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Marcie Cohen Ferris

Professor, Author & Expert on the Culinary South

Marcie Cohen Ferris
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Marcie Cohen Ferris Biography

Born and raised in northeastern Arkansas, Ferris’s deep attachment to the study of place and the American South is rooted in her childhood. For over forty years, she has studied, documented, interpreted, exhibited, taught, and written about the South, largely through its foodways, material culture, and the southern Jewish experience. She’s committed to fostering the creative economies of a diverse, equitable, vibrant region.

As a professor emeritus in the Department of American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Ferris is an editor for Southern Cultures, a quarterly journal of the history and cultures of the U.S. South. From 2006-2008, she was president of the board of directors of the Southern Foodways Alliance. She was co-chair of UNC Chapel Hill’s pan-university academic theme, FOOD FOR ALL: LOCAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, 2015-2018. And, under her leadership, a food studies minor was initiated at UNC Chapel Hill in 2018.

Ferris’s major publications include: The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region and Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South, and she co-authored Jewish Roots in Southern Soil: A New History. She’s currently working on her next book with UNC Press, Edible North Carolina: A Journey Across a State of Flavor, exploring the contemporary food movement in the Tar Heel State.

Currently, Ferris serves on the board of directors for FEAST DOWNEAST, whose food hub and mobile farmers’ markets are helping to build to a healthy, accessible local food system in southeastern North Carolina. She resides in Chapel Hill with her husband, folklorist and Southern Studies scholar, Bill Ferris, and their two badly behaved Labrador Retrievers.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/07/2024.

Marcie Cohen Ferris Videos

  • Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South
    Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South
    In a rich mix of oral history, archival resources, and recipes, Dr. Marcie Cohen Ferris examines the expressive power of food throughout southern ...
  • Fan Fare: The History and Flavors of the Tailgate
    Fan Fare: The History and Flavors of the Tailgate
    Marcie Cohen Ferris, professor in UNC's American Studies Department, and author of The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of ...
  • Professors with Passion: Bill and Marcie Ferris
    Professors with Passion: Bill and Marcie Ferris
    This dynamic couple came to UNC-Chapel Hill eleven years ago. Bill is the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the American South ...
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Marcie Cohen Ferris Books

  • The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region
    The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region
  • "The Deepest Reality of Life": Southern Sociology, the WPA, and Food in the New South
  • Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South
    Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South

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