Dr Rebecca Ogden

Dr Rebecca Ogden is senior lecturer in Modern Languages, Media and Culture studies, with an expertise in Mexico and Cuba and a particular interest in understanding health inequalities and the cultural politics of reproductive health.

Her current project, an AHRC-funded Research, Development and Engagement fellowship (2023-2025), focuses on adolescent sexual and reproductive health and young parenthood in Mexico, Cuba and Colombia.

A previous British Academy/Leverhulme funded project focused on the representation of the politics of childbirth and midwifery in contemporary Mexican cultural production. Rebecca coordinates a podcast about the cultural politics of reproduction in Latin America, called Cuerpa Politica.

Before joining the University of Sheffield in September 2023, Rebecca worked at the University of Kent and in universities in Mexico and Argentina. She completed an AHRC-funded PhD at the University of Manchester on the dynamics of affect in contemporary Cuban tourism.