Manuel Aviles-Santiago

Manuel Aviles-Santiago

Vice Dean and Professor,
CISA - Leadership
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Vice Dean and Professor, CISA - School of Applied Sciences and Arts
  • maviless@asu.edu
  • ASU - Downtown Arizona Center, Suite 360 455 N. 3rd Street Phoenix, AZ 85004
  • Mail code: 2780
    Campus: Poly
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Manuel G. Aviles-Santiago is the Vice Dean at the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts and Professor of Communication and Culture at the School of Applied Sciences and Arts. Previously, he served as Associate Dean of Academic Programs and Curricular Innovation and the Director of the Office of Veterans and Military Academic Engagement (OVMAE). Aviles-Santiago earned his doctoral degree in Media Studies from the Moody College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin. He has been honored as a Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellow by the Ford Foundation, awards administered by what is now known as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Throughout his academic career, Dr. Aviles-Santiago has presented his research at numerous prestigious conferences, including the International Communication Association, Race and Media, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Latino Studies, the Latin American Studies Association, and Veteran Studies. He has contributed to leading journals such as Communication, Culture and Critique, the Journal of Latin American Communication Research (JLACR), Caribbean Studies Journal, and Flow TV. Additionally, he is the author of the book "Puerto Rican Soldiers and Second-class Citizenship: Representations in Media," published by Palgrave in 2014. Dr. Aviles-Santiago has been awarded several prestigious grants throughout his academic career, including from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Arizona Veterans Donations Funds, and the Arizona State University Summer Research Initiative.

In addition to his academic pursuits, he is also deeply committed to being a public intellectual. He hosted the "Break It Down" segment on PBS, where he engaged in insightful conversations on current popular culture. Moreover, he has regularly written editorial columns for the 'El Nuevo Día' newspaper, contributing thought-provoking pieces that explore the intersections of media, society, and culture.

During his service as the Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement Director, Avilés-Santiago played a key role in promoting communication between military and civilian communities through innovative teaching, research, and community engagement programs. He coordinated the "Veteran, Society, and Service" certificate program, supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additionally, Avilés-Santiago successfully organized the 5th Veterans in Society Conference at Arizona State University, which focused on the critical themes of resilience, pedagogy, and veteran studies.

Avilés-Santiago received the Outstanding Latina/o Faculty Research Award from Dr. Eugene Garcia for his influential work promoting higher education for underrepresented ethnic groups and economically disadvantaged communities. He has also been honored with the Catalyst Award for his commendable efforts in advocating diversity and inclusion at Arizona State University and the broader community.

Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago is a graduate of the VIII cohort of ASU's Leadership Academy and .  Cohort VII of the Advanced Leadership Initiative. 

Education
  • Ph.D. Media Studies, Department of Radio TV and Film, College of Communications, University of Texas-Austin. 
  • Master's degree. Communication Research, School of Communications, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. 
  • B.A. Communication (Summa Cum Laude), School of Communications, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras.
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Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests

 

  • Latinx Media Studies
  • Ethnic/Race Studies
  • Puerto Rican Studies
  • Oral History
  • Digital Storytelling
  • Intercultural Communication
Publications

