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Kenna Neitch
Assistant Professor
Global and Intercultural Studies

Kenna Neitch

Contact Info

MacMillan Hall 035

Biography

Kenna Neitch (she/her) teaches in areas of gender, sexuality, feminist methods and theory, and women’s literature. Her research utilizes and analyzes feminist and queer methods, from Central American women’s testimony and activism to coalition building in higher education.

Education

  • Ph.D., Texas Tech University (English, 2021)
  • Graduate Certificate, Texas Tech University (Women’s Studies, 2021)
  • M.A., Texas Tech University (English, 2016)
  • B.A., Texas Lutheran University (English and Philosophy, 2014)

Research

Kenna Neitch’s research focuses on decolonial feminism, Central American feminist activist texts and organizing, and queering academic conventions. Her current book project, A Praxis of Persistence: Central American Feminist Testimony and Sustainable Activism, examines methods of feminist activism in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua from the 1980s to 2020. The book analyzes texts produced by activist movements and connects them to their cultural impact and organizing practices.  

Her work is available in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Feminist Studies, Feminist Formations, Wasafiri: International Contemporary Writing, Women’s Studies: An inter-disciplinary journal, and The Global South.

Courses Taught

  • WGS 201
  • WGS 211
  • WGS 401
  • WGS 601
  • WGS 602

Publications

Book Project

  • A Praxis of Persistence: Central American Feminist Testimony and Sustainable Activism. Under contract with SUNY Press.

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Kenna Neitch, April Scarlette Callis, and Tina Coyne. “Pulling Off the Con: Mobilizing Queer Joy in a Student-Centered Conference.” Feminist Formations vol. 37, no. 1, 2025, 206-230. 
  • “Mountains of Memories: ‘Visibilizing’ Solidarity and Multivocality in Central American Women’s Encuentros.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society vol. 48, no. 1, 2022, 125-149. .
  • “Rewriting Mythology, Reclaiming History: Christine de Pizan and Gore-Booth on Gender Performance and Equality.” Women’s Studies: An inter-disciplinary journal vol. 49, no. 2, 2020, pp. 113-129. .
  • Co-winner of the 2018 Feminist Studies Graduate Student Award: “Indigenous Persistence: Challenging the Rhetoric of Anti-colonial Resistance.” Feminist Studies vol. 45, no. 2/3, 2019, pp. 426-454. .