Joan Gross is Professor of Anthropology at Oregon State University, where she teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses within the areas of linguistic anthropology and the anthropology of food. Her research interests include verbal art, lesser-known languages, and food systems studies. She has published two books, Speaking in Other Voices: An Ethnography of Walloon Puppet Theaters (2001) and Teaching Oregon Native Languages (2007). Other publications can be found at http://oregonstate.edu/cla/anthropology/faculty-staff/gross.