Psyche A. Williams-Forson

About

Psyche Williams-Forson is professor and chair of the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of Taking Food Public: Redefining Foodways in a Changing World and Building Houses Out of Chicken Legs: Black Women, Food, & Power. Her newest book, Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America, won a 2023 James Beard Media Award in Food Issues and Advocacy.

Articles

Points South

A Weary Traveler in a Familiar Land

Food is at the center of most every African-American travel story—how to get it, where to get it, what to get, and how much should be gotten.

By Psyche A. Williams-Forson

Web Feature

After the Day After

What happens when all the jubilation and elation is over? What happens tomorrow and the days after that?

By Psyche A. Williams-Forson

Web Feature

Black Food Energy

We all have to find an approach to food that still respects and honors our culture.

By Psyche A. Williams-Forson