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MeetAna Lopez-Ricoy

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Meet Ana Lopez-Ricoy

Tell us a bit about yourself

I was born and raised in Mexico City. Before coming to San Diego, I worked in non-profit organizations that specialized in political advocacy and gender justice work.

What are you studying/researching?

My research interests lie at the ​intersections of gender, transnational feminisms, social ​movements and cultural sociology. I am also deeply invested in community-driven, experiential ​pedagogy. My dissertation project asks how innovative visual and textual discourse ​about gendered violence enables the public to understand and emotionally engage with ​feminicide. I study the case of murdered and disappeared women in Ciudad Juárez in the ​early 1990s and the transnationalization of this issue via cultural innovation of artists and ​other creators in the United States.

Tell us about your campus involvement at UC San Diego

Since I started the PhD program, I participated as a student, teaching assistant and served as field director of the Mexican Migration Field Research Program. This UCSD program is a year-long course that trains ​undergraduate in field methods, and co-​designs research with immigration advocacy partners, collects ​empirical data in the San Diego-Tijuana border region and ​produces public-facing reports. Currently, I am a Graduate Teaching Consultant at the Teaching and Learning Commons where I conduct teaching observations and teach Advance College Teaching.

Why UC San Diego?

I chose UC San Diego because it was close to the US-Mexico border. I wanted to learn about the border region and stay involved with social and political processes related to Mexico. I also liked the qualitative emphasis of the sociology department and found the students and faculty very welcoming at the Open House.

Have you received any awards or fellowships?

Social Sciences