Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA 24061-2000)
Anna Zeide (Project Director: September 2020 to October 2022)
Letisha Brown (Co Project Director: May 2021 to October 2022)
Saul Halfon (Co Project Director: May 2021 to October 2022)
Mark V. Barrow (Co Project Director: May 2021 to October 2022)
Danille Christensen (Co Project Director: May 2021 to October 2022)
AKA-279429-21
Humanities Connections Planning
Education Programs
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[Grant products]
Totals:
$34,993 (approved)
$34,818 (awarded)
Grant period:
6/1/2021 – 5/31/2022
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Developing a Humanities-Focused Food Studies Minor
A one-year planning grant to develop new courses in food studies and create a food studies minor.
Virginia Tech proposes a new humanities-focused food studies minor that brings the insights and methods of the liberal arts to the critical study of foodways and food systems. The minor requirements will include a new Introduction to Food Studies course; electives from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences; one-credit hands-on courses, and a capstone course with an experiential learning component. We will begin the planning grant period by holding a workshop guided by directors of other food studies programs. Over the course of the year, the planning committee will continue monthly virtual discussions with these consultants and others as we craft collaborative course proposals and the minor proposal. By the end of the year we will have submitted paperwork for the new courses and minor, created a plan for recruiting students, and developed a shared community around these aims.
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