Christina Juhász-Wood

Dr. Christina Juhász-Wood is a Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Critical Race, Gender & Culture Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of a refugee; her scholarship has focused on refugee resettlement to the US Southwest. She has conducted interviews with and analyzed art created by Southeast Asian refugees and their families to the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. She situates this work within the broader context of colonial racial capitalism and militarization in the Southwest, highlighting cross-racial and cross-cultural solidarity-building for decolonization and demilitarization. She teaches courses on Critical Refugee Studies and Settler Colonial Studies.