Editorial Team

Amy Christian, Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Amy Christian is co-director of the Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems, which publishes JAFSCD, in Ithaca, New York. Growing up in New Hampshire she helped her father produce maple syrup every spring. She attended Wellesley College and then transferred to Cornell University, where she graduated with a B.S. in human service planning. She provided computer support and editing and production of publications as a staff member of two Fortune 500 companies and a national nonprofit housing organization. She then transitioned to a freelance business, editing and producing materials on affordable homeownership. A particularly rewarding project was helping with a new housing counseling curriculum to guide residents of the Gulf region following Hurricane Katrina. As managing editor of JASFCD, she oversees the copy-editing of all articles, manages its websites, works on marketing and social media, and more.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 SHAREHOLDER CONSORTIUM CO-CHAIRS

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Dr. Jennifer Marshman

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Jennifer has a Ph.D. in Human Geography with the Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her background as a registered nurse, with specializations in infection prevention and control, and cardiology, allows her to bring a truly interdisciplinary lens to her research in inclusive and sustainable food systems. Jennifer has undertaken community-based, participatory, action-oriented research in Canada and China. Her doctoral work studies food systems through the interconnections between people and the rest of nature through a multispecies urban political ecology lens. Jennifer animates a whole-of-community perspective from her doctoral research to her teaching and community engagement, with an emphasis on foregrounding radical alternatives to existing neoliberal food systems and social processes.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥   Dr. Keith Williams

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Keith is the Director of Research and Social Innovation at First Nations Technical Institute, a postsecondary institution located on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory in southern Ontario, Canada. Keith has family roots in Tyendinaga and has a Ph.D. (Educational Studies) at St. Francis Xavier University. Keith is interested in rediscovering a kind of continental citizenship by cultivating intimate intrapersonal relationships with the food and medicine plants of Turtle Island.

AUTHOR SUPPORT EDITORS

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Dr. Paivi Abernethy

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Paivi Abernethy is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria, BC, Adjunct Professor in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, and a Climate Change & Health Specialist with the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia, Canada. She has been working as a practitioner and researcher on food systems as part of sustainable healthy community development with Indigenous and rural communities since 2005. Paivi has master's degrees in social and natural sciences from the universities of Lancaster, England, and Copenhagen, Denmark. She also has years of experience working as a scientist and as a public health practitioner. Paivi's Ph.D. in Social and Ecological Sustainability (University of Waterloo) focused on bridging different ways of knowing and integrating health and sustainability for better policy development and decision-making. Paivi has been supporting the JAFSCD team in various roles since 2010.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Stacey Foster

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Stacey Foster has been an English instructor at Pine Technical & Community College within the MinnState System in Minnesota since 2008. Her areas of teaching include entry-level and advanced college writing, technical writing, literature, creative writing, and college readiness. In other roles, she has edited graduate-level theses, undergraduate student writing, and creative writing. She is a published poet and writer of creative nonfiction. In addition, she is a self-defined environmental advocate who utilizes her teaching platform as a way to spread consciousness. She volunteers with environmental organizations such as the Women’s Environmental Institute, Farm Table Foundation, and the Natural Heritage Project; for the latter two, she has written awarded grants. She participates in many professional development events, such as writing and environmentally focused conferences and courses. Her passion for living within awareness also comes through in her organic gardening, influenced by permaculture design and biodynamic growing.    

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 See JAFSCD's Author Mentor Bios

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 See JAFSCD's Consulting Editor Bios

EQUITY ADVISORS CIRCLE

Dr. Fallys Masambuka-Kanchewa

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Fallys is a Malawian science communication and community development specialist. She holds a Ph.D. in agricultural communication with a focus on international development and a minor in rural sociology from The Ohio State University. She has a master's in agricultural communication from Purdue University and a bachelor’s degree in agricultural extension from Bunda College of Agriculture in Malawi. Her research focuses on the study of communication as a science for understanding people’s behavior. Specifically, she explores the use of communication as an empowerment tool for amplifying the voices of the marginalized.

Manoj Sharma

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Manoj received his BSc degree in Agriculture Science from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, in 2017. He recently graduated with M.Sc. (Agricultural Economics) from the Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal, in 2020. His research interests are mainly focused in the areas of value chain development, poverty alleviation, and food security. He has published articles in journals such as the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, International Journal of Applied Science and Biotechnology, and Acta Scientific Agriculture.

