Amy Bentley

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Amy Bentley is a Professor of Food Studies at New York University’s Steinhardt School. She co-founded the NYU Urban Farm Lab and the Experimental Cuisine Collective. She earned her PhD in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research covers the social and cultural history of food, food systems, nutrition, and health. She has published widely in journals and books and writes about topics from the politicization of domestic life during World War II rationing to a review of Sidney Mintz’s work on the sugar industry. Bentley also serves on editorial and advisory boards for food-studies journals, including Food, Culture and Society and Food and Foodways.