Prof Romi
  • Home
  • About
    • CV
    • Publications
  • Chocolate Education
    • Chocolate Credentials
    • Learn What Chocolate Means
    • Commonly Asked ?s
    • SU Chocolate Classes >
      • Chocolate Art Gallery
    • Chocolate Adventures
    • Chocolate Industry for Social Justice
  • College Teaching
    • Courses
    • Pedagogy
  • Apple Snail Research
    • Undergraduate Lab >
      • Lab News
    • Current Projects >
      • Hybridization
      • Phylogeography (UR)
      • eDNA
      • Invasive Species
    • Collaborators
  • London 2022
    • Come Visit


Chocolate
​Educator


Professional tasting example (picture above): 6 October 2019 to Culinary Staff from Whitehall at The Corinthia

Educational Philosophy: Changing your mind about what chocolate means

Education:

B.S. in Biology, Loyola University Chicago
B.A. in English, Loyola University Chicago
Ph.D. in Biology, University of Notre Dame

Career:
Professor, Southwestern University (current)
Current Research: Aquatic ecology (with molecular bent)

Chocolate Experience:
Professor, Curriculum Development:
      First Year Seminar: Does Chocolate Have a Dark Side
      BIO50-194: The Science of Chocolate
      London Covered Chocolate London (Fall 2022)
Guest, Conversations in Cocoa, WKND Chocolate Podcast by Lauren Heineck
Special Sales Associate, Indi Chocolate, Goldman Sachs Market Day, December 2021
Participant and Topic Leader, Chocolate Industry for Social Justice working group​
Professional Chocolate Taster, Level 1 & 2 Certification, IICCT
Invited participant, The Chocolate Conservatory, FCCI and Harvard University
Judge, Good Food Awards, Chocolate 2017
Judge, International Chocolate Awards, 2019 Americas Competition
Judge, International Chocolate Awards, 2019 World Finals
Invited Guest, Grand Jury, International Chocolate Awards, Americas 2021 Competition
Speaker/Tasting Workshop, Art.Science.Gallery.com

Invited Lectures (community, university and various organizations)
Click above or below for examples

Published article about teaching evolution with chocolate

Presentations at Chocolate Festivals:
2019, Invited Speaker, Brighton Chocolate Festival, UK
    Example: Worth Every Pound - Why invest in Fine Chocolate
2018, Invited Speaker, New England Chocolate Festival
2018, 2017 & 2016 Invited Speaker, Dallas Chocolate Festival
2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, Invited Speaker, Northwest Chocolate Festival

Associated Chocolate Groups:
IICCT: International Institute of Chocolate and Cacao Tasting participant
FCIA: Fine Chocolate Industry Association member
FCCI: Fine Cacao and Chocolate Institute advocate and support
ICA: International Chocolate Awards judge
CISJ: Chocolate Industry for Social Justice
Cacao Contessas
​

Example Presentations (click here for more):
Chocolate Chemistry
Chocolate as a model for liberal arts education
Science of chocolate
Genetics 101 for chocolate enthusiasts
Future of genetic engineering in the chocolate industry

Chocolate Media Features:
University students learn about chocolate (7/16/17, Williamson Co. Sun)
A college course coated in chocolate (12/30/07, Houston Chronicle)

Examples of Chocolate Factories/Museums Visited:
​Askinosie Chocolate
Blommer Chocolate
Cacao Prieto
Creo Chocolate
Dandelion Chocolate
Goodnow Farms Chocolate
Hazel Mountain Chocolate
Indi Chocolate
Jacques Torres Chocostory
London Chocolate
Manoa Chocolate
​Madre Chocolate
​Middlebury Chocolate
Omnom Chocolate
Palette de Bine
SRSLY Chocolate
Taza Chocolate
​TCHO Chocolate
Theo Chocolate
​Videri Chocolate
Woodblock Chocolate

"Go To" Fine Chocolate Sources:
Bar And Cocoa (on-line)
Cocoa Runners (on-line)
The Cocoa Store, NYC, NY (store & on-line)
Central Market, Austin, TX
Whole Foods, Austin, TX
​Chocotastery (on-line)

Make Mine Fine, Fine Chocolate Industry Association (on-line)
Chocolopolis, Seattle, Washington (limited)
The Meadow, NYC, NY
The Chocolate House, Washington DC (in person or on-line)
Formaggio Kitchen, Cambridge, MA
Caputo's, Salt Lake City, UT (store & online)
Direct from individual makers (in person or on-line)

Just a Few of My Chocolate Friends (& references - @Twitter or FB links):
Adrienne Dawn Newman (@MadameCocoa)
Dr. Carla Martin (@carladmartin), FCCI
Dr. and Chef Maricel Presilla (@MaricelPresilla)
Chloe Doutre-Roussel (@chloechocolat)
Steve DeVries (@DeVriesSteven)
Aubry Lindley (@cacaoportland)
Bob Williamson (@SRSLYchocolate)
​Art Pollard (@AmanoChocolate)
Shawn Askinosie (@Askinosie)
Ben Rasmussen (@PotomacChoco)
Erin Andrews (@indichocolate)
Albert Chau (@5Dchocolate)

​ 


  • Home
  • About
    • CV
    • Publications
  • Chocolate Education
    • Chocolate Credentials
    • Learn What Chocolate Means
    • Commonly Asked ?s
    • SU Chocolate Classes >
      • Chocolate Art Gallery
    • Chocolate Adventures
    • Chocolate Industry for Social Justice
  • College Teaching
    • Courses
    • Pedagogy
  • Apple Snail Research
    • Undergraduate Lab >
      • Lab News
    • Current Projects >
      • Hybridization
      • Phylogeography (UR)
      • eDNA
      • Invasive Species
    • Collaborators
  • London 2022
    • Come Visit