Food Tank’s Academic Peer Working Group
Food Tank’s Academic Working Group brings together academic leaders in food, agriculture, environmental studies, and related fields. This group fosters robust discussions to share best practices, new research, curriculum development, media and other opportunities, peer-to-peer mentoring, events and conference integration, and much, much more. The group also aims to encourage coordination around research, reports, current events, and book releases.
To request an invitation to join or for more information about Food Tank’s Academic Working Group please email Food Tank Co-founder Bernard Pollack at bernard@foodtank.com
Director, Periodic Table of Food, Professor, Sustainable Food Systems
Montana State University
Professor of Public Health Nutrition, Blanquerna School of Health Sciences
Universitat Ramon Llull
Professor and Director, Academic Program in Food Studies
Middlebury College
Professor of Operations Research and Management, Stephen M. Ross School of Business
University of Michigan
Resident Physician, Department of Surgery
Stanford University
Professor of Rural Sociology
Iowa State University
Lecturer and Clinical Coordinator, Graduate Nutrition Program
University of New Haven
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences
Utah State University
Director, Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education
University of the District of Columbia
Professor, Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Rochester Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Anthropology
Tufts University
Assistant Professor, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Texas Christian University
Researcher and Author
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Nebraska Extension Educator
University of Nebraska
Associate Professor of Communications
Rowan University
Associate Professor, Dept. of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems
University of New Hampshire
Associate Professor, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Michigan State University
Service Assistant Professor, Co-Director, WVU Campus Food Garden
West Virginia University
Assistant Professor, College of the Environment
Wesleyan University
Director for Sustainable Food Systems
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Associate Professor, Assistant Chair, Theology and Religious Studies
University of San Diego
Associate Professor of Communications
California State University, Fullerton
Associate Professor of Public Affairs
Ohio State University
Professor of English; Director of Student Fellowships
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Professor, CUNY School of Public Health and Director, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
City University of New York
Professor and Raymond F. Schinazi Scholar in Bioethics and Jewish Thought
Emory University
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences
Wayne State University
Chief Scientist; Director of The Land Institute International Initiative
The Land Institute
Director, Environmental Law Program and Recirculating Farms Coalition
Loyola University-New Orleans
Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab on Sorghum and Millet
Kansas State University
Community Food Systems Area Extension Educator
University of Idaho
Professor and Director, Drexel Food Core Lab
Drexel University
Associate Professor, Communication
California State University, San Marcos
Professor, Agricultural Systems
University of Pennsylvania
Professor and Director, Center for Public Health Nutrition
University of Washington
Director, Stanford Food Institute & Sustainable Food Systems
Stanford University
Associate Professor, Biology and Co-Director, Educational Garden and Farm
Monmouth College
Professor of Water Resource Engineering
SUNY ESF
Professor, Law and UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
University of Oregon
Professor; Director, Food for Humanity Initiative
Columbia University
Program Associate
Native American Agriculture Fund
Founder and Director
Re:wild Your Campus
Professor and Jones Chair in Community
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Urban Farm Director, Community and Workforce Partnerships
College of Lake County
Physiatrist, Wellness Coach, Assistant Clinical Professor
Harvard University
Associate Professor, Civil and Community Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
American University
Lecturer, Food Studies Program
University of Southern Maine
Associate Professor of Food Systems & Society
Oregon Health & Science University
Professor of Marketing, Kogod School of Business
American University
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations
Roger Williams University
Snee Family Endowed Chair; Professor of Economics
Baylor University
Associate Professor; Director of Sustainable Tourism
University of South Florida
Associate Director, Data Management for the Institute of Child Nutrition
University of Mississippi
Executive Director, WAAESD
University of Nevada, Reno
Professor Emeritus, Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Cornell University
Faculty and Department Chair
Cabrillo College
Richard ’64 and Gail Stradling Executive Director of the Center for the Environment
Moravian University
Coordinator, Delaware Extension Climate Change Coordination Initiative
University of Delaware
Epidemiologist, Department of Epidemiology
University of Michigan
Co-Director, Food Systems Institute
Colorado State University
Director of Food Studies Program; Chair, Chemistry Department
Spellman College
Educator, Nebraska Regional Food Systems Initiative
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition
University of Chile
Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Post-Doctoral Associate, Geoscientist
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Menu Architecture Manager
Yale University
Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society
Brown University
Professor, Chair of Sociology
Furman University
Professor Emeritus, English
Concordia College
Assistant Professor, Sustainable Food Systems Engineering
University of Missouri
Associate Professor, Global Food & Nutrition
University of Florida
Professor, Science Communication
Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology
University of Maryland
Professor; Founding Director, Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic
Harvard University
Professor; Director
International Nongovernmental Organizations and Nonprofit Studies
Assistant Professor, Community Development and Resilience
Penn State University
Epidemiologist and Assistant Professor, Connell School of Nursing
Boston College
Adjunct Professor, Liberal Studies
William Paterson University
Chief of Staff & Clerk of the Board; Director of Sustainability & STEM
Huston-Tillotson University
Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science
Penn State University
Professor of Anthropology
University of Louisville
Associate Professor; Director for Graduate Program in Food Systems
University of Vermont
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition
Tufts University
Senior Director, Ancillary Services
Simon Fraser University
Executive Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
Arizona State University
Assistant Professor of Sustainable Community Food Systems
University of Hawai’i, West O’ahu
Associate Professor of Business
Alaska Pacific University
Community Nutrition Program Lead
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Associate Professor, Environmental Health & Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
Paulette Goddard Prof. of Nutrition, Food Studies & Public Health, Emerita
New York University
Associate Professor and Food Economist
Michigan State University
Associate Professor and Food Systems Director
University of Washington
Adjunct Industry Professor, Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition
Illinois Tech
Research Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
University of Texas, Austin
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Head of Anthropology
MIT
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterologist
Brown University
Senior Administrative Associate, J-PAL
MIT
Food Safety Professor; Partner
Universidad Católica Argentina; QAGRO Consultores
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Stetson University
Adjunct Faculty
Culinary Institute of America
Associate Professor, Agroecology and Resilient Food Systems
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Binghamton University
Executive Director, Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy
UCLA
Professor, Agricultural and Environmental Economics
Ohio State University
Executive Director, Steans Center for Community-Based Service Learning
DePaul University
Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing and Health Professionals
University of San Francisco
Professor of Agroecology, Dept. of Crop & Soil Sciences
North Carolina State University
Executive Director, Community Health
Kaiser Permanente, San Francisco
Chief Academic Officer - Director of Accreditation & Academic Affairs
The European Graduate School
Director of Culinary and Lifestyle Medicine
Kaiser Permanente San Francisco
Professor, Department of Environmental Science
American University of Washington D.C.
Professor, Food Science and Nutrition
University of Minnesota
Assistant Prof., School of Resource & Environmental Management
Simon Fraser University
Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science
University of Maryland
Executive Director, Tufts Food & Nutrition Institute
Tufts University
Clinical Associate Professor; Director of Curriculum and Teaching Innovation
Georgia State University
Associate Research Scientist
University of Georgia
Professor and Co-director, Community and Public Health Practice
University of San Francisco
Prof., Steinhardt School of Culture, Education & Human Development
New York University
Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture
Auburn University
Professor; Co-Director, Centre for Rural Policy Research
University of Exeter
Professor of Law and the Director of International Programs
Drake University
Associate Professor of History, Director of the Food Studies Program
Virginia Tech