Michele Companion
Biographic Data
| ID | 353198 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michele Companion |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michele |
| FAMILY NAME | Companion |
| SIGNATURE | COMPANION M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Colorado Springs |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5048-8361 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Modifying the Japanese Kodomo Shokudo Model for Urban Indigenous Communities
Kodomo Shokudo is a Japanese community-based, grassroots response to urban food insecurity and social pathologies that include youth and elder isolation and the lack of transfer of knowledge and skills. The feasibility of its modification for urban Indigenous communities in which the author was already engaged as an activist scholar is presented in a case study format using an Indigenist food justice praxis. A discussion of the process and outcom…
The importance of International Collaboration, collegiality, and the free flow of people and ideas
The importance of International Collaboration, collegiality, and the free flow of people and ideas." The Social Science Journal, 55(1), pp. 1–2
Responses to Disasters and Climate Change
"As the global climate shifts, communities are faced with a myriad of mitigation and adaptation challenges. These highlight the political, cultural, economic, social, and physical vulnerability of social groups, communities, families, and individuals. They also foster resilience and creative responses. Research in hazard management, humanitarian response, food security programming, and other areas seeks to identify and understand factors that cre…
Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival
Many facets of disasters generate interest among scholars and practitioners. However, a vital area of disaster research is consistently underemphasized. Little is written about the immediate and long-term impacts on a community‘s livelihood systems and the customs and practices of the culture affected. Disaster‘s Impact on Livelihood and Cultural S
Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival
Obesogenic Cultural Drift and Nutritional Transition
Social ecology models applied to eating behaviors and health outcomes in low-income urban areas have focused on food deserts and other structural constraints to healthier eating. This study expands that work by identifying culturally specific constraints on food behaviors among low-income urban Native Americans. Exposure to commodities packages supplied by the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations has created a new conception of what i…
Urban and Peri-urban Cultivation in Northern Mozambique
This study investigates the impact of small-scale agricultural practices on income-generating activities for female street food vendors in urban and peri-urban areas in northern Mozambique. Female-headed households report greater food resources and income from gathering and cultivation despite longer work days. This creates new economic niches. Cultivation contributes to positive psychological outcomes; it reduces feelings of anomie and eases tra…
Constriction in the Variety of Urban Food Pantry Donations by Private Individuals
The urban poor face a number of health challenges, many linked to lack of sufficient and consistent access to nutritious foods. Social ecology models demonstrate the negative impacts of high food cost and limited availability in urban areas. These studies note that “food deserts” have a profound impact on physiological pathologies of urban poor populations. Food pantries are an understudied feature of these urban landscapes. To address this gap, …
Commodities and Competition
Street vending and petty trading activities form the essential core of informal economic sectors in developing nations. These activities allow individuals to generate income with minimal investments of financial capital and without requiring large quantities of human capital, such as education. Because of the relatively low status of this work and its perception as an extension of gendered caregiving roles, it is often considered women's work. Ho…
The underutilization of street markets as a source of food security indicators in Famine Early Warning Systems
Famine Early Warning Systems (EWS) are reliant on data aggregated from multiple sources. Consequently, they are often insensitive to localized changes in food security status, leading to delayed response or interventions. While price and infrastructural data are often gathered, this case study suggests that local street markets and vendor knowledge are underutilized. Few efforts have been made to monitor systematically the street markets as an in…
Coalition Form and Mobilization Effectiveness in Local Social Movements
Constriction in the Variety of Urban Food Pantry Donations by Private Individuals
The urban poor face a number of health challenges, many linked to lack of sufficient and consistent access to nutritious foods. Social ecology models demonstrate the negative impacts of high food cost and limited availability in urban areas. These studies note that “food deserts” have a profound impact on physiological pathologies of urban poor populations. Food pantries are an understudied feature of these urban landscapes. To address this gap, …
The underutilization of street markets as a source of food security indicators in Famine Early Warning Systems
Famine Early Warning Systems (EWS) are reliant on data aggregated from multiple sources. Consequently, they are often insensitive to localized changes in food security status, leading to delayed response or interventions. While price and infrastructural data are often gathered, this case study suggests that local street markets and vendor knowledge are underutilized. Few efforts have been made to monitor systematically the street markets as an in…
