RECORD
Marion Nestle, Interview 3: June 29, 2009
- Permalink:
- https://hdl.handle.net/2333.1/5qfttfhq
- Interview Title:
- Marion Nestle, Interview 3: June 29, 2009
- Description:
- Judith Weinraub interviews Marion Nestle about the field of food studies, Nestle's role in building a Food Studies department at New York University and the influence she's had on the field in general.
- Narrator Name:
- Marion Nestle
- Narrator Biography:
- Marion Nestle is the premiere food studies professional in the United States. She unequivocally transformed the field when, in 1988, she took over the Department of Home Economics and Nutrition at New York University, and soon turned it into a ground-breaking academic program in nutrition, food studies, and public health. Her path traces a childhood without much parental encouragement, academic successes and multiple degrees, a pre-second wave feminism early career filled with the common restrictions and frustrations women then faced, and an adulthood at the highest rank of academic and personal achievement. A much sought-after speaker with particular interests in food politics, food marketing, and nutrition, she has written five books, and balances a schedule that includes teaching; research and writing; speaking; and an active highly-read blog (www.foodpolitics.com). This interview covers her early life and education; her two marriages; the challenges of balancing motherhood and a career; the responsibilities and challenges she faced writing the 1988 Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health; her books; her years at New York University; and the development of the University's Food Studies Department.
- Interviewer Name:
- Judith Weinraub
- Interview Number:
- 3
- Date:
- 2009-06-29
- Total Length of Interview:
- 56 minutes
- Segment 1 Duration:
- 0:56:25
- Segment 1 Transcript:
- https://sites.dlib.nyu.edu/media/api/v0/service/fileserver/av/fales/beard/Nestle_Marion-interview_3/Nestle_Marion-2009_06_29-interview.precision.en.txt
- Topics:
- Cooking - study and teaching Cooking history Food writing Government policy, law and legislation Health and nutrition Publishing Urban Agriculture
- People:
- Bentley, Amy, 1962- Wolf, Clark Berg, Jennifer Petrick, Gabriella M. Pollan, Michael Waters, Alice Child, Julia Taylor, Marvin J.
- Organizations:
- Boston University New York University
- Places:
- California
- Previous Interview:
- https://info663-fa23.github.io/team3/items/mn_05_26_2009.html
- File Type:
- sound
- Resource Type:
- oral histories (literary works)
- NYU Call Number:
- MSS_309.ref81.1
- Object Identifier:
- mn_06_29_2009
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Marion Nestle, Interview 3: June 29, 2009", Voices from the Food Revolution- People Who Changed The Way Americans Eat, NYU Fales Library
- Reference Link:
- https://info663-fa23.github.io/team3/items/mn_06_29_2009.html