Alisha Mays
Alisha Mays (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the University of Kentucky. Alisha's research interests primarily include inequality, food studies, food justice, Appalachia, rurality, political economy, and more broadly, economic anthropology. For her dissertation research, Alisha is currently studying emergency food programs and care work in Appalachian Kentucky. Alisha is also passionate about using storytelling to promote social justice and has shared her "food story" for several audiences throughout the state of Kentucky.
ANT 160: Global Cultural Diversity
ANT 311: Anthropology of Globalization
APP 200: Introduction to Appalachian Studies
Wies, J, R. Mays, A.D., Collins, S., Young, S. L. 2020. “As long as we have the mine, we’ll have water”: Exploring water insecurity in Appalachia. Annals of Anthropological Practice, 44(1): pp 65-76
Wies, Jennifer R. with Alisha Mays. 2016. Teaching Anthropology in the Sacrifice Zone. Anthropology News 57(9): e41-e43.