What brings your team together toward a common goal?
We here at The Ethnographic Eater believe that making sure all voices are heard is key in making a team really come together.
In order to make sure all voices are heard, we have opened up voice messages on our Anchor FM platform!
We would like to hear your opinions, commentary, and questions. When you submit any of those to us, you're not just an audience member, you're also a part of our team!
Our current team consists of one host, a few educators, and a few experts from various food-related fields.
Meet the team
We have so many people to welcome! The following people are leaders in their community, Masters students, PhD's, gardeners, canning masters, food enthusiasts, Chefs, restaurant owners, authors, and Anthropologists.
With the help of these wonderful humans, the podcast has been brought to life!
You will hear their voices all throughout the series, so we wanted to give them thanks, as well as a way for you to reach out to them.
Click on any of our team members' photos to find out more about them, and their line of work.
Nathan Pécout--Le Bras he/him
- Food scholar and worker
- M.A. in Anthropology and Latin American Studies, IHEAL/New Sorbonne University
- Areas of interest: political ecology, food studies, anthropology of consumption
Appearances: Season 1, Episode 2
Dr. Pamela Runestad
Global Health Studies
Teaching: Introduction to global health, Ethnographic methods
Research: Medical anthropology, nutritional anthropology, refugee health in the US
Degrees: B.A., Augustana College; M.A., University of Sheffield (United Kingdom); M.A., University of Hawai`i at Mānoa; Ph.D., University of Hawai`i at Mānoa
Nadia Minniti
-Global & US Veteran
-Soldiers to Agriculture mentor
-Chef and Culinary expert
-Owner of Gusto Napoletano restaurant
-Research: Gastronomy, Farm to Table Cuisine, Food Service Management
Season 1, Episode 2
Season 1, Ep 3
B.A. French & International Studies with a concentration of Ethnic Studies and Public Policy and Service
M.A. Food Based dietary guidelines
PhD, OSU Dept of Anthropology
Academic Program Coordinator; Department of Comparative Studies
Leader of the OSU APOP lecture series
Editor of the Culture & Agriculture Sensorium
Areas of Expertise:
Anthropology of food
climate change
cultural theory
ethnography
food, place, and identity
Other Endeavors:
Season 1, Ep 3
Bachelors in History; SUNY
Concentration: Intellectual History and Philosophy
Founder of peaceatthetable.world
Father, Husband
Web Marketer
Classically trained French Chef
Dedicated Research Journalist and Anthropologist with extensive experience researching and writing about the Colombian and Ecuadorian cultures pertaining to migration, women, indigenous populations, children and food identities. Possesses the passion and proven skills to create and film documentaries, and television.Liliana León studied Social Communication - Journalism at University of Externado de Colombia and a master's degree in Visual Anthropology at FLACSO Ecuador. She has made documentaries such as: Bridges to the other Europe (2005, Italy) and Victor Salvi's Harp Museum (2007, Italy); Pinilla - macabre work (2006, Colombia); Peace Laboratories (2007, Colombia) and Jesuit Refugee Service (2007, Colombia); Ethnography and dinner (2015, Ecuador) Nostalgia of the palate (2016, Ecuador).
Join the team
Want to volunteer your time?
We are looking for anyone interested in Anthropology, Food, History, Sociology, Education, and Psychology!
Be sure to reach out to us
Lauren Swann, MS, RD, LDN, is a Registered/Licensed Dietitian and B2B consultant specializing in marketing communications strategies and labeling regulations compliance advisory - seasoned with a passion for cultural foodways perspectives - to effectively deliver accurate nutrition messages where food policy, consumer trends and public health meet, intersect or collide. She’s managed staff positions at Fortune 50 food companies, advised hundreds of companies ranging from micro startups and regional manufacturers to established brand leaders worldwide and worked with community and national advocacy organizations. Lauren loves helping folks figure out the facts about food - so they can decide what's good to eat! She’s a published writer in the industry and popular press, has appeared on local and national media, delivered public speaking presentations at annual conferences, developed online continuing education and training webinars, guest lectured at major universities and served on professional organization boards, executive committees and task forces. Lauren initiated and moderates LinkedIn’s largest food labeling & advertising and cultural foodways groups. She holds a Bachelor of Science In Medical Dietetics from Howard University and a Master of Science in Nutrition Communications from Boston University.
