Psyche Williams-Forson
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Psyche Williams-Forson is an American scholar and writer from Virginia. She is currently the associate professor and chair of American Studies at the University of Maryland.[1]
Education[edit]
Williams-Forson, who is African-American, holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Maryland (completed in 2002), which are also the fields and institutions related to her Master's work in (1994). Additionally, she completed a certificate in Women's Studies (1994). In 1997, she received her bachelor's degree in English and African-American Studies.[2]
Career and research[edit]
She primarily focuses on 19th and 20th century U.S. History - specifically social and cultural history dealing with race, gender, material culture, and food.
Currently, Williams-Forson is working on several projects: food shaming and policing, economic availability of rural Virginian black women, African American class through interiors.[2]
She has participated in various interviews. In 2004, she was interviewed by the Mississippi-based Southern Foodways Alliance.[3] The Food and Society Video Project recorded an interview of Williams-Forson's presentation at Institute of Advanced Study Interdisciplinary Symposium (2001) on "How We Talk About Feeding the World."[4] In 2004, MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry interviewed her on the interdisciplinary nature of food history - "History of Food, Race, and Identity in America."[5]
Awards and fellowships[edit]
- Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship[2]
- Foxworth Creative Enterprise Initiative
- Academy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- 2023 James Beard Award in Food Issues and Advocacy[1]
Scholarly work[edit]
- Taking Food Public: Redefining Foodways in a Changing World (2011) edited with Carole Counihan
- Building Houses out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, & Power (2006)
- "Other Women Cooked for my Husband: Negotiating Gender, Food, and Identities in an African-American/Ghanaian Household." (2010)
- "African Americans and Food Stereotypes." (2009)
- "More Than Just the 'Big Piece of Chicken': The Power of Race, Class, and Food in American Consciousness." (2007)
- "Suckin' the Chicken Bone Dry: African American Women, History, and Food Culture." (2000)[2]
Further reading[edit]
- The New York Times, Sunday Book Review: "The Gospel Bird" [6]
- The Huffington Post, "What's Really in that take out box?" Written by Psyche Williams-Forson [7]
- Food, Fatness, and Fitness Critical Perspectives: "Black Lives Matter, Even in Food Justice." Written by Psyche Williams-Forson [8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kyriakoudes, Helen (2023-06-06). "Psyche A. Williams-Forson Wins 2023 James Beard Award". UNC Press Blog. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
- ^ a b c d "Psyche Williams-Forson | Department of American Studies". amst.umd.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ "Psyche Williams-Forson". Southern Foodways Alliance. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ Food and Society Video Project (2015-04-17), Psyche Williams-Forson: African-American Food Culture (Full), retrieved 2017-03-08
- ^ "History of food, race and identity in America". MSNBC. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ Lee, Matt; Lee, Ted (2006-08-13). "'Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs,' by Psyche A. Williams-Forson - The New York Times Book Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ Williams-Forson, Psyche (2013-04-13). "What's Really in That Take-out Box?". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
- ^ Williams-Forson, Psyche (2016-01-05). "Black Lives Matter, even in Food Justice". Food, Fatness and Fitness. Retrieved 2017-03-08.