Today we welcome Dr. Pascale Jossart-Marcelli and discuss her recently published book "The $16 Taco". She is Professor of Geography and Director of the Interdisciplinary Urban Studies Program at San Diego State University. Pascale’s teaching and research focus on urban poverty and social justice. During the past decade, she has conducted research on urban geographies of food, with a particular interest in the relationship between place, ethnicity, and food. Pascale relies on mixed methods in her research, combining analyses and mapping of quantitative data with ethnographic work, participatory research, and media explorations. She collaborates with several community-based organizations in San Diego that are working towards creating a more just, healthy, and sustainable food system.

Read the Book: The $16 Taco: Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification, University of Washington Press

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