Dr. Catarina Passidomo

The University of Mississippi

Dr. Passidomo's work utilizes food systems to better understand and contest broader social systems and phenomena. She investigates connections between the food system and migration between the Global and US South, structural racism, economic inequality, and demographic and culinary changes in the American South. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and is currently working on a book entitled "Gastroimaginaries: Dreams of Food and Place in Peru and the American South." Dr. Passidomo teaches courses in Anthropology, Southern Studies, Environmental Studies, and Food Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Human Geography and a M.A. in Environmental Anthropology from the University of Georgia, and a BA in Sociology from Washington and Lee University. She is originally from Naples, Florida, and currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi with her family.