Shana Wright
Shana has developed an avid interest in food justice issues for several years. While studying toward an MPA in health policy, she focused her research on public health nutrition, social determinants of diabetes, and food systems and security. Her thesis work was a statistical analysis of policy impacts on sustainability in agricultural practice and crop diversity in the U.S., which resulted in original calculations of crop diversity measure for a 30 year historical time frame. Recent research interests include expansion of outlook on industrialized agriculture through understanding and analysis of the impacts of genetically modified foods on health, the environment, and society. Shana’s day job entails social science research on substance abuse issues. She has experience facilitating discussions and meetings and is interested in participatory approaches to learning.
