About Anahi ViladrichViladrich's interdisciplinary background, mostly as a social scientist and public health specialist, has been at the forefront of her scholarly career. A recipient of multiple grants and awards (e.g. the Ford Foundation and The Inter-American Foundation) she has conducted research and published extensively on gender and Latinos in the U.S., ethnomedicine and religious healing, food and nutrition, media framing, and artistic diasporas. Viladrich's geographical areas of expertise include the United States, Spain, and Latin America (especially Argentina, Mexico and Cuba). She is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Sociology at Queens College (QC) of the City University of New York (CUNY), and is affiliated with the Department of Anthropology at QQ. She is also a faculty member at the Department of Sociology of The CUNY Graduate Center, and of the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. She sits on the Executive Council of the M. A. in International Migration Studies and is affiliated with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies of the CUNY Graduate Center. In her free time, Viladrich writes poetry that reflects on her gender and immigrant identity in the U.S. Viladrich holds a degree in Sociology (BA/MA) from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In the U.S. she received a PhD with Distinction and the Marisa de Castro Benton Award in Sociomedical Sciences (Medical Anthropology), and an MPhil in Sociomedical Sciences, both from Columbia University. She also holds an MA in Sociology (with Honors) from the New School University. |
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