Speaker

Theresa McCulla is the historian of the American Brewing History Initiative at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Previously, she worked as an Arcadia Fellow at Harvard University Library; directed the Food Literacy Project for Harvard University Dining Services; and worked as a European media analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. While earning a PhD in American Studies from Harvard University (2017), she conducted archival research and oral history interviews. Her scholarship explores the history of 19th- and 20th-century American food and drink, especially as it intersects with race and ethnicity. Theresa holds an M.A. in history from Harvard University, a B.A. in romance studies from Harvard College, and a Culinary Arts Diploma from the Cambridge School of Culinary Arts. She is writing a book about race in the New Orleans food industry.