Shelley Garrigan

Shelley Garrigan is a Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at North Carolina State University. Her work is affiliated with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. She specializes in 19th-century Mexican studies, material culture, and art history, with a focus on Mexican, Latin American, and Latinx contexts. She has published widely on museum studies, cultural institutions, and the intersection of economy and culture in the Hispanic world.

Education: Ph.D. in Spanish from New York University (2003). Her research also explores Jewish-Mexican identities in the U.S., Mexico, and Israel through contemporary documentary films, as well as social/environmental criticism and conservation practices in Mexico.

Key contributions include her book Collecting Mexico: Museums, Monuments and the Creation of National Identity (2012), which examines 19th-century national identity formation and economic modernization. Current research focuses on neoliberal-era conservation cultures and environmental critique.

Advising and Grants: No specific advising or grant information is listed in the profile. Office hours are held Tuesdays/Thursdays by appointment at Withers Hall 209.

Labs/Teams: No specific labs or collaborative teams are mentioned, though her work intersects with the Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies and other interdisciplinary initiatives.