Prof. Mina Elfira, S.S., M.A., Ph.D. merupakan Guru Besar pada Departemen Kajian Wilayah, Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Universitas Indonesia. Beliau menyelesaikan pendidikan sarjana di Universitas Indonesia dan memperoleh gelar M.A. serta Ph.D. dari Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne, Australia, sebagai penerima beasiswa AusAID. Saat ini, beliau menjabat sebagai Ketua Senat Akademik Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya UI sekaligus anggota Senat Akademik Universitas Indonesia. Sebelumnya, beliau pernah menjabat sebagai Ketua Program Magister Kajian Asia Tenggara (2017–2019), Ketua Departemen Susastra (2011–2014), dan Koordinator Program Studi Rusia (2007–2010) di FIB UI. Bidang keahlian dan penelitiannya meliputi gender, masyarakat Minangkabau, dan kajian wilayah, dengan sejumlah publikasi yang membahas relasi gender, matrilinealitas, keluarga, adat, perempuan, serta masyarakat Minangkabau dalam konteks kontemporer. Beliau juga aktif sebagai pembicara dalam berbagai konferensi dan lokakarya internasional, termasuk Matriforum di Austria (2025) dan FiLIA Women’s Liberation Conference di Inggris (2025).
Prof. Mina Elfira, S.S., M.A., Ph.D. is a Professor in the Department of Area Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Indonesia (UI). She earned her undergraduate degree from UI and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Melbourne, Australia, as an AusAID scholar. She currently serves as Head of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Humanities and is a member of the UI Academic Senate. Her previous leadership roles include Head of the Master’s Program in Southeast Asian Studies (2017–2019), Head of the Department of Literature (2011–2014), and Coordinator of the Russian Studies Program (2007–2010). Her selected publications include studies on Minangkabau gender relations and matrilineal traditions (2023, 2015), women’s experiences during COVID-19 (2021), the cultural functions of Rumah Gadang (2019), women’s participation in pesantren power structures (2019), and Russian literary criticism (2022). Her research expertise includes gender studies, Minangkabau culture, and area studies. She has presented her work at international forums, including Matriforum in Austria and the FiLIA Women’s Liberation Conference in the UK (2025).
