Transforming School Meals: Gender Labor, and Research in the Lunchroom
March 30, 2026
The WVU Center for Resilient Communities Research Dialogues Series welcomes community-engaged scholars to share insights on their approaches, orientations, and efforts to generate knowledge and contribute to social transformation.
All speakers will present virtually. Viewers can tune in via Zoom or in-person at the CRC. Zoom details will be provided to registered participants.
Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | noon to 1:30 p.m. | Transforming School Meals: Gender Labor, and Research in the Lunchroom
Dr. Jennifer Gaddis (UWisc) reflects on the everyday politics of school meals, drawing on research in lunchrooms to examine how gendered labor, care work, and institutional power shape school food, and how engaged scholarship can illuminate possibilities for transforming public schools and food systems alike.