Rutgers–Camden Lecture Series Dishes Up Hearty Discussion on Food

CAMDEN – The Rutgers–Camden graduate liberal studies program will host the yearlong lecture series “You Are What You Eat: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Food.”

All readings will take place at from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in the faculty lounge, located on the third floor of Armitage Hall. The building is located on Fifth Street, between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge on the Rutgers-Camden Campus. For more information, visit camden.rutgers.edu/dept-pages/liberal/colloquium-08-09.htm.

Tuesday, Oct. 21

Christine Evans, a Rutgers–Camden alumna and director of development at the Haley House in Boston, will discuss “The Seed to Table Movement: An Outline of Today’s Growing Food Revolution.” A former soup kitchen, the Haley House now provides a plethora of resources for under-employed individuals, including access to an in-house bakery, organic farm, and food pantry.

Wednesday, Nov. 19

Joseph Martin, a professor of biology at Rutgers–Camden and a noted researcher on hormone behavior, will discuss “Food for Thought: Nutraceuticals, Ethnopharmacology and the Brain.” Martin serves as the acting director of the Center for Computational and Integrative Biology at Rutgers–Camden.

Tuesday, Jan. 27

Charlotte Markey, an associate professor of psychology at Rutgers–Camden, will discuss “What’s Love Got to Do with It? How Romance Affects Eating Behaviors and Body Image.” Markey is the author of several scholarly articles in the fields of health and developmental psychology. She teaches the courses Psychology of Eating and Health Psychology at Rutgers–Camden.

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Hansjakob Werlen, a professor of German at Swarthmore College, will discuss “Old Macdonald Has No Farm: Agribusiness Ruinations and the New Fight for Food Sovereignty.” Werlen is involved with Slow Food, a global eco-gastronomic movement dedicated to support organic farming and sustainable agriculture.

Wednesday, March 11

Dan Cook, an associate professor of childhood studies at Rutgers–Camden, will discuss “Children’s Food and the Provisioning of Meaning: Commerce, Care and Maternal Practice.” Cook is the author of the book “The Commodification of Childhood: The Children’s Clothing Industry and the Rise of the Child Consumer.”

Tuesday, April 14

Sheila Rodriguez, clinical assistant professor at the Rutgers School of Law—Camden, will discuss “‘Food Animals’: How Animal Advocates Have Used the Law to Promote the Ethical Treatment of Selected Species.”   Before joining Rutgers–Camden, Rodriguez represented the Animal Protection Institute for which she testified before Congress on critical habitat issues affecting wild horses and burros.

Janet Theophano, a folklorist teaching at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book “Eat My Words: Women and the Cookbooks They Wrote,” kicked off the series on Sept. 25.

The Camden Campus of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, offers 34 undergraduate and 16 master’s and PhD programs. Located in the heart of the vibrant Camden Waterfront, Rutgers-Camden is home to 250 faculty whose research, teaching, and service endeavors are represented worldwide.

- 30 -