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Biography, Education and Training

Education: 

Master's of Art in Food Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington

Bachlor's of Art in Hospitality and Food Management, Ball State University 

Research Interests

Everyday Food Practices in America; Food Studies; Food Sovereignty; Decolonial Anthropology; Identity; Race and Ethnicity; Visual Anthropology; Sensory Ethnography; Social Identity; Semiotic Anthropology

Teaching Interests

Past Teaching Experinces: 

Faculity Positions: 

Visiting Lecturer, Department of English at IU, Bloomington

AI (Associate Instructor) Positions: 

Instructor of Record, College of Art & Sciences (Anthropology) at IU, Bloomington

Instructor of Record, Anthropology at IU, Bloomington

Awards, Honors and Grants

2024. Huerta Center Professional Development Award, University of California Santa Cruz 

2024. Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, University of California Santa Cruz

2023. AI of the Year Award: Outstanding Faculty-Led Course Instrcutor, Indiana University Bloomington 

2022. David C. Skomp Feasibility Fellowship, Indiana University Bloomington 

2021. Ball State Universty Honors College Recipent, Ball State University 

2020. William Moser & Ball State Better Business Bureau Scholarship

2019. John and Esther Findling Class of 1933 Scholarship 

Selected Presentations

Hernandez, G; Seymour, R. (March 2023). “How to Build C.A.R.E. (Community. Activism. Reflexivity. Engagement.) with your Interlocutors.” 2023 AGSA/SKOMP Graduate Research Symposium. Bloomington, Indiana.

Hernandez, G. (April 2023). “Manifestations of Race and Identity: How Black Youth are Influenced by the Food Spaces around them.” 2023 CRRES (Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society) Research Symposium. Bloomington, Indiana. 

Hernandez, G. (June 2023). “Food, Race, and Identity: How Urban Community Centers ‘Nourish’ Their Youth.” 2023 Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society (AFHVS) Conference: Knowing Food: Insights from Around the Table. Boston, Massachusetts. 

Hernandez, G (November 2023). “Hearing the Souls of the Hungry: How Community Centers Uplift Their People.” 2023 AAA/CASCA (American Anthropological Association/ Canadian Anthropology Society/ Société Canadienne D’anthropologie) Conference: TRANSITIONS. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Hernandez, G (November 2024). “Nourishing Identities: Afro-Latinx/Latinx Youth Perspectives on "Good Meals" in Black-Dominated Urban Farming.” 2024 AAA (American Anthropological Association) Conference: PRAXIS. Tampa, Florida, United States.