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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August 2021 Interviewer: Asha McElroy 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
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Jeremy Moghtader | Affiliate Spotlight 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
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Brendan O’Neill | Faculty Spotlight Date: February 19, 2021 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 can find him eating popcorn, cross country
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Jessica Kenyatta Walker | Faculty Spotlight Date: September 21, 2020 Dr. Jessica Kenyatta Walker started her romance with academia in high school and since then she has forged a uniquely intersectional career uncovering the way race, space, symbolism and so much more, compose what we know materially, culturally, and nutritionally as food. How did you
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Cindy Leung | Faculty Spotlight Date: August 7, 2020 Community nutrition advocate, native Californian, and mom, Cindy Leung, is interested in understanding the implications of food insecurity, especially on our very own campus. What sparked your interest in food insecurity? I’ve always been interested in nutrition. Food is such an important part of every culture.
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Ray De Young | March Faculty Spotlight Ray De Young is a lover of the Midwest, a scholar of localization, and a grandfather. Broadly trained as a psychologist, engineer, and planner, he describes himself as an idealist without illusions. While his academic interests have shifted over time, food has always been at the center of
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Bruce Ferguson | SFSI Visting Faculty A researcher, agroecologist, lifelong lover of peanut butter, and former student of SFSI faculty, Dr. Bruce Ferguson is a visiting scholar this semester with SFSI and the SEAS Food Systems Theme. Dr. Ferguson is a researcher and professor in Mexico at the Agroecology Group at the San Cristóbal de
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