Dr. Patricia Zavella: The Movement for Reproductive Justice

Please join us on January 24 at noon AZ time (MST) as we welcome Professor Pat Zavella.

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Pat Zavella completed her Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a Professor Emerita of Latin American and Latino Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She publishes in the intersection of Chicanx/Latinx studies, anthropology, and feminist studies on poverty, family, sexuality, health, work, transnational migration, and women’s social activism.

Her latest book is The Movement for Reproductive Justice: Empowering Women of Color through Social Activism (New York University Press, second edition 2024). Zavella received the American Anthropological Association’s Committee on Gender Equity in Anthropology Award, the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists Distinguished Career Award, and Scholar of the Year by the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies. She serves on the boards of three non-profit organizations—Community Agroecology Network, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice, and National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice. She has two children and three adorable grandchildren and her hobbies are yoga, Pilates, walking, reading, and watching films.