| AKA-279429-21 | Education Programs: Humanities Connections Planning Grants | Virginia Tech | Developing a Humanities-Focused Food Studies Minor | 6/1/2021 - 5/31/2022 | $34,993.00 | Anna | | Zeide | Mark | V. | Barrow | Virginia Tech | Blacksburg | VA | 24061-2000 | USA | 2021 | Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Humanities Connections Planning Grants | Education Programs | 34993 | 0 | 34818.34 | 0 | A one-year planning grant to develop new courses in food studies and create a food studies minor.
Virginia Tech proposes a new humanities-focused food studies minor that brings the insights and methods of the liberal arts to the critical study of foodways and food systems. The minor requirements will include a new Introduction to Food Studies course; electives from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences; one-credit hands-on courses, and a capstone course with an experiential learning component. We will begin the planning grant period by holding a workshop guided by directors of other food studies programs. Over the course of the year, the planning committee will continue monthly virtual discussions with these consultants and others as we craft collaborative course proposals and the minor proposal. By the end of the year we will have submitted paperwork for the new courses and minor, created a plan for recruiting students, and developed a shared community around these aims. |