Melissa Wright

Melissa Wright is a Professor of Geography at Penn State University's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, with affiliations in Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies (WGSS) and the Rock Ethics Institute. Her research examines social justice movements in Mexico, the Mexico-US borderlands, and the southern Americas through critical geographic, feminist, and decolonial frameworks.

• Focuses on subverting necropolitical systems through social movements
• Specializes in feminicidio and labor exploitation activism
• Investigates solidarity movements merging social/ecological justice

She welcomes graduate students interested in critical race, queer, and decolonial movements across the Americas, feminist/trans ecologies, and migration/refugee studies.