Meet Alexis
Director / Producer Alexis Agliano Sanborn has studied Japanese culture for over a decade and is a specialist in Japanese food education and school lunch, writing regularly on the subjects for academic and non-academic audiences. She received her AM from Harvard University in East Asian Studies and an MPA from New York University. Alexis is a self-taught cook and has made a particular study of Japanese school lunch recipes. She also is a podcast producer & host, artist, and creative writer.
Selected Publications
Kyūshoku in Action: Everyday Examples of the Seven Aims of the School Lunch Law (forthcoming)
Lunch Interrupted! COVID-19 & Japan’s School Meals, Gastronomica, Spring 2021.
Eating Through the Seasons: Food Education in Japan, The Recipes Project, Spring 2020.
Memory and Empathy in Japanese School Lunch, Kyoto Journal, Summer 2019.
More Than a Meal: School Lunch in Japan, Education About Asia, Spring 2017.
Recent Appearances/Presentations
Boston University (March 2022)
Culinary Institute of America (February 2022)
Hunter College (October 2021)
Masconomet Regional School District, guest speaker (April 2021)
New York University Wagner Food Policy Alliance, guest speaker (March 2021)
Footprints & Footprints: 3.11 and the Future of Tohoku, moderator (March 2021)
JET Alumni Film Appreciation Society, guest speaker (March 2021)
Boston Japan Film Festival, guest speaker (December 2020)
Japan Center at SUNY Stonybrook, guest speaker (December 2020)
US JETAA, guest speaker (November 2020)
The University of Arizona, guest speaker (November 2020)
East Harlem School Speaker Series, guest speaker (October 2020)