Graduate Student
Biography
PhD, Geography, University of Washington, 2017
M.A., Geography, University of Washington, 2011
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2006
A Xicana scholar-activist, my work engages with art-activism and racialized dispossession in Oakland, CA.
I am fortunate to be under the guidance of powerhouse feminist scholars Victoria Lawson (adviser), Sarah Elwood, Katharyne Mitchell, and Michelle Habell-Pallán (of GWSS).
Research
Selected Research
- Ramírez, M. M., & Lawson, V. A. (2017). Decolonial ruptures of the city : art-activism amid racialized dispossession in Oakland. [University of Washington Libraries].Adviser: Victoria Lawson
- Ramírez, M. M. (2011). Food as an engine : race, privilege, and the transformative potential of food justice work in Seattle. University of Washington.
Courses Taught
Additional Courses
Geography 230: Geographies of Global Inequality
Geography 331: Feminist Care Ethics
Geography 270: Development and the Environment
Geography 271: Geography of Food and Eating
Geography 123: Introduction to Globalization
Geography 208: Geography of the Global Economy
Geography 277: Geography of Cities
Affiliations
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