IN THIS ISSUE: Triple rigor: Celebrating Christine Porter’s Work & life

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In this issue, we offer a festschrift[1] in honor of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Christine M. Porter (University of Wyoming). As a teacher, mentor, scholar, and activist (among other roles), Christine championed the ideas of “food dignity” and “triple-rigorous” research (including epistemological, ethical, and emotional rigor). She challenged us to be transparent and honest with our research subjects and ourselves and in all our “capital-w Work.” This festschrift, which includes a collection of peer-reviewed and reflective essays authored by mentees and peers, has been thought­fully curated by Christine’s close friend and collaborator, Rachael Budowle, collegiate assistant professor at Virginia Tech. On our cover is Christine’s vision of the bench where friends and loved ones can visit her into the future, a linocut print by Shannon Conk called “An Invita­tion: Christine’s Bench in the Meadow.” As this special section tribute was intended to be published before her passing (in July 2024), Christine was able to make her own contribution, in her essay Comfort, which incorporates a description of the bench and its meaning to her. . . .

[1] A festschrift (from German, meaning “celebration writing”) is a collection of writings published in honor of a scholar.