Announcing the Arrival of UNTAPPED

I am pleased to announce the arrival of Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Craft Beer from the University of West Virginia Press, a collection of twelve previously unpublished essays that “analyze the rise of craft beer from social and cultural perspectives,” edited by Nathaniel Chapman, J. Slade Lellock, and Cameron Lippard.

I contributed the volume’s fourth chapter, “Entrepreneurial Leisure and the Microbrew Revolution: The Neoliberal Origins of the Craft Beer Movement.”

The volume is currently available for pre-sale and will be released in March 2017.

Dr. J Jackson-Beckham

A former professor of Communication Studies, Dr. J Jackson-Beckham dedicated her academic career to the study of American beer. Today, she helps craft beverage organizations develop inclusive, equitable, and just practices that drive success, build communities, and empower individuals as the Director of Social Impact for the Brewers Association. She is also the founder and Executive Director of Craft x EDU (pronounced “craft by E-D-U”), a nonprofit whose mission is to champion equity, inclusion, and justice in the craft brewing community by helping change makers multiply their impact. She is an author, speaker, avid homebrewer, Certified Cicerone, and vocal advocate for the craft beverage community.