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Lessie Jo Frazier is a Professor of Gender Studies and American Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, serving as Director of Graduate Studies in Gender Studies. She holds adjunct roles in Anthropology, Cultural Studies, and History, and affiliates with centers including the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Center for the Study of Global Change. She earned her Ph.D. in 1998 from the University of Michigan.
Her research focuses on political culture in the Americas, particularly intersections of cultural theory, power structures, and political economy. Key themes include gender, nation-state formation, human rights, mental health policies, memory studies, and activism. Current projects include a book on gender, sexuality, and political culture in Chile, co-editing a volume on global 1968 movements, and studies on Cold War masculinity and amnesia as agency.
Her publications include Salt in the Sand: Memory, Violence, and the Nation-State in Chile (2007), Gender’s Place: Feminist Anthropologies of Latin America (2002), and collaborative works on Mexico’s 1968 movement. Recent articles analyze asylum policies in Central America, gendered debates on abortion in Chile, and transnational feminist methodologies.
Teaching emphasizes transnational feminisms, gender and militarism, and Latin American studies. Her work bridges academic research with activism, addressing contemporary issues like human rights and global justice.
