2013 Articles

Advancing multicultural education in hospitality education through the use of food studies curricula

Miller, Jeffrey; Deutsch, Jonathan; Sealey-Ruiz, Yolanda

Administrators at institutions of higher learning are encouraging more classes and contexts in the area of multicultural education. Given the diversity of employees in the hospitality field, it can be argued that the needs for multicultural understanding and sensitivity are as great as in any other field. The emerging discipline of food studies may offer educators tools for enhancing multicultural understanding and education in their classrooms. The discipline of food studies is discussed and examples of how it might work in the hospitality classroom are given.