Josée Johnston is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. Her research uses food as a lens for investigating questions related to consumer culture, sustainability, and inequality. Dr. Johnston is the co-author of Foodies with Shyon Baumann and Food and Femininity with Kate Cairns. Drs. Cairns, Baumann and Johnston have also written a teaching textbook, Introducing Sociology Using the Stuff of Everyday Life. Dr. Johnston has published articles in venues such as Sociological Forum, Journal of Consumer Culture, Theory and Society, Cultural Sociology, and Poetics. Her latest research project explores the shifting cultural politics of meat consumption and production in North America.

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