Ph.D., Global & Sociocultural Studies, 2021
Florida International University, Miami, FL
Dissertation Title: Cooking Up Inequality: An Ethnographic Study of Racial
Hierarchies among Miami’s Restaurant Workers
M.A. in Global & Sociocultural Studies, 2019
Florida International University, Miami, FL
M.S. in Hospitality Management
Florida International University, Miami, FL
B.S. in Hospitality Management, 1995
Florida International University, Miami, FL
A.S. in Culinary Arts, Summa Cum Laude, 1993
Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI
Stage de Cuisine, 1992
Ferrandi Ecole Superieure de Cuisine Francais, Paris, France
- Furman University, Research and Professional Growth Grant, 2022
- Furman University, Faculty Development Grant, 2022
- American Anthropological Association (AAA), The OpEd Project, 2020
- McKnight Doctoral Fellowship, Florida International University, 2015-2021
- American Ethnological Society, Diversity Travel Grant, 2019 McKnight
- Field Work Grant, 2019
- McKnight Doctoral Travel Grant, 2019 & 2018
- Florida International University (FIU), School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA)
- Graduate Travel Grant, 2017 & 2018
- FIU, Global & Sociocultural Studies Travel Grant, 2017 & 2018