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Investigative team

Food Dignity was a collaboration between five community-based organizations—Blue Mountain Associates, Dig Deep Farms, East New York Farms!, Feeding Laramie Valley, and the Whole Community Project­; and four academic institutions—University of Wyoming, Cornell University, Ithaca College, and University of California Davis. The community-university liaison work was housed within Action Resources International, which is also Feeding Laramie Valley's umbrella organization.

Individual collaborators, with their organizations and project roles, are listed below. This list includes people who played central roles in the project, participated in one or more of our 8 team meetings, and/or played key roles within project-funded activities (excluding the Food Dignity minigrant programs) at one or more of the partnering organizations.

Gayle M. Woodsum, Feeding Laramie Valley/Action Resources International

lead project-wide investigator and community liaison, lead FLV investigator

 

Monica Hargraves, Cornell University

lead project-wide investigator

 

Christine M. Porter, University of Wyoming

principal investigator and project director


Sarita Daftary-Steel, East New York Farms!

lead ENYF investigator


Daryl Marshall, East New York Farms!

co-investigator & ENYF community organizer

Marty Neideffer, Dig Deep Farms

lead DDF investigator

E. Jemila Sequeira, Whole Community Project

lead WCP investigator & community organizer
 

Virginia Sutter, Blue Mountain Associates

lead BMA investigator, community organizer

Jim Sutter, Blue Mountain Associates

co-investigator

Lina Dunning, Feeding Laramie Valley

co-investigator, FLV community organizer

Reece Owens, Feeding Laramie Valley

co-investigator

Alyssa Wechsler, University of Wyoming

project coordinator

Katherine "Katie" Bradley, University of California at Davis

research coordinator, PhD student, post-doctoral scholar

John Armstrong, Cornell University

PhD student

Damon Brangman, Whole Community Project

co-investigator

 

Lila Cabbil, Rosa Parks Institute

external facilitator, consultant and trainer

 

Cecilia Denning, Action Resources International

project-wide co-investigator

 

Laurie Drinkwater, Cornell University

co-investigator

Amy Frith, Ithaca College

co-investigator

 

Suzanne Gervais, Cornell University

co-investigator, Cornell coordinator

Julia Lapp, Ithaca College

co-investigator

Peggy McCrackin, University of Wyoming

masters student

Phil McMichael, Cornell University

co-investigator

 

Scott Peters, Cornell University

co-investigator

 

Etheleen Potter, Blue Mountain Associates

co-investigator

Terryl "Pac" Rucker, Dig Deep Farms

co-investigator

Mike Silva, Dig Deep Farms

co-investigator

 

Alicia Swords, Ithaca College

co-investigator

David Vigil, East New York Farms

co-investigator

 

Melvin Arthur, University of Wyoming

masters student

 

Monica Arambulo, Whole Community Project

co-investigator

 

Hilary Bass, Dig Deep Farms

co-investigator

 

Kent Becker, University of Wyoming

photovoice advisor

 

Peggy Bell, Feeding Laramie Valley

collaborator

 

Rachel Bezner-Kerr, Cornell University

food systems minor at Cornell

 

Maggie Bourque, University of Wyoming

food systems minor at UW

 

Pat Brehl, Whole Community Project

food systems minor at Cornell

 

Rachael Budowle, University of Wyoming

food systems minor at UW

 

Sufyan "Yani" Bunch, Dig Deep Farms

collaborator

 

Rashaad Butler, Dig Deep Farms

collaborator

 

Fabina Colon, Whole Community Project/Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County

co-investigator, community-campus collaboration

 

Larisa Comacho, Whole Community Project

collaborator

 

Shannon Conk, University of Wyoming

masters student

 

Eden Connelly, Whole Community Project/Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County

co-investigator, community-campus collaboration

 

Kirby Edmonds, Whole Community Project

food systems minor at Cornell

 

Sam Faulkner, Dig Deep Farms

collaborator

 

Lacey Gaechter, University of Wyoming

masters student

 

Cheryl Geiger, University of Wyoming

project staff (until 2013)

 

Megan Gregory, Cornell University

PhD student

 

Deborah Greig, East New York Farms

co-investigator

 

Bill Gribb, University of Wyoming

co-investigator

 

Hank Herrera, Center for Popular Research, Education and Policy, Inc. & Dig Deep Farms

lead project-wide co-investigator and liaison, co-investigator at DDF (until 2014)

 

Eric Holt-Gimenez, Food First

external trainer

 

Kelly "Colleen" Hubbell, Feeding Laramie Valley

collaborator

 

Elisabeth "Livy" Lewis, University of Wyoming

masters student

 

Jill Lovato, University of Wyoming

food systems minor at UW

 

Tony Mendoza, Feeding Laramie Valley

collaborator

 

Leslie Montoya, University of Wyoming

project staff (until 2013)

 

Heidi Mouillesseaux-Kunzman, Cornell University

food systems minor at Cornell

 

Urszula Norton, University of Wyoming

co-investigator

 

Olabode Olufemi, East New York Farms

collaborator

 

Deborah Paulson, University of Wyoming

food systems minor at UW

 

David Pelletier, Cornell University

collaborator

 

Trish Penny, Feeding Laramie Valley

collaborator

 

Kerra Quinn, Whole Community Project

collaborator

 

Anne Rhodes, Whole Community Project

collaborator

 

Jonathan Russell-Anelli, Cornell University

food systems minor at Cornell

 

Lara Parilla, Whole Community Project/Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County

collaborator

Ken Schlather, Whole Community Project/Cornell Cooperative Extension Tompkins County

co-investigator

Heather Scott, Cornell University

co-investigator

 

Elan Shapiro, Ithaca College

collaborator

 

Jarryd Smith, Dig Deep Farms

collaborator

 

Roy Terry, Dig Deep Farms

collaborator

 

Brenda Thompson, East New York Farms!

collaborator

 

Tommie Wheeler, Dig Deep Farms

collaborator

 

Deagon Williams, Dig Deep Farms

collaborator

 

Malik Yakini, Detroit Black Community Food Security Network

external trainer

 

Tony Yancey, East New York Farms!

collaborator

 

Scott Young, East New York Farms!

collaborator

 

Jenna Zamperlli, Feeding Laramie Valley

collaborator

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