{"id":917,"date":"2025-11-13T17:03:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/?page_id=917"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:36:49","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:36:49","slug":"pamela-merrill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/phd-students\/pamela-merrill\/","title":{"rendered":"Pamela Merrill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:30%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/03\/IMG_Merrill.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/03\/IMG_Merrill.png 300w, https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/03\/IMG_Merrill-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>II am a psychologist from the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, with a Master\u2019s degree in Modern, Comparative, and Postcolonial Literature from the University of Bologna, and an Erasmus Mundus Master\u2019s degree in Women\u2019s and Gender Studies from the University of Granada. I also hold a diploma in Gender and Violence from the University of Chile. Additionally, I am the co-founder and executive director of an NGO in Chile that bridges gender and feminisms with mental health:&nbsp;Red de Apoyo Psicol\u00f3gico Feminista (REDPSICOFEM).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My interests and research areas include writing, literature, psychoanalysis, and gender studies. The specific focus of my latest research was on the power of \u201cmonstrous writings\u201d \u2013 those that cross boundaries, go beyond, have no fixed place, and are non-peripheral \u2013 to transform the concept of the Human. Currently, I am a PhD researcher within the&nbsp;TOUCH programme, developing the project&nbsp;<em>\u201cTouching Students\u2019 Lives: Arts-Based Autobiography, Creative Writing, and Subjective Transformation in Higher Education\u201d<\/em>, where I investigate the potential of writing for educational, social, and subjective transformation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide has-gris-pubilla-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Would you like to learn more about her research?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/508\/2025\/11\/Merrill_web_h.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>II am a psychologist from the Pontificia Universidad Cat\u00f3lica de Chile, with a Master\u2019s degree in Modern, Comparative, and Postcolonial Literature from the University of Bologna, and an Erasmus Mundus Master\u2019s degree in Women\u2019s and Gender Studies from the University of Granada. I also hold a diploma in Gender and Violence from the University of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"parent":775,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-917","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/917\/revisions\/951"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/touch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}