Dr. Barbara Parker
Associate ProfessorGraduate Coordinator
Associate Professor
Graduate Coordinator
Department:
Email:
barbara.parker@lakeheadu.ca
Phone Number:
+1 (807) 343-8010ext. 8792
Office Location:
RB 2043
Academic Qualifications:
PhD, Sociology, Charles Sturt University, Australia
MA, Sociology with Specialization in Women’s Studies, Lakehead University
BA, Sociology, University of Manitoba
Teaching
At the Undergraduate level, I teach courses across the 3 streams of our programs:
1. Health, Food & the Life Course
2. Social Justice in Northern & Rural Communities, and
3. Media, Culture & Technology
At the Graduate level, I teach:
*Gender, Health & Food Justice
*Qualitative Methods
Date joined Lakehead:
August 2014
Research Interests:
Broadly, my research interests focus on gender, food, health, intersectionality, critical dietetics, food pedagogy and the school food environment.
Check out my book! https://womenspress.canadianscholars.ca/books/feminist-food-studies#tab_reviews