Dr. Mustafa Koc

Mustafa Koc is a professor at the Department of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. He also serves as the director of the Centre for Studies in Food Security. Dr Koc completed his education at the Bogazici University, Turkey (MA), University of Waterloo (BA) and University of Toronto (PhD). He was among the founders and administrators of the Centre for Studies in Food Security, Canadian Association for Food Studies and Food Secure Canada. He served as the Director of TMU's MENA Studies Centre between 2017-2019. In recognition for his contributions, he received lifetime career achievement awards by the TMU Faculty Association in 2016 and the Canadian Association for Food Studies in 2017. Mustafa Koc's research and teaching interests include sociology of food, migration and diasporic foodways. He is currently involved in research on food security concerns among Afghan and Syrian refugees in Canada and immigrant entrepreneurs in the food sector.