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Release date: Dec. 5, 2006 Food and Family Discussion Served Up at Emory
Contact: Elaine Justice: 404-727-0643, elaine.justice@emory.edu WHAT WHO WHEN WHERE PARKING Food is on the table like never before. What we eat, when we eat and where it comes from seem never to have been so important. The Emory Center for Myth and Ritual in American Life (MARIAL) will bring together academics and food experts for a conversation on "Food and the American Family" Wednesday, Dec. 13, from 4:00-6 p.m. in Room 100 of White Hall at Emory. Light refreshments will be available. Panelists include Emory psychologist Marshall Duke, a faculty fellow at MARIAL and expert on the importance of family mealtimes. He and fellow MARIAL psychology professor Robyn Fivush are directing the Family Narratives Project, which is studying tape-recorded dinnertime conversations of 40 metro Atlanta families. Their research shows that families who regularly share meals together have children who know more about their family history and tend to have higher self-esteem, interact better with their peers and show higher resilience in the face of adversity. In addition, families who openly discuss emotions associated with negative events, such as the death of a relative or a pet, have children with higher self-esteem and sense of control. Duke and Fivush noted that children benefit from the family stories and conversations that often are shared during family meals. Other panelists are Flo Gentry, head of Super Suppers Decatur, a national food franchise where busy parents go to assemble their families' weekly meals in one visit; and Julie Shaffer, an executive at Edible Atlanta, a community-based magazine aimed at connecting local food producers with consumers increasingly concerned about what they are feeding their families. The discussion will be chaired by Peggy Barlett, an Emory anthropologist who has long been interested in sustainable agriculture, and has been active at Emory in the Faculty Green Lunch Group and the Ad Hoc Committee for Environmental Stewardship. This event is free and open to the public. For more information on MARIAL research, go to: http://www.marial.emory.edu. ### Emory University is one of the nation's leading private research universities and a member of the Association of American Universities. Known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities, Emory is ranked as one of the country's top 20 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system. Subscribe to News@Emory RSS feeds for automatic updates of the latest news at Emory. |
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