My academic work was grounded in the belief that food is intrinsically social and stimulating.

This thinking inspired me to create “tasting seminars” and multicourse theory-based meals.

These included tasting through some of Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor’s writing, a

21-course dinner submersion into an Evergreen education, and serving my interpretation of

“The Companion Species Manifesto” to its author, Donna Haraway. I was also able to write a senior thesis arguing for the importance of terroir, or ‘an ensemble of knowledge’ regarding the things we consume, while recognizing that nativist-populist sentiments can be found in the local food movement. I also interned for Whetstone Magazine.