Ana Karen Barragán (she/ella)

Senior Program Director, Immersions

Additional languages spoken: Spanish and German

Ana Karen Barragán serves as the Senior Program Director of Immersions. She earned her B.A. in Communications from Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla and her M.A. in International Studies from the University of San Francisco (USF) where she is currently a Resident Minister and is earning a Doctorate in Catholic Educational Leadership. Ana Karen is currently the Secretary of the Commission on the Role and Responsibilities of Women in the Society of Jesus. Prior to joining the Ignatian Center team, she worked at the McGrath Institute for Jesuit Catholic Education at USF and as the Executive Secretary to the President at Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla.

Ana Karen research focuses on the global mission of Jesuit Higher Education and the political trends against academic freedom and university autonomy in the Americas. She is also a member of the Latin American Studies Association and the American Anthropological Association.