Andrea Pitts

PhD

Andrea Pitts.

Andrea Pitts

PhD

Andrea Pitts

PhD

Education:

  • PhD, Vanderbilt University (2015)
  • Certificate in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of South Florida (2010)
  • MA, University of South Florida (2009)
  • BA, University of North Florida (2006)

About:

Andrea Pitts (they/them/elle en español) is an interdisciplinary researcher and educator whose publications and pedagogy focus on carceral medicine and radical health activism, Latin American and U.S. Latina/x feminisms, prison and police abolition, queer migration studies, critical transgender politics, and disability justice. Andrea is also a section editor for Philosophy Compass, and co-organizes, along with Perry Zurn, the Trans Philosophy Project, a professional and research initiative dedicated to supporting trans, nonbinary, and gender variant philosophers. Their current book project Latina/x Abolitionist Feminisms: Incarceration, Agency, and Coalitional Politics examines the philosophical contributions made by U.S Latina/x activists and scholars critiquing state violence, prisons, and policing from the 1960s to the early 2000s. 

Research Areas:

Latin American and U.S. Latinx feminisms, critical prison studies, radical health activism, queer of color critique, transgender studies, and disability justice

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