Shyon Baumann

Shyon Baumann is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. He specializes in the sociology of culture, focusing on cultural evaluation, legitimacy, status, and inequality. His research explores media (film, TV, advertising) and food studies, particularly the sociology of food consumption and ethical practices. He co-authored *Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape* (2015) and leads a SSHRC-funded project on the meat industry's cultural and historical significance in North America.

Education: PhD in Sociology (June 2001), with a thesis titled *From Entertainment to Art: The Social History of Film in the United States*. His committee included Stanley Lieberson, Peter V. Marsden, Gwendolyn Dordick, and Aage B. Sørensen.

Research Interests:

• Cultural schemas and inequality in media and food systems
• Ethics and politics of consumption
• Historical and contemporary meanings of food and meat

Grants: SSHRC-funded project on the meat industry. Collaborations with Josée Johnston on food studies. No awards listed in the provided texts.

Labs/Teams: Involved in collaborative research on food systems through the SSHRC project. His work bridges academia and public sociology, addressing societal issues through empirical research.