On November 6, 2009, the graduation ceremony will take place at 11:30 am at the Reggio di Colorno.
The graduates and their theses are as follows:
Naomi Abeliovich, 32, from Israel, with Design Eat: Blurring the Boundaries Between Food and Architecture.
Karen Louise Bencke, 38, from Denmark, with La Montecchia.
Christopher Erling Bolwig, 28, from Great Britain, with Balancing the Principles of Good, Clean and Fair with Artisan Chocolate Production.
Pascale Marguerite Odette Brevet, 34, from France, with Hunger: Two Parallel Stories on Food from Molo, Kenya.
Lucia Cho Hee Kyung, 28, from South Korea, with A Study on Acquolina: A Premium Italian Catering Company in New York City.
Judy Elaine Corser, 58, from Canada, with On Hand.
Sophie Maria Esser, 28, from Germany and the United States, with Edible Gardens for All Seasons of Life.
Alexandra Gibbs, 28, from the United States, with From Food Culture in Emilia-Romagna to Live Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Sarah Rom Gjerø, 20, from Denmark, with Alicia & Bordeaux Quay. Through the Eyes of Slow Food.
Jennifer Leslie Hostetter, 35, from the United States, with Food Studies: An Exercise in the Survival of Culture.
Kate Johnston, 30, from Australia, with Exploring the Boundaries of Food Culture: Definitions and Representations in the Written Text.
Marchelle Elise Jordan, 28, from the United States, with Oklahoma’s “Little Italy”: Negotiating Past and Present.
Heinrich Kaibitsch Mayer, 31, from Italy, with From Subsistence to Sustainable – The Amari Food Culture in Retro- and Perspective
Naoya Miyazaki, 31, from Japan, with Adaptation of the Italian Presidia Model to Japan.
Ranipal Kaur Narulla, 26, from Australia, with From Bordeaux Quay to Ballymaloe: Exploring Food Ideology.
Megan Ann O’Keefe, 30, from the United States, with Sri Lanka: Creating a Model for Sustainable and Commercially Viable Agriculture.
Elisa Orcajada, 27, from Spain/United States, with The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum: A Center for Food Activism.
Katie Mary Phelan, 26, from Ireland, with Food, France and the Making of Identities: Some Musings from the First Republic to the Present Day.
Federica Pozzi, 26, from Italy, with Ooooby: A Model of an Alternative Food Network.
Susana Margarita Rivera Colón, 39, from Puerto Rico, with Preliminary Plan for the Development of a Gastronomic Research and Educational Centre in Puerto Rico.
Matthew Joseph Runeare, 38, from the United States, with Salumi: A Comparative Study of Transformation.
Meghan Nicole Shellenberg, 24, from the United States, with Astor Center.
Kathryn Marie Westfall, 29, from the United States, with Baguettes and Chopsticks: A Journey Through the Foodscape of Modern Vietnam.
In addition, one master-program auditor will present his work and participate in the ceremony:
Jiftach Ben-Dov, 32, from Germany/Israel, with The Alicia Foundation.