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Shana Klein is a professor at Kent State University and holds a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of New Mexico. She is author of the book, The Fruits of Empire: Art, Food, and the Politics of Race in the Age of American Expansion," which won the SECAC Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication.  This book demonstrates how pictures of food were not mere decoration, but a platform for artists and viewers to discuss heated debates over race and citizenship.  Klein has been awarded several fellowships for her research at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, among others.  She has also won a number of grants for her current book project on motherhood in U.S. art and visual culture.  Klein has presented her research in a number of peer-review journals and podcasts and she teaches classes that bring together American art, material culture, and social justice.