Magalí Rabasa

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, Director of Ethnic Studies

Miller Center for the Humanities 309, MSC: 30
Office Hours:

Tuesdays 11:15am-12:30pm (Drop In - Miller 309)

Wednesdays 1:00-2:00pm (Online by Appointment via Google Calendar)

Magalí Rabasa joined the faculty of Lewis & Clark College in 2016. She received her PhD from the University of California, Davis in Cultural Studies with an emphasis in Feminist Theory and Research in 2014. Her research and teaching focuses on networks of social movements and alternative media in the Americas, with a particular focus on the US, Mexico, and Argentina. She has published articles and commentary in the Hispanic Review, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos, Journal of Latin American Cultural Studies, A Contracorriente, Anthropology Today, Tabula Rasa, La Jornada, Rebelión.org, and Herramienta, and her translations include the “Subalternisms” entry by Ileana Rodríguez in the Dictionary of Latin American Cultural Studies (University Press of Florida, 2012). She is co-editor of Pandemic Solidarity: Mutual Aid in the Covid-19 Crisis (Pluto Press, 2020) and Somos una imagen del futuro (Bajo Tierra Ediciones, 2019). Her first book, The Book in Movement: Autonomous Politics and the Lettered City Underground (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019; and in translation: Tren en Movimiento Ediciones/Tinta Limón Ediciones, 2021; Bajo Tierra Ediciones, 2022; Kikuyo Editorial, 2023) is an exploration of print book culture in current Latin American social movements. Her current research examines feminist economies of knowledge in Latin America. She is a member of the faculty at the California Rare Books School at UCLA. She serves on the Council for the Bibliographical Society of America, and is a member of the Steering Committee for the L&C Advocacy Chapter of the American Association of University Professors.

News Stories

points of pride 

Rabasa Honored Again: Continuing the Legacy of Inclusion and Advocacy

For the second time in four years, Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Magalí Rabasa has been recognized for her unwavering commitment to student advocacy and social justice.

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Hispanic Studies Professor Recognized for Teaching Excellence

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Magalí Rabasa has received the Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves Award. The grant will allow Rabasa to pursue research on feminist economies of knowledge in the Americas over a two-year period. This summer, she will travel to New York to conduct research in the Interference Archive, a space that catalogues the cultural production of social movements.

Location: Miller Hall