PhD Student, Anthropology
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Martin Aucoin is a Ph.D. candidate in sociocultural anthropology with a focus on food, economics, transnational supply chains and migration. He is currently conducting dissertation fieldwork in The Gambia and the United States on the exporting of American poultry products to West Africa. To learn more about Aucoin’s research and publications, visit his webpage.
In Spring 2023, Martin was awarded funding to make possible a one-month research trip to Atlanta, GA to conduct key-informant interviews with one of the world’s largest poultry exporting companies. Learn more in our featured article. In Spring 2025, Martin received an Honorable Mention from the CISS Inaugural Dissertation Finishing Fellowship competition.