ANDREA FREEMAN
Speaker + AUTHOR + LAW PROFESSOR + FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR
Located near: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
Speaking topics
Food Justice
Food Oppression
Constitutional Law
Food Law and Policy
Race and Consumer law
Race and Marketing
Race and Infant Feeding
Consumer credit
Technology and POlicy
Event types
Keynotes
lectures
Fireside Chats
Panels
Workshops
book talks & Readings
Virtual events
Moderation
Festivals
interviews
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS
ANDREA FREEMAN’s bio
Andrea Freeman is an author, law professor, and Fulbright scholar. She is a national and international expert on the intersections of race and food policy, health, and consumer credit.
Much of her work explores her pioneering theory of food oppression, which examines how food law and policy, influenced by corporate interests, disproportionately harms marginalized communities. Freeman is the author of Ruin Their Crops on the Ground: The Politics of Food in the United States, from the Trail of Tears to School Lunch (Metropolitan 2024) and Skimmed: Breastfeeding, Race, and Injustice (Stanford University Press 2019), in addition to book chapters, law review articles, and op-eds. Skimmed is currently in development for a documentary with Topic Pictures. Her work has been featured in publications including the Washington Post, New Yorker, Salon, Huffington Post, USA Today, The Root, Yahoo! News, The Atlantic, NPR Shots Blog, Pacific Standard, The Conversation, Medium, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and National Library of Medicine, and she has done interviews with news outlets and programs including CBS News, PBS News Hour, The Takeaway, Here & Now, Point of Origin, Newstalk Irish National Radio, Heritage Radio Network, The Electorette, Hawaii Public Radio.
Freeman is a professor at Southwestern Law School and was awarded the endowed Second Century Chair for her impactful contributions to legal education and scholarship. She teaches Constitutional Law, Federal Courts, Race, Culture, and the Law in the United States and United Kingdom, Food Law and Policy, and Comparative Social Justice and Constitutional Law. She has served on the Litigation Committee of the Hawaii chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, as a Fulbright King's College London U.S. Scholar, and a Vermont Law School Distinguished Scholar of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems. She is currently at work on a new project focused on consumer credit, policy, and technology.
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books by Andrea Freeman
Andrea Freeman in the media
The Fultz Quads & Food Oppression: Author Talk with Professor Freeman
Food Oppression with Andrea Freeman | Gresham College
Hot Topics: Big Data and Food Oppression
ABC News’ Juju Chang spoke with Andrea Freeman on her new book Ruin Their Crops on the Ground, which uncovers how food laws and corporations have impacted marginalized communities' access to healthy food.
Recent Articles Featuring Andrea Freeman:
Tracking the Trouble and Hope that Define the American Farm | Los Angeles Times
From Breastfeeding To Beyoncé, 'Skimmed' Tells A New Story About Black Motherhood | NPR
Slavery and racism drive a toxic double standard about breastfeeding | The Washington Post
New book highlights breastfeeding, race and ‘nationwide injustice’ | University of Hawaii News
Podcasts with Andrea Freeman: