Abstract
This paper provides insight into the nuances and complexities of food secu- rity at a small, private, urban university. Research questions included an interest in expanding knowledge around the relationship between stigma related to food insecurity and food pantry utilization within the first year of a food pantry service on campus. Five students of the university who had all previously utilized the food pantry service on campus participated in qualitative interviews that were openly coded for themes and conducted from within a critical discourse lens. Findings in- dicated a differentiation between food insecurity and stress aggravated hunger. Ag- gravated hunger, a term suggested newly by this paper, refers to a particular form of hunger exasperated by conditions of poor time management, prioritization of convenience, and high stress experiences. Specifically, these conditions contribute to adverse academic outcomes within college going students. This provides a deep- er analysis to the nuances of the manifestation of food justice on college campus, while strategically providing practitioner based proposals for improved and com- prehensive student success related practices, and indications of further research needed.
Recommended Citation
Dyer Gordon, Annie M.
(2020)
"Improving Student Hunger:
An Exploration of Aggravated Hunger within
Food Justice at Seattle University,"
MAGIS: Vol. 14:
Iss.
1, Article 9.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.seattleu.edu/magis/vol14/iss1/9