Jennifer Ho is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the department of English and comparative literature, whose research and teaching interests include Asian- and multi-ethnic American literature and racial identity. Her most recent book, "Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture" (Rutgers University Press), was published this past spring.
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When Gastonia's iconic Loray/Firestone mill was being redeveloped, UNC's Digital Innovation Lab was on hand to help preserve and present the history of the mill and the people associated with it. Digital Loray is the largest digital humanities project ever undertaken by the University.
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A new class at Carolina is giving students a chance to learn North Carolina's food system and food culture from the ground up - and contribute to a much larger project.
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For the next two years, the Carolina community will come together around a common table with food as the University’s...
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We asked American studies professor Marcie Ferris about everything from using food as a lens to examine history to stereotypes...
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Katy Clune (M.A. American studies/folklore) documented an example of global foodways in the rural American South through her project on...
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Graduate student Victoria Bouloubasis and her partners at Vittles Films have captured the bilingual cacophony of Cliff’s Meat Market in...
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English professor Michael McFee shares the poem "Gravy" from his book "That Was Oasis," with an illustration by colleague...
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UNC students research the market for pecan milk, safety in N.C. food pantries, fast food chains in Asia and the...
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Our region produces and consumes the most pimento cheese in the world. But the spread isn’t Southern by birth —...
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