Fabulous Faculty: Sarah Ash
October 6, 2009
Sarah Ash, associate professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutrition Sciences and the coordinator of the undergraduate Nutrition Program, will explain our way of eating today by examining social, economic, and scientific factors that existed during the mid-nineteenth through the early twentieth century. Ash teaches over 1,000 students a year in a wide variety of classes, including one on US food history. She is the recipient of numerous teaching awards including the NCSU Alumni Distinguished Professor Award and the USDA Food and Agriculture Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award.
This event is part of the ongoing NCSU Libraries Fabulous Faculty Series and is cosponsored by NCSULA. Samples of popular foods from the 30’s through the 80’s will be available for tasting. The Fabulous Faculty Series is generously sponsored by a grant from the Tom Russell Foundation, Inc.
Join us on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 4:00 p.m., the NCSU D. H. Hill Jr. Library, Assembly Room, (2nd Floor, East Wing). This event is free and open to the public.