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Kristy Leissle

GWSS Alumni '08 - Co-Founder, Cocoapreneurship Institute of Ghana; Educational Consultant Cacao Latitudes, Cocoa Masterclass
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Fields of Interest

Politics Economics and Cultures of the Global Chocolate Industry

Biography

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2008

Dissertation: Cocoa and cash, culture and chocolate: a feminist analysis of development and trade in Ghana and Britain.

Research

Selected Research

  • Cocoa Kristy Leissle, author. 2018 Medford, MA : Polity Press
  • Leissle, K. (2008). Cocoa and cash, culture and chocolate: A feminist analysis of development and trade in Ghana and Britain (Vol. 69, Issue 5).
    Adviser: Priti Ramamurthy

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  • Unwrapping the Politics: Kristy Leissle, the Doc of Choc, Featured on Last Week Tonight (January 22, 2024)
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