Mustafa Koç

Mustafa Koc is a professor of Sociology at the Toronto Metropolitan University. Mustafa has a BA from Bogazici University (1978), an MA from the University of Waterloo (1982) and a PhD from the University of Toronto (1989) in Sociology. He has been at the Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson) since 1993. Prof. Koc was among the founders of the Centre for Studies in Food Security (1994/95), Food Secure Canada (2005) and the Canadian Association for Food Studies (2005). His research focuses on the sociology of food, food studies, food security, food policy and the sociology of immigration and globalisation. Prof. Koc received the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Association for Food Studies, 2017; the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Volunteer Service Award, 2017; the Faculty Association’s Career Achievement Award, 2016 and the Provost’s Interdisciplinary Teaching Award in 2014 at the Toronto Metropolitan University.