10 January 2020
What a joy to announce that Barista Magazine online is continuing to publish some of the interviews with women in coffee that I’ve conducted in the past several years!
Today Part One of my interview with Angelique was published online. Part Two is now live here! Both parts of our interview took place in Zanzibar, Tanzania, when we reunited at a coffee conference in November 2019.
My Dissertation-in-Progress: ” ‘Coffee Depends on Women’: Colonialism and Women’s Empowerment in Kenya’s Coffee Sector.” International Development Studies program at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
“Coffee Through the Looking Glass: A Call for Intersectionality Sustainability.” Coffee Magazine: South Africa’s Dedicated Coffee Culture Magazine, Issue 40, 40th anniversary edition. Winter 2022, published May 2022.
“From Sea to Shining Sea: Coffee’s Transport and Expanding Our Definition of ‘the Middle People.” 25 Magazine: A Publication of the Specialty Coffee Association (print & online), April 2022.
“Tasting Notes“: A #VQRTrueStory Essay. Virginia Quarterly Review. Winter 2021.
“A God Who Wails and Dances: A Conversation with Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor.” Image: A Journal of Art, Faith, Mystery, Issue 109. June 2021.
“What to do with Used Coffee Grounds at Home?“, an online article written for The Sustainability Series for BioCaf, June 2021.
“The Limits of Empowerment: Toward Justice and Accompaniment,” 25 Magazine: A Publication of the Specialty Coffee Association (print & online), April 2021.
“A Business with a Mission: Chepsangor Coffee in Nandi, Kenya,” an online article written for The Sustainability Series for BioCaf, April 2021.
“Will Travel for Coffee: Sustainability in Global Coffee Travel,” an online article written for The Sustainability Series for BioCaf, October 2020.
“How COVID Affects Women in Coffee: Nairobi,” an essay for Barista Magazine Online, August 2020.
“Partnerships in the Time of COVID: An Example from Kenya,” an online article written for The Sustainability Series for BioCaf, July 2020.
“Certifications 101: An Introduction for Specialty Coffee Professionals,” an online article written for The Sustainability Series for BioCaf, April 2020.
“Sustainability in Times of Crisis,” an online article written for The Sustainability Series for BioCaf, March 2020.
“What Is Sustainability and Why Does It Matter,” an online article written for The Sustainability Series for Biocaf, February 2020.
“‘Dependent on More Than Half of the World’: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. & Coffee,” an essay for Barista Magazine Online, 20 January 2020.
“Ten Minutes with Angelique Karekezi, Part Two” Interview for Barista Magazine Online, January 2020.
“Ten Minutes with Angelique Karekezi, Part One,” Interview for Barista Magazine Online, January 2020.
“Ten Minutes with Rebecca Atienza, Part Two,” Interview for Barista Magazine Online, December 2019.
“Ten Minutes with Rebecca Atienza, Part One,” Interview for Barista Magazine Online, December 2019.
“Ten Minutes with Sameeha Mohammed,” Interview for Barista Magazine Online, December 2019.
“Bouncing Back: Resiliency in Specialty Coffee” for 25 Magazine: A Publication of the Specialty Coffee Association, Issue 10 (print & online), September 2019.
“Will Travel for Coffee,” Nomad Magazine: The East African Magazine for Intrepid Travellers, Nairobi, Kenya, September 2019.
“Let’s Get a Coffee,” Chapter 14, co-authored with Dr. Gavin Fridell, available in Power and Everyday Practices, 2nd edition, published by University of Toronto Press, September 2019.
“Getting to Know Perpetue Mukamusinga, Part Two,” Interview for Barista Magazine Online, September 2019.
“Getting to Know Perpetue Mukamusinga, Part One,” Interview for Barista Magazine Online, September 2019.
“Women Hold Up Half the Cup: Gender Imbalances in the Production of America’s Most Popular Beverage” for Global Washington, April 2018
“Jumping Beans: Thoughts on Coffee & Resilience” for Global Washington, April 2017.
“Issue Brief on Coffee” for Global Washington, April 2017.
“Singing Burundi’s Coffee Song” for George Howell Coffee, May 2017.
“A Journey to Burundi’s Coffee Harvest: An Interview with Jenny Howell” for George Howell Coffee, June 2017.
My interview with poet Dana Gioia, Image: A Journal of Art, Faith, Mystery, Issue 73.
Expert for Sustainability Series, Biocaf, Urnex Brands, New York, USA, February 2020.
“One World. One Cup,” Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, December 2019.
“Sustainability and Resilience in the 21st-century Coffee Industry,” a talk given at Host Milan, Milano, Italy, October 2019, hosted by Gruppo Cimbali & MuMac Academy; publicity available online at Comunicaffe International (in Italian), 21 October 2019.
SCA Education Webinar on Coffee Sustainability Program, moderated by Kim Elena Ionescu (SCA), with panelists Erika Koss, Hanes Motsinger, and Frans Taapken, 8 October 2019.
“Creating the Coffee Sustainability Program,” launched at the SCA Global Expo, Boston, MA, April 2019.
Re:Co Fellow for Specialty Coffee Association Symposium, Seattle, WA, 2018
Re:Co Fellow for Specialty Coffee Association Symposium, Atlanta, GA, 2016
Stir Magazine, Coffee & Culture Conversations, January 2016
The Boston Globe, Interview by Matt Viser, December 2015