Vrindavani Avila

Vrindavani Avila

Vrindavani Avila

Position Title
M.A. Candidate

  • Cultural Studies Graduate Group
Bio
Project 

An oral history project dedicated to collecting, archiving, and sharing the complex histories of trans abortion havers/seekers and trans folks doing abortion access work. trans-abortions-oralhistories.org

Research Interests 

queer and trans studies, disability studies, reproductive racial capitalism, abolition, critical ethnic studies, critical and decolonial oral history methods and practices

Education

B.A. Ethnic Studies, B.S. Women’s Studies; CSU Sacramento 2018

Selected Publications

Avila, Vrindavani, and Jennifer Elyse James. 2024. "Controlling Reproduction and Disrupting Family Formation: California Women’s Prisons and the Violent Legacy of Eugenics" Societies 14, no. 5: 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/soc14050073