Alyssa Bedrosian is a fifth-year PhD candidate in Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies and a Distinguished University Fellow at The Ohio State University. Her interdisciplinary research explores feminism, religion, and reproductive justice in the Americas.

Bedrosian's dissertation, Catholic Feminism and the Fight for Abortion Rights in the Americas, examines twenty-first-century Catholic feminism and abortion rights activism in Mexico, Argentina, and the United States.

Bedrosian teaches language and culture courses in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. During the fall of 2025, she will serve as a teaching assistant for “Gender and Power in the Americas,” an upper-level seminar taught by Dr. Paloma Martinez-Cruz. 

In addition to research and teaching, Bedrosian has worked as a Graduate Advising Assistant for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and a Graduate Associate for the Center for Feminist Research, Education, and Engagement (FREE Center) and the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. In these roles, she has supported undergraduate recruitment and advising, led student programming, built communications infrastructure, and planned and executed events. In April 2025, Bedrosian organized the two-day Feminisms in the Americas Symposium, a joint initiative between the FREE Center and the Center for Latin American Studies that brought together more than sixty students, scholars, activists, and artists.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Bedrosian worked as a communications professional for nearly eight years, including six years in higher education communications.