A Vital Matters Voice: Cyndy García-Weyandt
Cyndy
García-Weyandt
Assistant Professor
Department of Critical Ethnic Studies, Kalamazoo College
BIOGRAPHY
Cyndy García-Weyandt is an assistant professor of critical ethnic studies at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Her ancestral homeland is situated in San Juan Sayultepec Nochixtlán, Oaxaca, México. A poeta, immigrant, and first-generation college student, she has earned her B.A. in anthropology, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in culture and performance at UCLA. García-Weyandt has taught such courses as “Body, Land and Labor” and “Plant Communication Kinship,” as well as classes that have explored decolonial methods, art activism, race/ethnicity, language revitalization efforts, sources of knowledge, and social change. Her research areas include: Indigenous knowledge systems, traditional agricultural practices, urban Indigenous peoples of Mexico, Indigenous art, and performances.
