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Sociologist & Medical Anthropologist

Anahí Viladrich is a sociologist and medical anthropologist originally from Argentina. Prof. Viladrich’s main research focus intertwines the field of immigration, culture, gender and health. She received a PhD in Sociomedical Sciences (awarded with Distinction and the Marisa de Castro Benton Prize) by Columbia University in 2003. Her latest book More Than Two to Tango: Argentine Tango Immigrants in New York City (The University of Arizona Press, 2013) was awarded the 2012-14 Honorable Mention by the Association of Latina and Latino Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association. Viladrich iis currently a full professor in the Queens College Department of Sociology, with an affiliation with the Department of Anthropology. She is also an affiliated faculty member in the Department of Sociology, the Graduate Center, and the Department of Community Health and Social Sciences at the School of Public Health of the City University of New York.