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MacKenzie Wade

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PhD Student • Researcher • Teaching Assistant • Guest Lecturer

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University of California, Santa Barbara

Publications:

  • "A review of edible insect industrialization: Scales of production and implications for sustainability."    Environmental Research Letters 2020. 

  • "Gateway Bugs: Disgust in Food System Pedagogy" Sensorium: AAA Culture & Agriculture, April 21, 2021. 

  • "If you can't beat it, eat it: Adding invasive species to your plate" ICH Fellows Blog, July 16, 2020. 

In the news:

  •  "Opening the Conversation on Edible Bugs," KCSB News Podcast, September 12, 2022.

  • "More people are eating bugs – but is it ethical to farm insects for food?" Matan Shelomi The Conversation, September 21, 2021. 

  • "Why aren't we all eating insects?" The Independent, January 2, 2021. 

  • "Why don't you eat insects?" Al Jazeera, January 6, 2021. 

  • "A Deep Dive into Edible Insects" That Anthro Podcast July 29, 2020. 

  • "The next trend in food: Edible insects?" Phys.org, July 10, 2020. 

  • "Plugged into Bugs." The UCSB Current, July 2, 2020. 

  • "Edible Insects: Are They the Future of Food?" The Independent, February 13, 2020. 

Profiles:

  • Linkedin: MacKenzie Wade

  • UCSB Anthropology: Hoelle Culture and Environ. Lab

  • Medium: MacKenzie Wade

Fellowships:

  • Public Humanities Graduate Fellow 

  • Interdepartmental PhD Emphasis in Environ. and Society

  • UCSB Graduate Student Internship Fellowship

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