Andrés is a PhD candidate in Sociocultural Anthropology, advised by Dr. Elana Buch. He earned a BS in Nursing in 2017, an MA in Cultural Studies in 2020, and an MA in Anthropology in 2023. At the University of Iowa, Andrés also completed a graduate certificate in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies in 2024, along with the professional certificate Engaging Across Cultures in 2024. 

His research explores the connections between reproductive justice, obstetric violence, and birth reform in Medellín, Colombia. Andrés aims to understand how violence permeates and/or is resisted in Medellin's institutional culture of care and how hospitals and health workers care for pregnant/birthing people and infants in times and contexts of precarity. His research contributes to the anthropology of reproduction, expanding analyses of obstetric violence by historicizing and contextualizing birth experiences and obstetric reforms within long-standing legacies of conflict and resistance specific to Latin America.

Andrés has presented his research at various national and international academic events, including the XVIII Anthropology Congress in Popayán, Colombia, the Re-worlding Reproduction Conference in Pretoria, South Africa, and the 9th Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference in Galveston, TX.

 Selected Publications

• Restrepo-Sánchez, A. 2025. Intersections of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality in the Caregiving Practices of Colombian Male Nurses. Revista Ciencia Y Cuidado 21(2): 65-80. DOI:10.22463/17949831.4651
• Restrepo-Sánchez, A. 2024. Autonomy, Violence, and Consent in the Obstetric Field. Hypatia, 1–27. DOI:10.1017/hyp.2024.84
• Restrepo-Sánchez, A. 2024. “Birth Rape”? A Linguistic Analysis of Obstetric Violence as Sexual Violence. Women & Language 47(1): 5-36. DOI:10.34036/WL.2024.003