Anahi Russo Garrido

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Anahi Russo Garrido

Chair and Associate Professor of Gender, Women, and Sexualities Studies

College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Office Hours

Summer hours: By appointment

Biography

Anahi Russo Garrido is an Associate Professor in Gender, Women's and Sexuality studies, and currently serves as Department Chair and Director of the Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy (GITA), at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She completed her PhD in Gender and Women's Studies at Rutgers University, and postdoctoral fellowships at Carleton College and Brandeis University. Her research and teaching has focused on transnational sexualities, gender and sexuality in Latin America, queer and feminist theory and social justice organizing. More particularly, their current work investigates the transformation of intimacy in Mexico City in the lives of three generations of women participating in queer spaces. They are the co-editor of "Building Feminist Movements and Organizations" and has published articles on queer Mexico City in Signs, Sexualities and the Journal of Lesbian Studies, among other journals. She is the author of the monograph"Tortilleras Negotiating Intimacy: Love, Friendship and Sex in Queer Mexico City" (Rutgers University Press, 2020). Their new research project focuses on the ways in which some advocates utilize contemplative practices to support racial justice activism. This new project contributes to current discussions on queer and feminist care, queer/trans ecologies and racial justice activism.

Research Interests

    gender and sexuality in Latin America, queer and feminist theory, transnational sexualities, social justice organizing, contemplative practices, racial justice.

Teaching Interests

    queer and feminist theory, transnational sexualities, global feminisms, social justice organizing, LGBT and sexuality studies, feminist and queer anthropology, meditation and activism.

Education

PhD in Women's and Gender Studies

Rutgers University

MA in Cultural Anthropology

Concordia University

BS in Anthropology

Universite de Montreal

Published Works