Lanai C. Mcauley

Hello! My name is Lanai McAuley, and I recently graduated from Rutgers University, where I gained a strong academic foundation in African diasporic cultures and history, and experience in different fields of public history, like oral history, archival, and curatorial work. I am particularly interested in African diasporic food pathways and exploring the commonality between African­ descended cultures and the contributions made by the African diaspora to food culture in America. As a long-time lover of Black storytelling and a recent lover of oral history, I aspire to use an oral history methodology to engage with my research, capturing and preserving the personal food traditions of those in the African diaspora.