Yuridia Ramírez

Dr. Yuridia Ramírez is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), affiliated with the Department of Latina & Latino Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and American Indian Studies Program. She holds a PhD from Duke University and undergraduate/junior degrees from the University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on migration, Latinx communities, and Indigenous diasporas, particularly examining how racial and ethnic identities evolve in transnational contexts.

Education: PhD (History, Duke University), MA (History, Duke), BA (History & Journalism, University of Minnesota).

Research interests include: migration patterns, Latinx/Indigenous histories, oral history methodologies, racial formations, and community-engaged scholarship. She is completing a book manuscript on P’urhépecha Indigenous communities’ transborder politics between Michoacán and North Carolina, analyzing evolving Indigeneity frameworks. Her work has been funded by the Ford Foundation, ACLS, and other prestigious organizations.

Awards include the Ford Foundation Fellowship and recognition from LASA-Mexico. Teaching focuses on Mexican American history, migration studies, and oral history methods. Community engagement includes roles with United We Dream and immigrant/refugee advocacy in North Carolina and Minnesota.

Labs/teams: Actively collaborates with interdisciplinary initiatives on border studies, diaspora, and decolonial methodologies. Recent publications include articles in the Journal of Southern History and edited volumes on Latino religious politics and migration studies.