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Mari Castañeda

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

Dean, Commonwealth Honors College; Professor, Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Biography

Mari Castañeda is Professor of Communication and Dean of the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her fields of study include Latinx/Chicana media studies and political economy of communication. Her recent co-edited book is Civic Engagement in Latinx Communities: Learning from Social Justice Partnerships in Action.

Scholarly beginnings

A research idea

Envisioning possible futures in the field of communication and media studies

Learn more about Prof. Castañeda’s journey

Selected readings

• Castañeda, M. and Krupczynski, K. (Eds.). (2018). Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities: Learning from Social Justice Partnerships in Action. New York, NY: Peter Lang Publishers.

• Castañeda, M. (2017). “Media.” In D. Vargas, L. La Fountain-Stokes, and N. Miraban (Eds.), Keywords for Latina/o Studies. New York, NY: NYU Press.

• Castañeda, M., Fuentes-Bautista, M. & Baruch, F. (2015). “Media representation of marginalized groups and public policy discourse: Between misrecognition and resistance.” Journal of Social Issues, special issue by D. Mastro and R. Tukachinsky, Eds.

• Anguiano, C. & Castañeda, M. (2014). “Forging a path: Past and present scope of critical race theory and Latina/o critical race theory in Communication Studies.” Review of Communication, 14(2): 107-124.

• Castañeda, M. and Isgro, K. (Eds.). (2013). Mothers in Academia. New York, NY: Columbia University Press.