{{Short description|Psychologist and professor at Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox academic | name = Tracy Berno | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Tracy Berno.jpg | alt = | caption = Berno in 2015 | birth_name = <!-- if different from "name" --> | birth_date = <!-- {{Birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} --> | other_names = | citizenship = | nationality = | workplaces = Lincoln University<br>Auckland University of Technology | patrons = | alma_mater = University of Canterbury | thesis1_title = The socio-cultural and psychological effects of tourism on indigenous cultures | thesis1_url = https://hdl.handle.net/10092/4941 | thesis1_year = 1995 | doctoral_advisor = David Simmons, Ken Strongman, Colleen Ward | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | influences = | influenced = | awards = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} --> | footnotes = | spouse = | children = | discipline = gastronomy | main_interests = sustainable food systems, gastronomy and tourism }} '''Tracy Berno''' is a New Zealand academic, specialising in cross-cultural psychology and food. As of 2022 she is a full professor of the culinary arts in the School of Hospitality and Tourism at Auckland University of Technology.
== Academic career ==
Berno has a AB with honours in psychology from Vassar College, and an MA in psychology from the University of Canterbury. She completed a PhD in psychology in 1995 and also has a postgraduate tertiary teaching certificate from the University of the South Pacific.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=The socio-cultural and psychological effects of tourism on indigenous cultures |last=Berno|first=T. E. L.|type=PhD thesis|publisher=University of Canterbury|url=https://hdl.handle.net/10092/4941|date=1995}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |publisher=Auckland University of Technology |title=Academic profile: Tracy Berno |url=https://academics.aut.ac.nz/tracy.berno |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=academics.aut.ac.nz}}</ref> Berno worked as Planning Director and a lecturer in tourism at Lincoln University,<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 May 2011 |title=Lincoln University Planning Director cooks up world-beater |url=https://livingheritage.lincoln.ac.nz/nodes/view/7020 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho}}</ref> and in 1996 was awarded an Excellence in Teaching award. The citation noted Berno's skill in making the learning process of quantitative social science research methods enjoyable.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 November 1996 |title=Achievements by Lincoln staff rewarded |url=https://lincoln.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/5735 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Lincoln University Living Heritage: Tikaka Tuku Iho}}</ref> Berno moved to Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor in January 2022.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |publisher=Auckland University of Technology |title=New Professors and Associate Professors 3 |url=https://news.aut.ac.nz/news/new-professors-and-associate-professors-3 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=news.aut.ac.nz}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> She is also an adjunct professor at the University of the South Pacific.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tracy Berno |url=https://www.usp.ac.fj/discipline-of-tourism-and-hospitality-management/the-team/tracy-berno/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Discipline of Tourism and Hospitality Management |language=en-US}}</ref> Her research centres on sustainable food systems, and a "food-lab approach" to socially and economically sustainable development. Berno founded Pacific Food Lab-Aotearoa (PFL-A), which is a partner organisation to Pacific Food Lab-New Caledonia.<ref name=":1" />
Berno has co-authored three award-winning books on "agriculture, culture, cuisine and tourism development in the South Pacific and Asia".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Tracy Berno – World Food Travel Association |url=https://worldfoodtravel.org/team-wfta/tracy-berno/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Me{{okina}}a Kai: The Food and Flavours of the South Pacific'', which Berno co-authored with Robert Oliver and Shiri Ram, was awarded the Best New Zealand Cookbook and the Cookbook of the Year award in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gourmand Awards Winners 1995-2014 |url=https://www.cookbookfair.com/index.php/gourmand-awards/winners-1995-2014-gg |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.cookbookfair.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=December 17, 2010 |title=Me'a Kai wins Best New Zealand Cookbook |url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1012/S00221/mea-kai-wins-best-new-zealand-cookbook.htm |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.scoop.co.nz}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-07-25 |title=Tracy Berno |url=https://tourism-sdg.nz/tracy-berno/ |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=Tourism and the SDGs |language=en}}</ref> Berno contributed to ''Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine'' with chef Monique Fiso, with research on the origins of Māori cuisine. ''Hiakai'' won the best illustrated non-fiction award at the 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hiakai wins Ockham NZ Book Award - News - AUT |url=https://news.aut.ac.nz/news/hiakai-wins-ockham-nz-book-award |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=news.aut.ac.nz}}</ref> ''Mea{{okina}}ai Samoa: Recipes and Stories from the Heart of Polynesia'' was another collaboration with chef Robert Oliver and photographer Shiri Ram, it won the "Best authors and chefs award" in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards of 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Winners by countries - Gourmand Awards 2014 |url=https://www.cookbookfair.com/index.php/gourmand-awards/winners-2015-gg/winners-by-countries-gourmand-awards-2014 |access-date=2022-11-29 |website=www.cookbookfair.com}}</ref>
== Selected works == === Cookbooks === * {{Cite Q|Q115488367}} * {{Cite Q|Q115488369}} * {{Cite Q|Q115488368}}
=== Academic publications === * {{Cite Q|Q36262158}} * {{Cite Q|Q115488366}} * {{Cite Q|Q115489239}} * {{Cite Q|Q115489284}} * {{Cite Q|Q115489283}} * {{Cite Q|Q115489282}}
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