Alexandra Sullivan

Doctoral candidate in EES specializing in Geography and Food Studies

Alexandra’s research, organizational, and civic interests include food systems, commodity/value chains, food sovereignty, foodways, diverse economies, mass consumption, participatory democracy, and inquiry-based education. In addition to her roles at CUNY, Alexandra is a food systems educator and a manager of a grocery-cafe-apothecary.

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Education

MA 2010, Geography, CUNY – Hunter College

BA 2006, Environmental Science, English Literature minor, Franklin & Marshall College

Positions

Graduate Research Fellow, Gittell Urban Studies Collective, CUNY Graduate Center

Adjunct Lecturer, Urban Studies, Queens College

CUNY Science Now GK-12 Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Education, CUNY Graduate Center

Doctoral Candidate, Earth and Environmental Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center

Publications

Sullivan, Alexandra JM. 2015. “Key Food” and “Hunger Programs” in Savoring Gotham, ed. Kaufman, Kathy; Smith, Andrew F.; Sinsheimer, Max. New York: Oxford University Press.

Sullivan, Alexandra JM. 2015. “Food Safety Agencies” in Encyclopedia of Food Issues, ed. Ken Albala. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.