Dr. Josée Johnston
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Dr. Josée Johnston Ph.D., University of Alberta - 2002 |
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Biographical Overview: Josée Johnston holds a B.A. in political science from McGill University, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Alberta. She spent two years at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto as a SSHRC post-doctoral fellow before joining the Department of Sociology. |
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Recent Courses Taught: Critical Theories of Globalization (UTM), Social and Ecological Issues in Globalization (UTM), Social Ecology: Food in a Global Context (St. George) |
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Selected Publications: Johnston, Josée. 2008. "The citizen-consumer hybrid: ideological tensions and the case of Whole Foods Market." Theory and Society 37:229-270. Johnston, Josée, and Judith Taylor. 2008. "Feminist Consumerism and Fat Activists: A Comparative Study of Grassroots Activism and the Dove 'Real Beauty' Campaign." Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 33,4:941-966. Johnston, Josée and Shyon Baumann. 2007. "Democracy vs. Distinction: A Study of Omnivorousness in Gourmet Food Writing." American Journal of Sociology 113:165-204. |
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Research Interests: Johnston’s major area of research is the sociology of food. This brings together several major research threads including globalization, political-ecology, consumerism, and critical theory. Despite a growing cultural obsession with food, serious food-related pathologies persist: food insecurity, growing numbers of food banks, alarming obesity statistics and eating disorders, and an unsustainable mode of agro-industrial production that sheds farmers as quickly as it degrades topsoil. Johnston’s research addresses these questions through the use of illustrative case-studies that shed light on the possibilities and contradictions of food politics. |
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