Recently Published Books

  1. Puerto Rican Soldiers and Second-Class citizenship: Representations in Media. (Palgrave 2014)

Recently Published Journal Articles

  1. From Sugar Fields to Rice Fields: An Oral History of Puerto Ricans From the Vietnam War Generation.  (2024 in Journal of Veteran Studies).
  2. Ponlo To' Junto: Humor and Language Among Puerto Rican TikTok Content Producers. (2024 in Journal of Latin America Communication Research).
  3. A Puño y Lentejuela: La Transfiguración Cultural del Macho Camacho (2020 in Journal of Latin American Communication Research).
  4. “This is it!” [Is it?]: The Marketing of Nostalgia on Netflix´s One Day at a Time (2019 in Journal of Latin American Communication Research). 
  5. Latina/os in Media" Representation, production, and consumption (2019 in Oxford Research). 
  6. “Targeting Billennials”: Billenials, Linguistic Flexibility, and the New Language Politics of Univision (2019 in Communication, Culture, and Critique). 
  7. Digital Pulse: Looking at the Collective/Cultural Memorialization of the Puerto Rican Victims of the Terrorist Attack in Orlando (2018 in Journal of Latin American Communication Research). 
  8. Mapping Beauty, Fashion, and Femininity: Recent Contributions by Blain Roberts, Marcia Ochoa, and Vanita Reddy (2018, in Women's Studies Quarterly).
  9. Colonial Bodies at the Media Universal Stage: The Case of Puerto Rico’s  Participation in Miss Universe (2016, in Journal of Latin American Communication Research).
  10. La Banda: Marketing Confusion, Cultural Hybridity, and Nostalgia (2015, in Flow).
  11. How to Save a Beauty Pageant: The Memeticization of Miss Universe 2015 (2015, in Flow). 
  12. No Puppet's Land: The Role of Social Media in Puerto Rico's Mainstream Television (2015, in Journal of Latin American Communication Research).
  13. Nuestra Belleza Latina and Why Pageants Are Still a Thing Among Latino Audiences (2015, in Flow). 
  14. The Technological Embodiment of Colonialism in Puerto Rico (2014, in Anthurium Caribbean Studies Journal). 

Book Chapters

  1. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (Forthcoming). Anchoring Latinidad. In The Routledge Companion to Latino/a/x Journalism. Routledge.
  2. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. & Mendez, D. (2023). Latin History for Morons: Comedic Revisions and Race in the Work of John Leguizamo. In Race, Representation and Satire. Rowan & Littlefield.
  3. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (2022). “PeroLike”: Digitizing Bilingualism Among Billenials in Social Media Platforms. In Communicative Spaces in Bilingual Contexts: Discourses, Synergies and Counterflows in Spanish and English. Routledge.
  4. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (2017). Militarism. In LaFountain-Stokes, L., & Vargas, D. (Eds.), Key Terms in Latino Studies. NYU Press.
  5. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (2017). War! What is it good for? Absolutely Nothing: Testimonios sobre la Guerra de Vietnam. In S. Álvarez-Curbelo & M. Alvarado (Eds.), Tiempos Binarios: la Guerra Fría y Puerto Rico. Editorial Callejón.

Annotated Bibliographies

  1. Baez, J., & Avilés-Santiago, M. (2016). Spanish-Language Television. Oxford Bibliographies in Cinema and Media Studies. doi: 10.1093/obo/9780199791286-0209 Available here.

Book Reviews

  1. Review of the book Caribes 2.0: New Media, Globalization, and the Afterlives of Disaster (2024) by Jossianna Arro-Martinez. Centro Journal. [Forthcoming]. Center for Puerto Rican Studies.
  2. Review of the book Early Puerto Rican Cinema and Nation Building: National Sentiments, Transnational Realities, 1897-1940 by Naida García-Crespo. (2021). Centro Journal. Pp. 9-11. Center for Puerto Rican Studies. New York.
  3. Review of the book Reel Latinxs: Representation in U.S. Film & TV by Frederick L.  Aldama and Christopher González in The Journal of Arizona History. (2020). University of Arizona Press.
  4. Review of the book Escenas Transcaribeñas: Ensayos sobre teatro, performance y cultura. Emisférica. Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics. (2019). New York University. Retrieved from: http://beta.hemisphericinstitute.org/en/emisferica-14-1-expulsion/243-1…
  5. Review of the book Gendered Geographies in Puerto Rican Culture: Space, Sexualities, and Solidarities by Radost Ranglova in Symposium: A Quarterly Journal in Modern Literatures. (2019). University of North Carolina Press. Retrieved from: https://doi-org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/10.1080/00397709.2018.1527494



