A History and Science of Chocolate
Join the HCC for an informative session on the science of chocolate. Harvard faculty member Dr. Carla Martin will discuss the history of chocolate -
Carla D. Martin is a Lecturer and Assistant Director of Undergraduate Studies in African and African American Studies at Harvard University. She has published in academic journals ranging from Management Information Systems Quarterly, Social Dynamics, Land, Socio.hu, and Transition: An International Review; the American Anthropological Association's member magazine, Anthropology News; and several edited volumes. She is currently a Principal Investigator on the research project “Towards a Cocoa Producer-Focused Climate Policy in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana.” Read samples of her published work at ResearchGate.
Martin's research as a socially engaged anthropologist is presently focused on the ethics of labor in cocoa and chocolate, and before that on the politics of language and music in Cabo Verde and its diaspora. Her work draws liberally from anti-colonial thought, the Black radical tradition, contemporary social science, and histories of ethical and moral movements. She lectures widely and has taught extensively in African and African American Studies, critical food studies, social anthropology, and ethnomusicology, receiving numerous awards in recognition of excellence in research and teaching, including The Harvard Crimson's Professor of the Year recognition and the Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching. She received her Ph.D. in African and African American Studies and M.A. and B.A. in Social Anthropology at Harvard University.
Additionally, Martin founded and serves as the President of the Board of the Institute for Cacao and Chocolate Research (ICCR), a scholar-led 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to reducing information asymmetry in the cocoa-chocolate value chain. This work has brought her into community with workers at cocoa farms and chocolate factories in dozens of countries.
Martin's public scholarship, including book-length reports, white papers and policy briefs, translations, podcasts, and video presentations, has been featured by the National Park Service, National Council on Public History, Harvard Museums, Revista: The Harvard Review of Latin America, U.S. History Scene, the Specialty Coffee Association's 25 Magazine, and ICCR's many multimedia channels.
Cost: $10.00 for members; $15.00 for nonmembers