About

Breanna Escamilla (she/her) holds a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with graduate minors in Latina/Latino Studies and Queer Studies. Currently, Breanna is an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Leading Edge Fellow. In this fellowship, she will be working with the Hispanic Scholars Program as the Assistant Director for Programming beginning September 2025.

Breanna earned her B.A in Anthropology from Michigan State University with undergraduate minors in African American and African Studies and Chicanx/Latinx Studies.