Gerardo Hernandez

My current research interests, as a food anthropologist, are centered on a decent meal and how taste and class influence the different food decisions that are made during school lunchtime for urban youth at school. I graduated with my Master’s degree in Food Studies (Anthropology) from Indiana University in 2023. My research during my Master’s was done in collaboration with Felege Hiywot Center, a non-profit urban youth STEM Agriculture Farm. My research focus, with FHC’s collaboration, was on urban youth and their pursuit of a good meal. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality and Food Management, with special recognition from the Honors College from Ball State University in 2021, having written my honors thesis on identity formation, food, and migration, through a coming-of-age story of a child of Latino immigrant parents.