Dr. Bobby J. Smith II

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Dr. Bobby J. Smith II

Dr. Bobby J. Smith II

@B_Classic

Associate Professor, AfAm Studies, @UofIllinois. (Re)writing agriculture/food in Black life. Author of FOOD POWER POLITICS (@UNC_Press): https://t.co/yOp6LTzXkw

Champaign, IL Katılım Kasım 2009
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Dr. Bobby J. Smith II@B_Classic·
🏆🏆🏆 I’m thrilled to share that my book Food Power Politics won the 2024 Association for the Study of Food & Society (@ASFS_org) First Book Prize! ASFS is the premier professional organization for Food Studies & I am thankful to be honored by my peers! More soon. #GodIsAble 🙏🏾
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UNC Press
UNC Press@UNC_Press·
How did sweet potato pie become a tool of Black American resistance? Find out in this @GuardianUS piece featuring @B_Classic, author of FOOD POWER POLITICS: The Food Story of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement ⤵️ theguardian.com/culture/2024/n…
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Cornell Global Development
Cornell Global Development@CornellGlobal·
What an honor to host @B_Classic back on campus! Bobby Smith II graduated from our PhD program in 2018. He is the award-winning author of Food Power Politics, and received early tenure this year @UofIllinois. We are so proud! 👏 Missed his seminar? Stay tuned for a recording!
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UNC Press
UNC Press@UNC_Press·
"In his debut book, 'Food Power Politics: The Food History of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement,' Bobby Smith II [@B_Classic] vividly recounts the story of the slow but continued and covert weaponization of food."—@Ideas_History s-usih.org/2024/10/food-p…
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Meaghan Mingo
Meaghan Mingo@mingome·
My first sole-authored publication is out in @SREJournal ✨ Drawing on an ethnography of Abundance Junior High School*, I argue that school discipline in the rural northeast Louisiana Delta is shaped by racial, spatial, and social dimensions of place. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…
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Ariel Ron
Ariel Ron@arielronid·
New @AgHistorySoc issue arrived w/the forum I put together, "Revisiting the 'Iron Triangle' of Agricultural History." I think it turned out really well! Thanks to @AdamSheingate, Sarah Phillips, @B_Classic, @ProfSecchi, Bill Winders and Anne Effland, and editor Bert Way.
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Meaghan Mingo
Meaghan Mingo@mingome·
In case y’all didn’t hear last week (and even if ya did), screaming to the world that my friend @B_Classic is TENURED!! Congratulations to one of the most dedicated & thoughtful to ever do it 🖤 #nightcapsforever #CMB
Dr. Bobby J. Smith II@B_Classic

It’s official: I have been awarded EARLY promotion to Associate Professor with Indefinite TENURE at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign! As the old folks sang, “God has smiled on me,” and I’m so grateful. Special thanks to my community of love and support. 🙏🏾#Tenured

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Cornell Global Development
Cornell Global Development@CornellGlobal·
You are invited to join the Harry ’51 and Joshua ’49 Tsujimoto Perspectives in Global Development Seminar Series every Wednesday from 12:20 – 1:10 pm ET in 175 Warren Hall or via Zoom! ℹ️ cals.cornell.edu/global-develop…
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It’s official: I have been awarded EARLY promotion to Associate Professor with Indefinite TENURE at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign! As the old folks sang, “God has smiled on me,” and I’m so grateful. Special thanks to my community of love and support. 🙏🏾#Tenured
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Greg Wilson, PhD
Greg Wilson, PhD@gd_wilson·
So richly deserved! I was looking at your vita the other day and was like 🤔🧐 this guy has been proooooductive! Proud of you!
Dr. Bobby J. Smith II@B_Classic

It’s official: I have been awarded EARLY promotion to Associate Professor with Indefinite TENURE at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign! As the old folks sang, “God has smiled on me,” and I’m so grateful. Special thanks to my community of love and support. 🙏🏾#Tenured

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