
MacKenzie Wade
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PhD Student • Researcher • Teaching Assistant • Guest Lecturer
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Publications:
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"A review of edible insect industrialization: Scales of production and implications for sustainability." Environmental Research Letters 2020. 
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"Gateway Bugs: Disgust in Food System Pedagogy" Sensorium: AAA Culture & Agriculture, April 21, 2021. 
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"If you can't beat it, eat it: Adding invasive species to your plate" ICH Fellows Blog, July 16, 2020. 
In the news:
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"Opening the Conversation on Edible Bugs," KCSB News Podcast, September 12, 2022. 
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"More people are eating bugs – but is it ethical to farm insects for food?" Matan Shelomi The Conversation, September 21, 2021. 
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"Why aren't we all eating insects?" The Independent, January 2, 2021. 
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"Why don't you eat insects?" Al Jazeera, January 6, 2021. 
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"A Deep Dive into Edible Insects" That Anthro Podcast July 29, 2020. 
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"The next trend in food: Edible insects?" Phys.org, July 10, 2020. 
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"Plugged into Bugs." The UCSB Current, July 2, 2020. 
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"Edible Insects: Are They the Future of Food?" The Independent, February 13, 2020. 
Profiles:
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Linkedin: MacKenzie Wade 
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UCSB Anthropology: Hoelle Culture and Environ. Lab 
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Medium: MacKenzie Wade 
Fellowships:
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Public Humanities Graduate Fellow 
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Interdepartmental PhD Emphasis in Environ. and Society 
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UCSB Graduate Student Internship Fellowship 
