Diversity + Inclusion Virtual Town Hall - On-Demand Webcast
Diversity + Inclusion Virtual Town Hall - On-Demand Webcast
On-Demand Web Events
This town hall will share with IFT membership, the recommendations developed over the last six months by the Inclusive Systems Review Task Force.
  • List Price: Free
Meeting Details :

You are invited to attend IFT’s the Inclusive Systems Review Town Hall Tuesday, October 15th from 10am – 11am CST . This town hall will share with IFT membership, the recommendations developed over the last six months by the Inclusive Systems Review Task Force. The Task Force is a member led group charged with assessing IFT’s current volunteer structures, systems and approaches in order to promote and sustain IFT's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We encourage you to attend and participate in providing questions or feedback.

Speaker
• John Coupland (Ph.D., CFS) is a professor of food science at Penn State where his research program focusses on the physical chemistry of foods, particularly lipids. He teaches courses in food chemistry and analysis, food physical chemistry, food controversies and introductory food science.  Prior to his career at Penn State, he was a post-doc at University College Dublin and at UMass.  He holds B.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Food Science from the University of Leeds (UK).
 
Dr. Coupland has published over a hundred papers and book chapters and is the author of “An Introduction to the Physical Chemistry of Foods” (Springer, 2014). He has served as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society and on the editorial boards of Food Biophysics and Food Hydrocolloids.  He currently serves on the USDA National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board.
 
John has been a member of IFT for more than 20 years and has held multiple leadership roles including terms on the Board of Directors and as President (2016-2017). John is an IFT Communicator and tries to use social medial to advance public understanding of the important roles of food science and food scientists.   

 

This webcast includes access to the recording, which will be available within 48 hours of the live event. All IFT webcasts are free for IFT Premier and Student members.

 

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