Urban and Peri-urban Cultivation in Northern Mozambique
This study investigates the impact of small-scale agricultural practices on income-generating activities for female street food vendors in urban and peri-urban areas in northern Mozambique. Female-headed households report greater food resources and income from gathering and cultivation despite longer work days. This creates new economic niches. Cultivation contributes to positive psychological outcomes; it reduces feelings of anomie and eases tra…
Commodities and Competition
Street vending and petty trading activities form the essential core of informal economic sectors in developing nations. These activities allow individuals to generate income with minimal investments of financial capital and without requiring large quantities of human capital, such as education. Because of the relatively low status of this work and its perception as an extension of gendered caregiving roles, it is often considered women's work. Ho…
Coalition Form and Mobilization Effectiveness in Local Social Movements
The underutilization of street markets as a source of food security indicators in Famine Early Warning Systems
Famine Early Warning Systems (EWS) are reliant on data aggregated from multiple sources. Consequently, they are often insensitive to localized changes in food security status, leading to delayed response or interventions. While price and infrastructural data are often gathered, this case study suggests that local street markets and vendor knowledge are underutilized. Few efforts have been made to monitor systematically the street markets as an in…
Constriction in the Variety of Urban Food Pantry Donations by Private Individuals
The urban poor face a number of health challenges, many linked to lack of sufficient and consistent access to nutritious foods. Social ecology models demonstrate the negative impacts of high food cost and limited availability in urban areas. These studies note that “food deserts” have a profound impact on physiological pathologies of urban poor populations. Food pantries are an understudied feature of these urban landscapes. To address this gap, …
Commodities and Competition
Street vending and petty trading activities form the essential core of informal economic sectors in developing nations. These activities allow individuals to generate income with minimal investments of financial capital and without requiring large quantities of human capital, such as education. Because of the relatively low status of this work and its perception as an extension of gendered caregiving roles, it is often considered women's work. Ho…
Urban and Peri-urban Cultivation in Northern Mozambique
This study investigates the impact of small-scale agricultural practices on income-generating activities for female street food vendors in urban and peri-urban areas in northern Mozambique. Female-headed households report greater food resources and income from gathering and cultivation despite longer work days. This creates new economic niches. Cultivation contributes to positive psychological outcomes; it reduces feelings of anomie and eases tra…
Obesogenic Cultural Drift and Nutritional Transition
Social ecology models applied to eating behaviors and health outcomes in low-income urban areas have focused on food deserts and other structural constraints to healthier eating. This study expands that work by identifying culturally specific constraints on food behaviors among low-income urban Native Americans. Exposure to commodities packages supplied by the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations has created a new conception of what i…
Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival
Many facets of disasters generate interest among scholars and practitioners. However, a vital area of disaster research is consistently underemphasized. Little is written about the immediate and long-term impacts on a community‘s livelihood systems and the customs and practices of the culture affected. Disaster‘s Impact on Livelihood and Cultural S
Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival
Responses to Disasters and Climate Change
"As the global climate shifts, communities are faced with a myriad of mitigation and adaptation challenges. These highlight the political, cultural, economic, social, and physical vulnerability of social groups, communities, families, and individuals. They also foster resilience and creative responses. Research in hazard management, humanitarian response, food security programming, and other areas seeks to identify and understand factors that cre…
The importance of International Collaboration, collegiality, and the free flow of people and ideas
The importance of International Collaboration, collegiality, and the free flow of people and ideas." The Social Science Journal, 55(1), pp. 1–2
Modifying the Japanese Kodomo Shokudo Model for Urban Indigenous Communities
Kodomo Shokudo is a Japanese community-based, grassroots response to urban food insecurity and social pathologies that include youth and elder isolation and the lack of transfer of knowledge and skills. The feasibility of its modification for urban Indigenous communities in which the author was already engaged as an activist scholar is presented in a case study format using an Indigenist food justice praxis. A discussion of the process and outcom…
Geography (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Disasters (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Food insecurity (3 works) · Food security (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works)