
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
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
Director, Center for Urban Agriculture and Gardening Education
University of the District of Columbia
Professor and Director, Academic Program in Food Studies
Middlebury College
Professor, Golisano Institute for Sustainability
Rochester Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Anthropology and Interim Director, Environmental Studies
Tufts University
Assistant Professor, Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Texas Christian University
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Nebraska Extension Educator
University of Nebraska
Associate Professor of Communications
Rowan University
Associate Professor, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Michigan State University
Director for Sustainable Food Systems
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Assistant Professor, Assistant Chair & Department Diversity Officer, 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, 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
Director, Environmental Law Program and Recirculating Farms Coalition
Loyola University-New Orleans
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. Co-Director, Menus of Change
Stanford University
Associate Professor, Biology and Co-Director, Educational Garden and Farm
Monmouth College
Director, Global Food Ethics and Policy Program
Johns Hopkins University
President, Phoenix Zones Initiative and Professor, School of Medicine
University of New Mexico
Professor and Jones Chair in Community
University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Urban Farm Director, Community and Workforce Partnerships
College of Lake County
Associate Professor of Food Systems & Society, Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition
Oregon Health & Science University
Professor of Marketing, Kogod School of Business
American University
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations
Roger Williams University
Associate Provost for Global and Community Engagement
Roger Williams University
Associate Professor of Instruction and Director of Sustainable Tourism, Patel College of Global Sustainability
University of South Florida
Assistant Professor, Food Studies Program
University of Southern Maine
Coordinator, Delaware Extension Climate Change Coordination Initiative and Adjunct Professorial Lecturer, Sociology
University of Delaware, American University
Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of Food Studies Program
Spellman College
Extension Educator, Nebraska Regional Food Systems Initiative
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition
University of Chile
Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Senior Lecturer in Environment and Society
Brown University
Professor Emeritus, English
Concordia College
Associate Professor, Global Food & Nutrition
University of Florida
Clinical Professor of Law and Founding Director, Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Community Development and Resilience, College of Agricultural Sciences
Penn State University
Adjunct Professor, Liberal Studies
William Paterson University
Special Assistant to the President and Director of Sustainability and STEM
Huston-Tillotson University
Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Meteorology & Atmospheric Science
Penn State University
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Louisville
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Director for Graduate Program in Food Systems
University of Vermont
Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition
Tufts 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
Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita
New York University
Associate Professor and Food Systems Director
University of Washington
Research Professor, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs
University of Texas, Austin
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor and Head of Anthropology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Associate Professor, Agroecology and Resilient Food Systems
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Professor, Agricultural and Environmental Economics
Ohio State University
Executive Director, Steans Center for Community-based Service Learning and Community Service Studies
DePaul University
Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing and Health Professionals
University of San Francisco
Professor of Agroecology, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences
North Carolina State University
Associate Professor, Writing and Humanities
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science
American University of Washington D.C.
Professor, Food Science and Nutrition
University of Minnesota
Associate Professor, Nutrition and Food Science
University of Maryland
Associate Research Scientist
University of Georgia
Professor and Co-director, Community and Public Health Practice Concentration
University of San Francisco
Professor, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
New York University
Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture
Auburn University
Professor of Law and the Director of International Programs
Drake University
Associate Professor of History, Director of the Food Studies Program
Virginia Tech