She also works closely with the Southern Foodways Alliance. Her research utilizes food and foodways and lenses for considering culture, identity, race, space, and power. She is also interested in migration and change in the U.S. South, and specifically in demographic changes following Hurricane Katrina. Dr. Passidomo received her Ph.D. in Human Geography from the University of Georgia in 2013. She also holds a M.A. in Ecological Anthropology from UGA, and a B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology from Washington and Lee University. She is originally from Naples, Florida.