Carlnita P. Greene is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon whose research broadly operates at the intersections of food, media, and popular culture. Previously published on subjects as diverse as identity, style, and nostalgia, she is co-editor of Food as Communication/Communication as Food (Peter Lang, 2011). Her new book, Gourmands & Gluttons: The Rhetoric of Food Excess, is forthcoming from Peter Lang this fall.