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Andrea Moraes

Andrea Moraes

Assistant Professor (Limited Term Faculty)
EducationPhD
OfficeDCC-632, Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex
Phone416-979-5000, ext. 557074
Areas of ExpertiseSocial and cultural dimensions of food; Gender and food security; Food systems and equity

Biography

Andrea Moraes has been teaching at Toronto Metropolitan University since 2008, first at the Certificate in Food Security, and later at the School of Nutrition. She is a research associate of the Centre for Studies in Food Security at the university. Her research interests centre around food equity and food pedagogies. 

Dr. Moraes holds a PhD in rural sociology from the University of Missouri-Columbia, both an MA in social psychology and a BA in psychology from the University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. She is passionate about teaching and learning at TMU!

Teaching responsibilities

  • FND 401: Social and Cultural Dimensions of Food
  • FNU 101: Food Practices and Policies
  • FNU 100: Canadian Cuisine: Historical Roots
  • CFNY 409: Gender and Food Security
  • FNS 250: Introduction to Food Systems (Past)

Teaching interests

  • Food pedagogies
  • Active learning/ teaching games

  • Gender and food security
  • Food systems and equity
  • Food pedagogies
  • Social and cultural dimensions of food

Books

  • Pearce & Moraes (Eds.) 2021. Global Perspectives on Motherhood, Mothering and Masculinities. Toronto: Demeter Press.

Chapters

  • Moraes, A. (2021) ‘More than a Woman’: Exploring Motherhood and Masculinities in Food and Nutrition Security in Northern Vietnam. In: Pearce & Moraes (Eds.) Global Perspectives on Motherhood, Mothering and Masculinities. Toronto: Demeter Press. 
  • Moraes, A. and Rocha, C. (2017). Participation of Women Farmers in Food Procurement Programs in Brazil. In Fletcher, A. and Kubik, W. (Eds.), Women in Agriculture Worldwide: Key Issues and Practical Approaches (pp.177–188). Oxon and New York: Routledge. 
  • Moraes, A. (2015). Advances and Setbacks on Women’s Participation in Water Management in Brazil. In Buechler, S. & Hanson, A-M. (Eds.), A Political Ecology of Women, Water and Global Environmental Change (pp. 77–96). London & New York: Routledge/Earthscan. 
  • Moraes, A. & Perkins, E. (2010). Etica, Genero e Classe Social na Politíca Participativa de Agua. In Santos, G.A. & Sarti, F. (Eds.), Etica, Pesquisa e Políticas Publicas. São Paulo: Editora Rubio.
  • Moraes, A. & Perkins, E. (2009). Deliberative Water Management. In Salleh, A. (Ed.), Eco-sufficiency & Global Justice: Women Write Political Ecology. London/New York:  Pluto Press.

Journal articles

  • Rocha, C., Nguyen Do Huy, Huỳnh Nam Phương, Do Thi Bao Hoa, Fiona Yeudall, Andrea Moraes, Matthew Ryan Brown, Yuan Yvonne, Thomas Tenkate, and Melody Mendonça (2022). A Food-System Approach to Addressing Food Security and Chronic Child Malnutrition in Northern Vietnam. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 11(4), 1–20.
  • Kavcic, C., Moraes, A. & Rahouma, L. (2021). Decolonizing the learning of sitopias in Toronto. The case of the Canadian Cuisine Photography Challenge (external link) . Canadian Food Studies, 8(4).
  • Levkoe, C.Z, Knezevic, I., Appavoo, D., Moraes, A. & Scott, S. (2020). Serving up food studies online: teaching about “food from somewhere” from nowhere (external link) . Food, Culture & Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 23(3). 
  • Moraes, A. & Rocha, C. (2013). Gendered waters: the participation of women in the “One Million Cisterns” rainwater harvesting program in the Brazilian Semi-Arid region. Journal of Cleaner Production: Special issue, Water, Women, Waste, Wisdom, and Wealth, (60), 163–169. 
  • Moraes, A. & Perkins, E. (2007). Women, Equity and Participatory Water Management in Brazil. International Feminist Journal of Politics: Special issue, Politics of Water: A Confluence of Women’s Voices, 9(4), 485–493.

  • Co-Principal Investigator for the Research and Innovation Grant, eCampus Ontario, March 2017-June 2018. Project: The evaluation of an online experiential simulation: income inequality and food security. Amount granted: $83,000.
  • Recipient, Curriculum Development Infusion Model, Ryerson Aboriginal Education Council, February-April 2016. Project: Infusing Aboriginal Content into the Curriculum of the Course CFNY 409 Gender and Food Security. Amount granted: $2,000. 
  • Recipient, Ryerson University Teaching about Diversity Funds, Learning and Teaching Office, 2013. Project: Promoting Diverse Learning through the Use of Interactive Visual Elements: In-class and Online. Amount granted: $2,750.