Peer-Reviewed Conferences

  1. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2024). Latin American Streaming and Broadcasting: Reacting, Resisting and Regressing in Audio and Visual Storytelling. June 2024. Bogota, Colombia.
  2. Latino Studies Association (LSA 2024). Ponlo To' Junto: Humor and Language Among Puerto Rican TikTok Content Producers. April 2024. Tempe, AZ.
  3. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2023). The SLTV Lab: Spanish-Language TV's Formats and Genres In Flux. May 2023. Vancouver, Canada.
  4. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (SCMS 2023). Speaking Billenial: Mapping Linguistic Ideologies in Pero Like and mitú. March 2023. Denver, CO.
  5. Latino Studies Association (LSA 2022). Latinx/Caribbean Bodies and the Limits of Mediatic Representations. July 2022. South Bend, IN.
  6. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2022). Bring me Don Francisco!: Spanish Language TV and the New Format Lab. May 2022. San Francisco, CA.
  7. 6th Veterans in Society Conference. Media Representations and Cultural Productions from/about Veterans. May 2021. Virtual Event.
  8. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2020). #SerBoricuaSeLlevaEnLaSangre: Miss Puerto Rico and the Digitization of National Identity in [Times Of] Crisis. May, 2020. Guadalajara, Mexico.
  9. 5th Veterans in Society Conference. From Sugar Cane Fields to Rice Fields: An Oral History of Puerto Ricans in Vietnam. March 22-25, 2020. St. Louis, MO.
  10. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR 2019). Netflixeando and the Logics of Nostalgia. July 7-11, 2019. Madrid, Spain.
  11. Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA 2018). S.O.S. We Need Food: Hurricane Maria and the Ideograms of the Crisis. October, 2018. New Brunswick, NJ.
  12. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2018). Consuming Netflix: Algorithmic Latinx Culture in the Data-driven Global Mediascapes. May 24-27, 2018. Barcelona, Spain.
  13. Ford Conference Fellows 2018. Reclaiming our Truths: Colonial Legacies and Contemporary Challenges in Transforming the Academy. May 3-5, 2018. Washington, DC.
  14. Symposium: De Tripas Corazones: Puerto Rico's Resilience, Creativity and Solidarity After Hurricane María. Please Try Your Call Again Later: The Role of Social Media Before, During, and After Hurricane María. School of Transborder Studies. Arizona State University. November 17, 2017. Tempe, AZ.
  15. Caribbean Philosophical Association Annual Meeting (CPA 2017). Digital Pulse, pixelated memories. June 22-24, 2017. New York, NY.
  16. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (SCMS 2017). The Policing of Spanish versus the Linguistic Flexibility in Univision. March 22-26, 2017. Chicago, IL.
  17. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2017). Pulso digital, memoria pixeladas: Miradas a la memorialización de las víctimas del ataque terrorista en Orlando. April 29 - May 1. Lima, Peru.
  18. 2016 Conference of Ford Fellows. September 24-26, 2016. Washington, D.C.
  19. Latino Studies Association (LSA 2016). Targeting Billenials: The Sometimes-Unwanted Sounds of Latinidad in Spanish Network Television. July 7-9, 2016. Pasadena, CA.
  20. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2016). Foam Celebrities: #boicotalacomay and the emergence of a cultural citizenship in Puerto Rico. May 27-30, 2016. New York, NY.
  21. Asociación Latino Americana de Investigadores de Comunicación Social (ALAIC 2015). Watchamacalit: Hot-tempered Heroes of the Cold War Televisual Battlefield in Puerto Rico. May 25-27, 2015. San Juan, PR.
  22. Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA 2014). A Puño y Lentejuela: La Transfiguración Cultural de Héctor Macho Camacho. October 23-27. 2014. Denver, CO.

  23. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2014). La Espectacularización del Exceso: La producción y consumo de cuerpos caribeños en clave mediática (1970-2013). May 19-23. Chicago, IL. 

  24. National Communication Association (NCA 2013). The Role of Social Media in Puerto Rico’s Mediascape. November 21-24, 2013. Washington, DC. 

  25. Latin American Studies Association (LASA 2013). “Miss Mofongú”: Reina Transnacional En El Escenario Local. May 30-June 2, 2013. Washington, D.C. 

