Dr. Andrew Carter is currently an assistant professor at San Jose State University. His research interests include health disparities, critical food studies, community-based participatory research, and intercultural communication, where he examines intersections of culture, power, resistance, meaning construction, and voice in public discourses on health. He has developed a range of community-academic partnerships in various capacities, including those with the Environmental Protection Agency, South Memphis Farmers Market, National Women in Agriculture Association, among others. A primary feature of his work explores how Black farmers challenge norms, power inequities, and structural barriers in the agriculture industry to preserve their cultural legacies and use farming as an emancipatory vehicle to address broader social, public health, and economic disparities among the Black community.

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