Press & Media Appearances
Adrienne has appeared in podcasts, video interviews, radio programs, documentary-style series, and public media conversations about dieting, food culture, calories, competitive eating, fashion history, nutrition, and women’s bone health.
Video & TV
Netflix / Vox Explainer Series
Why Diets Fail
Adrienne appears as a food-history expert discussing dieting, diet culture, and why people keep returning to diets.
CenterState CEO / Talk CNY
Leadership Lessons
Adrienne discusses Seen Nutrition’s founding story, women’s bone health, Cornell support, Grow-NY, and leadership.
Podcasts
The Wiener Takes All! with Adrienne Rose Bitar, Crazy Legs Conti, & Marnie Shure
Adrienne discusses the sport of competitive eating and its intersection with culture and identity.
2017–present
Cornell University
Lecturer, History & American Studies
Courses and seminars: Food in America; Consumer Culture; Introduction to Food Studies; Introduction to American Studies: Food and Nature
2016–2017
Stanford University
Lecturer, American Studies
Courses and seminars: Consumer Culture; Food and Popular Culture; Food in America; Topics in Food Studies; Food and American Culture
2012–2016
Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies International Institutes
Courses: Expository Writing and Research Methods; Creative Writing and the Personal Essay
Locations included South Korea, Chile, Singapore, Thailand, and China
2015
New York University
Visiting Scholar in Food Studies, Nutrition, and Public Health
2010–2011
Stanford Program in Writing and Rhetoric
Instructor for The Rhetoric of Eating
Selected Conferences & Talks
Adrienne’s talks have explored competitive eating, alternative proteins, lab-grown meat, diet culture, food fads, environmental health narratives, and the cultural history of nutrition.
Hot Dog Summit, Times Square Alliance for the Arts
Learning Where You Live, Pioneering Sustainable Change, Cornell University
Association for the Study of Food and Society, Boston University
Institute for Historical Research, University of London
Association for the Study of Food and Society, University of Georgia
Association for the Study of Food and Society
Association for the Study of Food and Society, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Society for Utopian Studies, UC Berkeley
University of the Pacific Food Studies Program
Speaking Topics
Diet Culture & American Health Ideals
Food History & Popular Nutrition
Women’s Health & Bone Health
Adrienne is available for talks, interviews, podcasts, panels, and public conversations on food history, diet culture, women’s health, and the cultural meaning of nutrition.