Lucía Isabel Stavig

Dr. Lucía Isabel Stavig is a CRRES Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a PhD in Cultural and Medical Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has previously served as a Penn-Mellon Just Futures Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

• PhD in Cultural and Medical Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2022)
• Master’s in Anthropology, University of Lethbridge, Canada (2017)
• Master’s in Justice and Social Inquiry, Arizona State University (2013)
• Bachelor of Arts, New College of Florida (2010)

Her research is deeply rooted in Indigenous health, reproductive justice, and decolonial anthropology. She examines how colonial reproductive violences—such as forced sterilization, obstetric violence, and genocide—impact Indigenous communities across the Americas. Her work emphasizes the political and spiritual dimensions of healing, particularly among Quechua, Otomí, Blackfoot, and other First Nations. She centers Indigenous epistemologies and resistance in her scholarship, advocating for justice, truth, and reparations.

Her recent publications and projects focus on healing from forced sterilization in Peru, Canada, and South Africa, analyzing both biomedical and spiritual consequences such as mancharisqa and susto. She is involved in rehabilitating an Indigenous women-run healing center in Anta, Cusco, Peru, and collaborates with transnational survivor networks. Her work bridges activism and academia, contributing to decolonial global health frameworks.

Dr. Stavig has not been awarded any scientific awards mentioned in the text.

She actively mentors and collaborates with Indigenous communities and survivor groups, though no formal advisees are listed. Her research is supported through postdoctoral fellowships and institutional affiliations. She has participated in international research teams addressing reproductive violence and global health equity.

She is involved with the Center for Research on Race & Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) at Indiana University and contributes to global health initiatives focused on Indigenous women’s healing and justice. Her work integrates community-based research, decolonial methodologies, and feminist praxis.