She is a Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellow and the recipient of the Goldman Sachs Multicultural Afrolatino Junior Fellowship at the Smithsonian. Professor Thomas obtained her Master’s Degree in Art History from San Diego State University with a focus on colonial Latin American Art and Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from the University of Houston. Recent publication includes “Race and Remix: The Aesthetics of Race in the Visual and Performing Arts,” in The Routledge Companion to Remix Studies. Her interests include focusing on the intersectionality of food pathways, commodities, identities, race, class, gender, and the consumption of culture.