Twelfth International Conference on Food Studies, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, USA, 23-24 October 2022
Twelfth International Conference on Food Studies, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, USA, 23-24 October 2022
Twelfth International Conference on Food Studies, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, USA, 23-24 October 2022
Twelfth International Conference on Food Studies, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, USA, 23-24 October 2022

Twelfth International Conference on Food Studies

  • 2022 Special Focus—Imagining the Edible: Food, Creativity, and the Arts
  • 23-24 October 2022
  • Hosted by: Marymount Manhattan College, New York, USA

Research Network Chairs

Courtney Thomas

Courtney Thomas

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

(English)

Blanca Rosa Aguilar Uscanga

Blanca Rosa Aguilar Uscanga

University of Guadalajara, Mexico

(Spanish)

Local Co-Hosts

Kathleen LeBesco

Kathleen LeBesco

Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Professor of Communication and Media Arts, Marymount Manhattan College, United States

Dr. Peter Naccarato

Dr. Peter Naccarato

Vice President, Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty, Marymount Manhattan College, United States

​Plenary Speakers

The Twelfth International Conference on Food Studies featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Irina Mihalache

Irina Mihalache

Associate Professor, Master of Museum Studies Faculty of Information, University of Toronto, Canada

"What's Not on the Art Museum Menu?"

David Szanto

David Szanto

Researcher, Artist, University of Ottawa, Canada

Yael Raviv

Yael Raviv

Nutrition and Food Studies Department, New York University, USA and University of Gastronomic Sciences, Italy

"Food & Art in Times of Crisis"


Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2022 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Catherine Palmore

Catherine Palmore

Baylor University, USA

Katryna Kibler

Katryna Kibler

Antioch University New England, USA

Manjari Thakur

Manjari Thakur

University of South Florida, USA

Nishith Zahan Tanny

Nishith Zahan Tanny

The Australian National University, Australia

Ashwin Tripathi

Ashwin Tripathi

Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India

Lynn Yu Ling Ng

Lynn Yu Ling Ng

University of Victoria, Canada

Eunwoo Yoo

Eunwoo Yoo

University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

Palbi Sharma B

Palbi Sharma B

University of British Columbia (Okanagan), Canada

Lucie Newsome

Lucie Newsome

University of New England, Australia

Amanda Coate

Amanda Coate

Stanford University, USA

Jennifer Ocin

Jennifer Ocin

College of Our Lady of the Elms, USA

Zoey Gong

Zoey Gong

New York University, USA

Ina Jessen

Ina Jessen

Lecturer at University of Hamburg, Germany

Vaishali Sharma

Vaishali Sharma

University of Delhi

Ellen Gonzalez

Ellen Gonzalez

PUC-Rio, Brazil

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Elizabeth Schiffler

Elizabeth Schiffler

University of California, Los Angeles, USA

Nasiba Khodieva

Nasiba Khodieva

University of South Florida, USA

Conference Partner