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Catalina M. de Onís

Eugene, Oregon, United States

Core Faculty, Clark Honors College, University of Oregon

Biography

Catalina M. de Onís is a core faculty member in the University of Oregon’s Clark Honors College. She teaches courses on Latinx/e communication and environmental communication studies. Her projects take shape in both individual and collaborative forms and include Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto RicoLa justicia ambiental es para ti y para mí/Environmental Justice Is for You and Me, and El poder del pueblo: una lucha colectiva por la vida y el medioambiente documentary.

Scholarly beginnings

A research idea

Envisioning possible futures in the field of communication and media studies

Learn more about Prof. de Onís’ journey

Selected readings

• Onís, Catalina M. de. Energy Islands: Metaphors of Power, Extractivism, and Justice in Puerto Rico. University of California Press, 2021.

Onís, Catalina M. de, Hilda Lloréns, Mabette Colón Pérez, and Khalil G. García-Lloréns. La   justicia ambiental es para ti y para mí/Environmental Justice Is for You and Me, electronic and print bilingual children’s book. Editora Educación Emergente, 2021. 

Onís, Catalina M. de. El poder del pueblo: una lucha colectiva por la vida y el Medioambiente / The  Power of the People: A Collective Struggle for Life and the Environment. Co-producer of documentary film in collaboration with director and co-producer José Luis Baerga  Aguirre and Puerto Rico-based film crew: https://elpoderdelpueblo.com (Fall 2021).

Onís, Catalina M. de. “La justicia ambiental es para ti y para mí: Translating Collective  Struggles for Environmental and Energy Justice in Puerto Rico’s Jobos Bay Communities.” Frontiers in Communication, Special issue: Communication, Race, and Outdoor Spaces, Nov. 2021, pp. 1-19, https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.723999

Onís, Catalina M. de. “Energy Colonialism Powers the Ongoing Unnatural Disaster in Puerto  Rico.” Frontiers in Communication, Special Issue: Energy Democracy, vol. 3, 2018, pp. 1-5.

Watch Prof. de Onís present on “Translating Anti-colonial Energy Justice for Multiple Audiences” at the Center for Latinx Digital Media

Listen to Prof. de Onís’ insights about her professional journey in El Café Latinx podcast