adults. Dr. Sonneville uses a weight-inclusive framework to study how to promote health and well-being without
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Clara Gamalski is a Sustainability Specialist in Student Life. She advises the UM Sustainable Food Program, Planet Blue Student Leaders, and other efforts to focus on developing experiential learning opportunities through the exploration of ideas about food systems, environmental health, community-building and social justice. How did you become interested in working in sustainable food systems?
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Date: May 11, 2021 Jeremy’s warm spirit and deep knowledge of agroecological growing practices have inspired and drawn students to the University of Michigan Campus Farm. When this father of two is not offering up pearls of wisdom, you can find him backpacking around Lake Michigan and cooking up traditional Iranian dishes like ghormeh sabzi,
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Date: February 19, 2021 Brendan O’Neill is a Research Scientist at the School for Environment and Sustainability. With his start in the Kentucky countryside, Dr. O’Neill takes a historical and creative approach to studying the soil microbiome in all its complexity. When he’s not conducting research or cooking to please his toddler daughter’s taste buds, you
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Jessica Kenyatta Walker, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Culture and Department of Afro American and African Studies at the University of Michigan. Previously, she was a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of American Culture in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. Dr. Walker started her romance with academia in high
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Cindy Leung is an Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the School for Public Health. She is also a lecturer for the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Faculty Affiliate of the UM Sustainable Food Systems Initiative. Community nutrition advocate, native Californian, and mom, Cindy Leung, is interested in understanding the implications
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