BOOK REVIEW EDITORS

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Dr. Matthew Hoffman

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Matthew Hoffman received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Rural Sociology from Cornell University and is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Maine, where he teaches food systems–related courses. Previously, Hoffman was a visiting scholar at the Norwegian Centre for Rural Research and a faculty member in the Food Studies Program at New York University. His research focuses on property rights, natural resource governance, and strategies for collaborative decision-making in landscapes fragmented by private property.  

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Steven McCutcheon Rubio

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Steven is a doctoral candidate in Food Studies at New York University whose work focuses on agrarian change in contemporary Latin America. He is working on a historical and ethnographic study with an agrarian movement in Mexico. This work explores the formation of social movements' political orientations. As a research assistant, Steven has contributed to work on the political ecology of agricultural development projects in northern Peru; a historical project on migrant workers from Mexico in the U.S. during WWI; and a qualitative project on urban agriculture and social justice initiatives in New York City that culminated in the publication of Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City (by Kristin Reynolds and Nevin Cohen). Steven earned an MA in Food Studies–Food Systems from NYU and a BA in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Our thanks to our previous associate editor for book reviews:

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Lauren Forbes

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Lauren Forbes is a doctoral student in public policy at Georgia State University, majoring in urban policy. She earned an MPH in Community Health and Prevention from Drexel University in 2013, and a B.S in biology from Oregon State University in 2011. Her current research projects include immigrant entrepreneurship in global cities and urban agriculture for sustainable development.  Her research interests include urban agriculture, African American fatherhood, child and family policy, community development, program evaluation, and data visualization. She served as an associate editor for book reviews 2020–2021.

VOICES FROM THE GRASSROOTS EDITORS

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Dr. Regina Bernard

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Dr. Regina A. Bernard was born and raised in Hell's Kitchen, New York City.  She holds graduate degrees in African American Studies and Urban Education from Columbia University and the Graduate Center at the City University of New York (CUNY). Dr. Bernard is currently an Associate Professor and Department Chair of Black and Latino/a Studies at Baruch College, CUNY, where her courses are particularly focused on race, identity, and community (in)justice. She is the author of Black and Brown Waves: The Cultural Politics of Young Women of Color and Feminism (2009), Nuyorganics: Organic Intellectualism, the Search for Racial Identity, and Nuyorican Thought (2010), and Say it Loud: Black Studies, its Students, and Racialized Collegiate Culture (2014).

CONTENT CONSULTANTS

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Kathlee Freeman

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Kathlee Freeman is Communications Officer with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security's Gender and Social Inclusion Flagship. Her professional experiences range from conducting field work in rural Bangladesh to presenting at the United Nations on the importance of women and girls in science. Kathlee holds an M.S. in Rural Sociology from the University of Missouri, where her research focused on the role of information and communication technologies in the adoption patterns of agriculture inputs in Uganda. While at the University of Missouri, she also completed a Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science, where she studied and mapped rural food insecurity in Missouri.   

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 REVIEWERS

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Numbering over 150, JAFSCD reviewers include scholars, researchers, graduate students, and academic and nonprofit organization staffers from around the world. All are dedicated to helping us cultivate and reap our four-season crop of high-quality applied research. To qualify as a reviewer, they must have expertise or experience in one or more of the food system domains: production, distribution, and consumption. See our roster of JAFSCD reviewers.

WORK/STUDY STUDENTS AND INTERNS

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Our work/study students and interns have skills and enthusiasm that benefit the Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems and JAFSCD. We very much appreciate the time and energy they've shared with us.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Shayla Sanchez, Summer 2021 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Gretchen Burmeister, Spring 2020, 2020-21, and Summer 2021 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Ryan Stasolla, 2018–19, Fall 2019, Summer 2020, and 2020-21 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Andrés Sánchez, Summer 2019, 2019-20, Summer 2020, and 2020-21 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Emily Desmond, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, and 2020-21 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Javier Ramirez, 2018–19, 2019-20, and Summer 2020 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Michelle Shin, 2015–19 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Michelle Shin is in the class of 2019 at Cornell University in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Biology and Society with a concentration in environmental justice. Having lived next to Milwaukee, Wisconsin—the most segregated city in the U.S.—for most of her life, she has become very interested in social justice, food systems, and sustainability. She feels honored to be able to work with the Lyson Center and JAFSCD to help address these problems. Michelle fact-checks paper references, writes briefs, and assists with other editorial work.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Anna Delwiche, 2018–19 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Anna Delwiche is a member of the class of 2019 at Cornell University in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Government, French, and Classics. A proud Baltimore native, she is interested in issues of social justice and plans to pursue a career in public policy in the future. She is excited to work for the Lyson Center and JAFSCD and explain her knowledge of food systems and sustainability. She assists with checking references and other editorial work. 

