Elizabeth Gowans is a graduate of Spelman College, a historically Black women’s college in Atlanta, Georgia. An Independent Scholar, Elizabeth has a passion for learning about history, historical and cultural preservation, and archives, especially as they relate to women.
She explores Black women’s relationship to food and knowledge production. In the future, she plans to earn a degree in Library Science and become an Archivist, focusing on caring for the Black experience with a specific emphasis on collecting oral histories.
Currently, Elizabeth is a culture worker, food justice researcher, land steward, and oral history preserver at Spelman.
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“Spelman College's Food Studies Program, the first interdisciplinary food studies program at an Historically Black College and University, engages students in an innovative exploration of food interdisciplinarity and centers its connectivity to the African Diaspora, intersectionality, and food science. It is our hope that our food scholars will find the needed community, scholarship, and professional opportunities through the program to approach some of these pressing global and local food challenges. "