Download Ana Isla (Brock University, Assistant Professor)

Ana Isla (Brock University, Assistant Professor)
Ana Isla teaches courses in social and feminist theories. Professor Isla has two BAs, one
in Education and the other in Sociology; MA from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico; and a PhD from OISE-University of Toronto. Her doctoral dissertation
examined the structure and functioning of the complex Canada–Costa Rica debt-fornature investment relationship and the projects developed by two Non-governmental
Organizations. Her PhD thesis has won an international competition sponsored by the
Rockefeller Foundation for young scholars. Professor Isla’s research, within the gift
economy and the subsistence economy school of thought, is highly reputed. Her research
on ecofeminism is widely published and has secured financial support. Her scholarly
work has been included in journal debates and her readers are in English and Spanish
speaking communities. Several times her publications and conference presentations have
been picked up by the popular media because of their relevance to policy and to broad
social concerns. Professor Isla is currently conducting research in two areas: an
exploration of Subsistence Economies in the Peruvian Rainforest, and Mining in Latin
America.. Dr. Isla has a positive international reputation and serves as a Board Member
for both Canadian Woman Studies and Capitalism Nature Socialism journals.