Collage of students with family recipes. Text reads: Media, Food and Foodways: Students reflect on how food has shaped family communication, intergenerational relationships and values

In the Communication Studies course, “Media, Food & Foodways,” Assistant Professor Teddy Workneh, Ph.D., asked his students to dig deep into their family’s history to understand the ways in which food has shaped inter-generational relationships and values. Senior Communication Studies major Bristyn Nadeau reflected on the multi-generational food legacy on her mother’s side of the family in an essay. She highlighted family favorite recipes, including goulash and buckeyes. “Whether it is baking cookies at Christmas, Sunday morning biscuits and gravy, or a cold winter’s day and a warm p...

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