Research, Professional Development & Service
Elizabeth Fakazis studies the history of culinary journalism and the role that media representations of food and cooking play in the construction of gender and class identities.
Recent Publications & Presentations
- "Esquire and the Construction of the Male Domestic Cook," paper presented to the Association for the Study of Food and Society, New York, New York, June 2012.
- “Esquire Mans the Kitchenette,” Gastronomica: Journal of Food & Culture (Univ. of California Press, 2011).
- “Food Journalism” and “The New Journalism and the Nonfiction Novel” in Christopher H. Sterling (ed.), Encyclopedia of Journalism, Volumes 1-6 (New York: Sage Publications, 2009).
- “Traveling Gourmet: Culinary Travel Writing in Gourmet Magazine 1941-2011,” presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, St. Louis, Missouri, August, 2011.
- “Esquire’s ‘Man the Kitchenette’: Representations of Men, Masculinity and Cooking,” presented to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Denver, Colorado, August, 2010.
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Iles Brody, Esquire contributor Esquire, Nov. 1940
Professional Service
- Vice-head and Programming Chair, Magazine Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 2012 - August 2013.
- Assistant Chair, Division of Communication, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, August 2012-2013.
- Research Chair, Magazine Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 2011-August 2012.
- Research Chair, Mid-Winter Conference, Magazine Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, August 2010-August 2011.
- Submission Reviewer, Minorities & Communication Division, 2006-2010