UNT Special Collections 2025 Research Fellowship Awardee
Dr. Michael Demson
Project Title
Chili Cookoffs: Cultural Anthropology and Texas BBQ Foodways
Project Description
My project aims to make accessible Cultural Anthropology as a critical approach available to those working in the broad field of cultural studies by way of a case study of the 1967 chili cookoff in Terlingua, TX.
Biography
Dr. Demson is a professor of English at Sam Houston State University where he teaches courses in Romanticism, World Literature, Literary Theory and Foodways.
