M. Weaver-Hightower
@weaverhightower
Professor of education at Virginia Tech; Researcher of gender and education, school food politics, qualitative research, and comics and graphic novels.
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If you’re suddenly wondering how DEI is defensible and defendable, this is an important piece to read from an important thinker in our field: insidehighered.com/opinion/blogs/…
" Would you support getting rid of school lunch for vulnerable kids and breakfast and Head Start, for example, and getting rid of childhood cancer research. Do you support that?" GOP Rep: " When you talk about school lunches, hey, I worked my way through high school."
Tom the Dancing Bug for December 13, 2024 | GoComics.com gocomics.com/tomthedancingb… via @GoComics
A truly important article if we want to have nuanced conversations about gun policy. nytimes.com/2024/09/28/bri… via @NYTimes
Shameless self promotion: I'm featured in a new episode of one of my favorite podcasts talking about universally free school meals-- npr.org/2024/08/26/119…
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A food fight over free school lunch : The Indicator from Planet Money
The ascendance of Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has made the topic of free school lunch a political flashpoint. Over the past several years, several states—including Walz's home...
If you live in Pennsylvania, go to bit.ly/PALunchAdvocacy and tell your reps that you want kids' lunch debt cancelled and universally free school lunches established state-wide. Thanks Pennsylvania Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition!! You're doing awesome work!
The USDA Updated Its Gardening Map, But Downplays Connection to Climate Change via @CivilEats civileats.com/2024/01/29/the…
When we work together, there's nothing we can't achieve. Together, we'll keep pushing until every child can have a hot school dinner, every day. Watch the film 📷 #FreeSchoolMealsForAll
Happy to be joining the editorial board for this great journal, joining a lot of friends!
Exciting News! 🎉 After our 2023 executive board meeting, we identified areas of growth for our journal 📈 and recruited new editorial members! 🤗 We can't wait to work with all members to enhance our scholarly contributions to the field! 😊👏 tandfonline.com/action/journal…
Proud to have been featured on the With Good Reason radio show talking about school lunches. Catch it at withgoodreasonradio.org/episode/food-f… @goodreasonradio @VT_LiberalArts @VaTechSOE @VTFoodStudies
Reminder that tonight (7PM EST) is a panel on the history of school meals in the US (and I'll say some about England, too) with some really awesome folks. bit.ly/schoolmealhist…. @BMIatWork @VaTechSOE
Great opportunity for someone who might want to live in England for a while and study school food there: jobs.wlv.ac.uk/vacancy/resear…
I’m speaking at this, but really I’m super excited to hear more from the other panelists and see some of the exhibit! Register yourself at bit.ly/schoolmealhist…
The History News Network included my essay, "The Failed Promise of Free, Universal School Lunch" in its best-of list, "22 for '22: Original Stories that Made the Year on HNN" ! @VaTechSOE @VTFoodStudies (historynewsnetwork.org/article/184675)
Shameless self-promotion 😊: If you're interested in reading my newest book, Unpacking School Lunch, palgrave macmillan is having a great sale right now--55% off. Use code CYB22 at palgrave.com
If you just can't get enough of me 🤓, try......How the Politics of School Food Shape What Kids Eat via @CivilEats civileats.com/2022/09/26/pol…
My oped piece on the shame of failing to renew universal school lunches: The Failed Promise of Free, Universal School Lunch | History News Network historynewsnetwork.org/article/183788
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