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Anna Ravenelle, 2015-16 and 2016-17 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Anna Ravenelle is an English major in the class of 2017 at Cornell University. She has always been passionate about social justice, but working with the Lyson Center has instilled in her a particular interest in food-system issues. She copy-edits paper submissions for JAFSCD and assists with other editorial work as needed.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Michael Glanzel, 2016-17 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Michael Glanzel is a Cornell University junior majoring in Government and History in the College of Arts and Sciences. He is interested in federal and state policy revolving around issues of food production and distribution. He assists JAFSCD with editorial submissions and database organization.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Carolyn Pascale, 2016 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Carrie Pascale is a Cornell University junior majoring in Spanish. She is interested in social science research, and has recently become invested in food issues and intersectional social justice issues. She assists JAFSCD with editing submissions and writing briefs, and also manages the journal's social media presence.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Shreya Mathur, 2014–15 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Shreya is a Cornell University freshman planning to major in Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is enthusiastic about food sciences research and its use for public service. She has worked in university laboratories and is co-author of two peer-reviewed papers. She is assisting with fact-checking paper references, writing briefs, and other editorial work.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Sonia Banegas, Spring 2014 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Sonia, Cornell class of 2015, received a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Her most recent experience was working in the office of the Bronx Borough President in New York City as a policy and communication intern. She also served as an intern for the NYC Law Department in Bronx Family Court. Sonia helped JAFSCD with the production process by reviewing reference lists of accepted papers and by preparing research and policy briefs for selected papers.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Tracy Lerman, 2013–14 Volunteer Writer

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Tracy is a sustainable food systems advocate, researcher, and writer. She recently completed a master's degree in Community Development from UC Davis, where her research focused on local and regional food system development and small farm viability. She has worked in sustainable agriculture and food systems policy advocacy since 2003, at the Organic Farming Research Foundation and other California-based nonprofits. She is based out of New York's Hudson Valley, where her husband is the farm manager at the Poughkeepsie Farm Project. She helped to extend JAFSCD's usefulness to practitioners and policy-makers by writing research and policy briefs for selected papers.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Brian Endo, Spring 2014 Work/Study Student

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Brian Endo is in the class of 2016 at Cornell University in the College of Agriculture and Life Science's Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Interested in entrepreneurship, he co-founded TauntSF, a clothing company in San Francisco, and Avansa Inc., a nonprofit that helps underprivileged students get the same opportunities as any other students. Since arriving at Cornell from his hometown of Fremont, California, he has developed an energy-saving plan that could save Cornell $1,800 annually and served as a research assistant. He participates in several investments-related clubs, the Cornell Filipino Association, and Cornell Poker Club. He assisted JAFSCD with web research and website optimization.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Jack Hilchey, Summers 2012 and 2013 Intern

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Jack graduated in the class of 2015 from Emory University in Atlanta, with a major in visual arts and minor in architectural studies. In 2020 he graduated with a masters in architecture from Rice University in Houston. With excellent writing and editing skills, Jack has proof-read papers and helped those not written by native English speakers to be more clear and polished. He has also done web-based research and database work for the Journal.

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 Tomas Möller-Holtkamp, Summer 2012 Intern

😧😵😴 😚😴🤥 A native of Chile, Tomas received a master's in regional planning (MRP) with a concentration in community and economic development at Cornell University through a Fulbright scholarship. He has a personal interest in food systems growing out of his family's agricultural background; his father runs a food distribution firm in Santiago. Tomas spent his JAFSCD internship greatly extending the usefulness of our proprietary Progressive Ag Rankings by converting the data to the mapping system StatSilk. Now renamed the Progressive Agriculture Data Analyst, it allows an amazing level of user manipulation to show progressive ag indices for county, state, regional, and user-defined areas.