Lindsey Reynolds

• Lindsey once spent a weekend camping on the grounds of the Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY.
• Her master's thesis was titled "Gardens, Guns, & Grits: How the New 'New South' is Making Food the Latest Accessory in Social Status"
• In 2017, she was named as a "Person of the Year" by TIME Magazine in its story on the Silence Breakers of the #MeToo movement.

Experience

With a writing career running the gamut from airlines to higher education to sustainable living to Southern foodways, Lindsey believes that food is a lens to understand different cultures. Previously, she was part of the first-ever social media team for Southwest Airlines, did public relations for award-winning chefs and restaurants, was the managing editor for Tales of the Cocktail, and was awarded the Nathalie Dupree fellowship at the Southern Foodways Alliance, an institution based at the University of Mississippi, where her research centered on journalism and the media portrayal of the American South. Her work has appeared in Garden & Gun, CNN Eatocracy, Treehugger, The Daily Mississippian, Good Grit, and Oxford magazine.

Education

Lindsey holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas with a major in Advertising and Copywriting, and a Master of Arts in Southern Studies from the University of Mississippi.