Janett Barragán Miranda

Janett Barragán Miranda is an Assistant Professor of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She specializes in the Mexican-origin community's struggle for food justice in the 1960s, focusing on federal food assistance programs and their role in racialization. Her research employs archival work and oral histories, with a forthcoming methodologies paper in the Latino Studies Journal.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
• M.A. in Chicana and Chicano Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Research Interests: Her work bridges historical analysis and social justice, examining how food policies intersect with race, class, and immigration. Recent projects include Hungry for Equality, a book manuscript analyzing food justice movements in the U.S. Southwest. She also contributes to methodological discussions in Latino Studies through archival and oral history practices.

Advising & Mentorship:

• Mentor in the Latinx Mentorship Program at American University
• Mentor at WriteGirl, a nonprofit fostering young women's writing careers

Labs/Teams: Engaged with the Latina/Latino Studies Department’s initiatives on mentorship and community building, leveraging her background as a first-generation college student and daughter of Mexican immigrants.