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Ximena López Carrillo serves as a Lecturer in Latinx Studies within Yale University's Program in Ethnicity, Race & Migration, specializing in the history of medicine, mental health, U.S. race construction, migration, and health politics.
Her academic credentials include:
- B.A. in History from Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- M.A. in History from Stony Brook University
- Doctoral Candidate in History at Stony Brook University
Her research critically examines 1960s-1970s Latinx mental health activism that challenged pseudoscientific associations between Mexican Americans/Puerto Ricans and mental illness. By analyzing psychiatric debates across Texas, California, and New York, she explores how mental health discourses shaped Latinx identity formation and inter-ethnic alliances, while also investigating Mexico's intellectual disability history.
Scholarly output centers on Mexican psychiatric history, with publications analyzing mental health institutions (1910-1968) and special education emergence. Cross-cutting themes reveal interdisciplinary engagement with disability studies, social medicine, and political identity formation within Latin American contexts.
