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Ran Mei
Ran Mei is a doctoral student in food studies at New York University (NYU) who is interested in the spatial politics of food. Reading the built environment as the physical manifestation and shaper of social relations that are deeply entangled with the politics of race, ethnicity, gender and class, her research explores the social and cultural construction of architecture and infrastructural landscapes of food distribution, consumption and waste management. Before joining NYU in 2023, she worked as an architectural and urban designer in Boston, Tokyo and Wuhan on projects including Time Out Market (Boston), Moynihan Train Station Food Hall (NYC) and Volpe Redevelopment at MIT Kendall Square (Cambridge). She graduated with a B.Arch. from Syracuse University, and an MA in design studies with distinction from Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Contact: Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University, 411 Lafayette Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003, USA.