Alyssa Bedrosian
Graduate Teaching Associate
She/Her/Hers
265 Hagerty Hall
1775 College Rd,
Columbus, OH 43210
Office Hours
Tuesdays 9:30-10:30 a.m. via Zoom and by appointment
Areas of Expertise
- 20th and 21st century Latin American cultural studies
- Women’s and gender studies
- Discourse analysis
Education
- Ph.D., Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies, The Ohio State University (in progress)
- M.A., Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies, The Ohio State University, 2023
- M.A., Spanish, UNC Greensboro, 2019
- B.A., Communication and Spanish, Virginia Tech, 2013
Alyssa Bedrosian is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at The Ohio State University. She is also pursuing a graduate certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Bedrosian’s interdisciplinary research explores feminist activism in Latin America and the United States. Her article, "How #NiUnaMenos Used Discourse and Digital Media to Reach the Masses in Argentina," was published in Latin American Research Review in 2022 and is available here: https://www.doi.org/10.1017/lar.2022.6. Bedrosian is currently in the early stages of her dissertation project, which examines twenty-first-century Catholic feminism and abortion rights activism in Mexico, Argentina, and the United States.
In addition to her role as a Graduate Teaching Associate, Bedrosian serves as a Graduate Advising Assistant for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. She is also a Graduate Research Associate for the Ohio State Center for Feminist Research, Education, and Engagement (FREE Center), a new hub for community-engaged feminist research and teaching.
Prior to Ohio State, Bedrosian worked as a communications professional for nearly eight years. She holds a bachelor's degree in communication and Spanish from Virginia Tech, a master's degree in Spanish from UNC Greensboro, and a master's degree in Latin American Cultural and Literary Studies from Ohio State.