material culture, food history, history of technology, the Great Depression
Jenna researches early 20th-century American material culture with a focus on food history, particularly the history of confections. Her work also explores the history of technology and is rooted in the 1930s. Her dissertation will focus on American restaurants and food technologies at the 1939–40 New York World’s Fair. Beyond these focuses, Jenna takes great interest in the history of aviation and radio.