Shawn Roussel

Shawn “Pepper” Roussel is an ecoculinarean, food activist, and University of Arkansas LLM candidate in agricultural and food law. She is the creator of Keep It Compliant, a consultant at Green Pepper Solutions, and a co-founder of Dandelion & Moss. She is an adjunct professor of food disparity and environmental justice, chairperson of the Board for New Orleans Food PolicyAction Council, an advisor to Imagine WaterWorks, and program coordinator for OneRouge Coalition.

Pepper holds a BS in computer information systems from Tulane University, an MS in computer information technology with a concentration in eCommerce from Regis University; and a JD with certificates in both environmental and international law from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. Her writings focus on food, health, and environmental injustice; remediation of invasive species; food systems and Black farmers; and the environmental impacts on food access, security, and sovereignty.