Stephanie Maroney is a feminist science and food studies scholar creating collaborative projects on fermentation and mycology. Her current research explores both ferment and mycelium as methods for making, repairing, and caring for knowledge(s) and relations. She has published articles broadly on the sociocultural impact of human microbiome science, including the topics of queer fermentation praxis, the colonial afterlife of microbiome science, and healthism in probiotic dietary culture. She has a PhD in Cultural Studies and is the Managing Director of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life. She previously administered the Mellon Public Scholars program (a community-engaged arts and humanities research program) at UC Davis.

♦ Listen to my podcast interview with Aga Pokrywka on Ferment Radio.