Ana Gutierrez Garza

Dr. Ana Gutierrez Garza is a Senior Lecturer and Researcher in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. Her work focuses on Latin American migration, gender dynamics, social inequality, and care practices in contexts of structural adversity. She holds affiliations with the School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Film Studies and has conducted extensive fieldwork in the UK, Spain, and the US.

Her research explores how marginalized communities navigate precarious realities through practices of care and resistance. Notable projects include studies on anti-eviction movements in Spain, racialized inequality in Tulsa, and migrant labor in London. She has supervised PhD candidates Sara Guerrero Arenas and Rebecka Rehnstroem.

Dr. Garza employs ethnographic methodologies to analyze intersections of migration, gender, and state policies. Her publications address themes like migrant subjectivity, gift economies in sex work, and the ethics of care under austerity. She has authored multiple peer-reviewed articles and a monograph on Latin American domestic and sex workers in London, published by Oxford University Press.

Her work bridges anthropological theory with applied research on social justice, emphasizing comparative perspectives across multiple sites of migration and displacement.