AnaLouise Keating (born June 24, 1961) is an American academic who is professor of Multicultural Women's and Gender Studies at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. She is also the director of the department's PhD program.[1] Keating's multiple books, essays, and edited collections primarily focus on transformation studies, U.S. women-of-color theories, Gloria Anzaldúa and pedagogy.
Keating earned a Doctorate of Philosophy in English in 1990 from University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.[citation needed] She has held appointments at Eastern New Mexico University (1990–1999) and Aquinas College (1999–2001).[citation needed]
Keating is currently working on two projects including a book on Gloria Anzaldúa's theories, which is under contract with Duke University Press, and a book on womanist spiritual activism, which is under contract with the University of Illinois Press. Her book on womanist spiritual activism will be a part of her book series, Transformations: Womanist, Feminist, & Indigenous Studies.[1]
Keating is a trustee of the Gloria E. Anzaldúa Literary Trust.