Alice Julier

Alice Julier is a Professor of Food Studies and Director of the Center for Regional Agriculture, Food, and Transformation (CRAFT) at Chatham University's Falk School of Sustainability & Environment. She joined Chatham in 2010 and holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). Her work intersects sociology, food systems, and inequality, focusing on materiality, social movements, and cultural equity.

Julier's research examines food systems through lenses of race, class, gender, and disability justice. Notable publications include *Eating Together: Food, Friendship, and Inequality* (2014) and co-editing the influential *Food and Culture: A Reader* (4th ed., 2018). She has spoken globally on topics like 'The Future of Food Studies is Intersectional' (2017) and 'Food and Place: Marketing the Local' (2017).

Awarded the Buhl Professorship (2013) and recognized for teaching excellence, Julier also leads CRAFT's mission to transform food economies. Her work bridges academia and activism, emphasizing equitable food systems and critical pedagogy.