Media faculty, students present at 2023 International Communication Association conference

June 15, 2023 The College of Media was well represented at the 73rd annual International Communication Association conference this summer in Toronto, Canada, with many faculty and graduate students presenting on the theme of “Reclaiming Authenticity in Communication.” The ICA aims to advance the scholarly study of human communication by encouraging and facilitating excellence in […]

ICR team creates Spurlock Museum exhibit on quinceañeras

Following a Fall 2020 doctoral seminar on intersectional Latina feminist media issues at the Institute of Communications Research, Angharad Valdivia, a research professor who is also a professor of Latina and Latino studies, and her students were inspired to create a museum exhibit on quinceañeras. The team of Valdivia, ICR doctoral students Ariana Cano and […]

Valdivia elected a fellow in the International Communication Association

Receiving one of the highest honors in the broad field of communication studies, Angharad Valdivia, Institute of Communications Research professor, has been elected a fellow in the International Communication Association. As part of the ICA Fellows Class of 2020, Valdivia is recognized for her record of distinguished scholarly contributions to the field. Valdivia, who is also a […]

Valdivia’s new book addresses the production of Latina/o visibility in mainstream media

In her latest book, The Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity, Institute of Communications Research Professor Angharad N. Valdivia discusses the history and production of gendered Latinidad in the mainstream media.  Valdivia said the academic book is a continuation of her long-standing engagement with, and in some ways creation of, the integrated field […]