Tracy Berno
Berno in 2015
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Canterbury
Academic work
Disciplinegastronomy
InstitutionsLincoln University
Auckland University of Technology
Main interestssustainable food systems, gastronomy and tourism

Tracy Berno is a New Zealand academic, specialising in cross-cultural psychology and food. As of 2022 she is a full professor of the culinary arts in the School of Hospitality and Tourism at Auckland University of Technology.

Academic career

Berno has a BA with honours in psychology from Vassar College, and an MA in psychology from the University of Canterbury. She completed a PhD in psychology in 1995 and also has a postgraduate tertiary teaching certificate from the University of the South Pacific.[1] Berno worked as Planning Director and a lecturer in tourism at Lincoln University,[2] and in 1996 was awarded an Excellence in Teaching award. The citation noted Berno's skill in making the learning process of quantitative social science research methods enjoyable.[3] Berno moved to Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor in January 2022.[4][1] She is also an adjunct professor at the University of the South Pacific.[5][6] Her research centres on sustainable food systems, and a "food-lab approach" to socially and economically sustainable development. Berno founded Pacific Food Lab-Aotearoa (PFL-A), which is a partner organisation to Pacific Food Lab-New Caledonia.[5]

Berno has co-authored three award-winning books on "agriculture, culture, cuisine and tourism development in the South Pacific and Asia".[5] Me'a Kai: The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific ,which Berno co-authored with Robert Oliver and Shiri Ram, was awarded the Best New Zealand Cookbook and the Cookbook of the Year award in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2010.[7][8][9] Berno contributed to Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine with chef Monique Fiso, with research on the origins of Māori cuisine. Hiakai won the best illustrated non-fiction award at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.[10] Mea´Ai Samoa. Recipes and Stories from the heart of Polynesia was another collaboration with chef Robert Oliver and photographer Shiri Ram, it won the "Best authors and chefs award" in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards of 2014.[11]

Selected works

Cookbooks

  • Monique Fiso; Lucy Corry; Tracy Berno (2020). Hiakai: modern Māori cuisine. Auckland: Godwit Press. ISBN 978-0-14-377260-6. OCLC 1182024455. Wikidata Q115488367.
  • Robert Oliver; Tracy Berno (2013). Meʻai Samoa: recipes and stories from the heart of Samoa. Auckland: Godwit Press. ISBN 978-1-77553-427-3. OCLC 858410775. Wikidata Q115488369.
  • Robert Oliver; Tracy Berno; Shiri Ram (2010). Me'a kai: the food and flavours of the South Pacific. Auckland: Godwit Press. ISBN 978-1-86962-175-9. OCLC 612371957. OL 28452199M. Wikidata Q115488368.

Academic publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Academic profile: Tracy Berno". academics.aut.ac.nz. Auckland University of Technology. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Lincoln University Planning Director cooks up world-beater". Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Achievements by Lincoln staff rewarded". Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho. 20 November 1996. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "New Professors and Associate Professors 3". news.aut.ac.nz. Auckland University of Technology. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. 1 2 3 "Tracy Berno – World Food Travel Association". Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Tracy Berno". Discipline of Tourism and Hospitality Management. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Gourmand Awards Winners 1995-2014". www.cookbookfair.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "Me'a Kai wins Best New Zealand Cookbook". www.scoop.co.nz. 17 December 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Tracy Berno". Tourism and the SDGs. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  10. ↑ "Hiakai wins Ockham NZ Book Award - News - AUT". news.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "Winners by countries - Gourmand Awards 2014". www.cookbookfair.com. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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