Erin C Lentz is an Associate Professor and Sharpe Centennial Fellow in the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at University of Texas at Austin. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology and M.S. in applied economics and management from Cornell University. Her research explores food security; humanitarian information systems and their links to policymaking; gender, nutrition, and agriculture linkages; and U.S. food aid and food assistance policies. Dr. Lentz takes an interdisciplinary approach to her research, draws on qualitative and quantitative methods and collaborates across many disciplines. She has been a Fulbright Junio Scholar to Bangladesh, has served on her city’s Food Policy Board, testified to the United States Congress on food aid reform, and currently serves on the editorial board of Gender and Society and on the CGIAR Independent Science for Development Council.