Sherese Eaglin is a senior Comparative Women’s Studies major concentrating in women’s development and sexuality, with a minor in Food Studies. From San Jose, California, she enjoys being outdoors and has a passion for advocacy.
In her free time, she works with middle schoolers in STEM. She plans on blending her passions for equity, education, and food sustainability with disadvantaged communities to take their health into their own hands. The course Special Topics: Introduction to African American Herbalism (CHE 451) taught by Professor Selima Harleston Lust is a major inspiration for actionable steps toward this goal. She enjoys making tinctures and teas and using plants in her own healing.
The Food Scholars’ trip to Dakar, Senegal was another inspiration for her to reflect on ancestral foods that have been transported across the diaspora and how she can engage with these foods more meaningfully. After graduation, she hopes to continue her passion into her career and graduate school.
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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. "