Grace Schumacher
Dr. Ken Kolb
Retail Inequality, Furman University
Dr. Rituparna Patgiri
Rituparna Patgiri teaches Sociology at Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW), University
of Delhi. She has a PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). She is one of
the co-founders of Doing Sociology - an academic blog dedicated to promoting sociological
consciousness amongst young students and scholars. She is also presently working as the
Associate Editor of South Asia in the journal Society.
Dr Patgiri is passionate about making academic knowledge accessible to the public and her
research interests lie in exploring questions of food, culture, media, gender and pedagogy.
Currently, she is working on three book projects – a co-edited book (with Dr Gurpinder Singh
Lalli) titled The Social Nature of Food in India (to be published by Berghahn Books), a
monograph titled Mobile Theatre of Assam: A Story of Resistance, Consumption and Culture
(to be published by Routledge) and a co-edited book (with Prof. Pushpesh Kumar and Dr
Deepali Aparajita) titled Sociology of Gender in India: Contemporary Issues and
Perspectives (to be published by Springer).
Christophe Dubois
I graduated from the ITHQ in 2014 in the restaurant management program. From 2013 to 2018,
I worked at LiliCo restaurant where I trained in cooking under chef David Pellizzari. I was able to
acquire relevant culinary training, which allowed me to work abroad, notably in Sri Lanka as a
consulting chef and in Slovenia as a cook in outdoor yoga retreats. Through these experiences, I
was able to learn and broaden my horizons. I also realized the importance of getting involved in
one's community, which is why I turned to social work to start a new career. Since 2016, I have
been primarily involved in the Parc-Extension neighborhood in Montreal, where I practice
different social gastronomy activities in the hope of contributing to a sustainable and consistent
social transformation with the different communities in the area.
I am also a board member of Cuisiniers Sans Frontière since 2015, a founding member of the
Parti Culinaire du Québec, and a member of the Social Gastronomy Movement. I am currently
completing a master's degree in social work on social gastronomy and I am a student member of
the Centre de Recherche sur les Innovations Sociale at UQAM. I am also working on a research
project on food in Montreal-Nord with the non-profit organization Parole d'excluEs.
Gabby Headrick, MSPH, RDN, LDN
PHD Candidate
Lisa Poirier, PhD
Wendy Wesley, RDN
Wendy Wesley Nutrition
Wendy Wesley is a registered dietitian and licensed nutritionist (Florida) serving St. Petersburg, Tampa and Clearwater.
She holds a Master of Science certificate in Human Nutrition from Iowa State University, a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from the University of Colorado and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Central Florida.
Formerly, she worked as a clinical dietitian at an acute care hospital where she learned prescriptive diets and meal planning. Today, she specializes in behavioral change to achieve her clients’ unique goals for weight loss and management of chronic disease.
Her programs include weight loss, plant-based nutrition, menopause health, meal planning, PCOS, cardiac disease, pre-diabetes, diabetes, kidney failure and FODMAP and digestive health diets. She also writes and signs menus for Florida shelters, schools & nursing homes.
Wendy is a local and statewide food policy journalist advocating for more nutrient-dense foods in USDA areas of low income and low access or “food deserts.” Learn more about nutrition insecurity in St. Petersburg here
Her articles, interviews, cooking demonstrations and health tips have been featured in the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Tampa Bay Times, Reader’s Digest, WFLA, WTTA, ABC Action News, 10 Tampa Bay, WUSF, WMNF, The St. Pete Catalyst, The Weekly Challenger, The Penny Hoarder, WUSF Zest podcast, The Crow’s Nest, La Gaceta, Florida Food Policy Council, Florida Organic Growers and Radio St. Pete.