Alyssa Bedrosian is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University. Her research interests include Latin American cultural studies, gender studies, digital media, and critical discourse analysis. Currently, Bedrosian is working on a project that examines the discursive and digital media strategies of feminist activists across Latin America. Her article, "Antes del #3J: How #NiUnaMenos Used Discourse and Digital Media to Reach the Masses in Argentina," is forthcoming in Latin American Research Review. 

Prior to Ohio State, Bedrosian worked as a communications professional for nearly eight years. She earned a bachelor's degree in communication and Spanish from Virginia Tech and a master's degree in Spanish from UNC Greensboro.