Architects of Communication Scholars - Angharad Valdivia, Institutionalizing Latina/o Studies

In this episode, Professor Isabel Molina-Guzmán interviews Professor Angharad Valdivia on her foundational scholarship to women and gender studies and Latina/o studies. Professor Valdivia advocates for diversifying communication and understanding the difference between international and intersectional. She discusses how she teaches issues of incarceration and environmental justice through watching and discussing media.

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Featuring

Ellen Wartella

Angharad Valdivia

Isabel Molina-Guzmán

Sponsor:

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

More from the host & speakers: 

Ellen Wartella 

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor of Communication | Professor of Psychology, Human Development and Social Policy, and Medical Social Sciences

Northwestern University 

Director, Center on Media and Human Development

Twitter: @CMHD_NU

Angharad Valdivia

Research Professor

Affiliate faculty member in the Women and Gender in a Global Perspective Program and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Twitter: @AngharadValdivi

Isabel Molina-Guzmán

Professor in Latina/Latino Studies and Communication

Faculty affiliate of the Institute of Communication Research, Gender & Women’s Studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Twitter: @LaProfaMolina

Works referenced in episode 

Valdivia, A. N. (2020). The gender of Latinidad: Uses and abuses of hybridity. John Wiley & Sons.

Valdivia, A. N. (Ed.). (1995). Feminism, multiculturalism, and the media. Sage.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Troy Cruz

Dominic Bonelli

Executive Producer:

DeVante Brown