Juliann Vitullo

Juliann Vitullo is an Associate Professor of Italian studies, a Senior Sustainability Scholar, and Co-director of the Humanities Lab at Arizona State University. Her current research has a focus on how cultural and political strategies for preserving agricultural diversity in Italy, especially in southern Italy, contribute to an evolving and regenerative reconfiguration of the role of traditional farmers.  Both her research and community-based service emphasize the importance of preserving the cultural and ecological knowledge of traditional and Indigenous foodways, including those of the Southwest US where she lives and teaches, for a more equitable and sustainable future.  She also serves on the board of the Clark Park Community Garden in Tempe where she helps run a bi-monthly subscription program with produce from local farms distributed through Sun Produce Cooperative.