Sandy Placido

Sandy Placido serves as an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University with appointments spanning the Departments of American Studies, Africana Studies, and History. Her work bridges Latinx, Afro-Latinx, Black, and Caribbean historiographies through interdisciplinary lenses examining women, public health, and anti-imperialist movements across the Americas, Africa, and Europe.

Her research centers on recovering marginalized narratives of revolutionary women including Dr. Ana Livia Cordero (Puerto Rican physician and liberation theorist) and Dominican figures Evangelina Rodríguez (first female Dominican physician), Mamá Tingó (peasant organizer), and Magaly Pineda (revolutionary feminist). She has preserved Cordero's archives at Harvard's Schlesinger Library and focuses on transnational Caribbean histories that challenge national boundaries.

Placido's scholarship appears in American National Biography, The Journal of African American History, The Washington Post, and Black Perspectives, demonstrating her commitment to amplifying underrepresented histories through both academic and public-facing platforms. Her current book project constitutes the first comprehensive study of Dr. Ana Livia Cordero in any language.