  26. 4th International Conference “Assessing the State of Spanish Language & 
Latino-Oriented Media” 2013. No Puppet's Land: The Role of Social Media in 
Puerto Rico's Mainstream Television. February 21-23, 2013. San Marcos, TX. 

  27. Puerto Rican Studies Association (PRSA 2012). Puerto Rican Soldiers in the User-Generates-Content Scene. October 24-28, 2012. Albany, NY. 
 

  28. Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA 2012). Me-ximenidad: Bellezas y Conjuros del Bicentenario de la Independencia de Mexico. May 23-26, 2012. San Francisco, CA.

  29. Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference (SCMS 2011). Engraving the Digital Wall: Web Memorializing Puerto Rican Soldiers in the 21st Century. March 2011. New Orleans, LA. 

  30. Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference (PRSA 2010). Digital Heroism: Remembering Puerto Rican Soldiers Online. October 21-23, 2010. Hartford, CT.

  31. Latin America Studies Association Conference (LASA 2010). Corona a la Venta: El Cuerpo Simbólico Nacional ante la crisis económica. October 6-9, 2010. Toronto, Canada.
  32. 2009 Conference of Ford Fellows. Heroes from Another Homeland ‘Online’: Puerto Rican Soldiers and their Digital Stories. October 16-17, 2009. Newport, CA.
  33. Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA 2009). Puerto Rican Soldiers: History, Utopia and the Politics of Affect. June 11-14, 2009. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  34. International Association for the Study of Popular Music Conference. The Artist in the Battlefield: The Role of Hip-Hop in the Digital Storytelling from Iraq. May 29-31, 2009. San Diego, CA.
  35. International Communication Association Conference (ICA 2009). Remembering Heroes From Another Homeland: Web Memorializing Puerto Rican Soldiers in the 21st Century. May 21-25, 2009. Chicago, IL.
  36. Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference (PRSA 2008). Héroes de otra patria: El Soldado Boricua en las Redes de Interacción Social. October 1-5, 2008. San Juan, PR.
  37. Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference (PRSA 2008). The Colonial Body Under Attack: Puerto Rican Pageant Circuits and the Embodiment of Colonialism. October 1-5, 2008. San Juan, PR.
  38. 2008 Conference of Ford Fellows. States of Digital Mourning: Web-memorializing Puerto Rican Soldiers in the 21st Century. September 19-20, 2008. Washington, D.C.
  39. International Communication Association (ICA 2008). The Technological Embodiment of Colonialism in Puerto Rico. May 22-26, 2008. Montreal, Canada.
  40. Latin American Studies Association Conference (LASA 2007). Their Space: Profiling Online Identity Among US Latino Soldiers. September 2007. Montreal, Canada.

Newspaper Editorials

  1. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (April 30, 2023). La casa de los famosos: telerrealidad y las múltiples formas de ver y ser prominentes. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/desde-la-diaspora/la-casa-de-los-famosos-telerrealidad-y-las-multiples-formas-de-ver-y-ser-prominente/
  2. Avilés -Santiago, M.G. (2022). Cheslie Kryst y el Acoso Digital. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-de-vista/cheslie-kryst-y-el-ac…
  3. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (July 16, 2021). Infoentretenidos: Periodista Celebrity. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-de-vista/infoentretenidos-periodista-celebrity/
  4. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (May 14, 2021). Estefanía Soto: “We’ll be loud” en el Miss Universo. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-de-vista/estefania-soto-well-be-loud-en-el-miss-universo/
  5. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (April 15, 2021). Walter Mercado Inspira el Traje de Miss Puerto Rico. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-de-vista/walter-universal/
  6. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (January 28, 2021). Disney: Solo Para Adultos. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/punto-de-vista/disney-solo-para-adultos/
  7. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (January 17, 2021). Las redes de la desinformación. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/buscapie/las-redes-de-la-desinformacion/
  8. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (August 17, 2020). El Correo Bajo Asedio y las Primarias en Puerto Rico. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/desde-la-diaspora/el-correo-bajo-asedio-y-las-primarias-en-puerto-rico/
  9. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (June 7, 2020). Mi súper abuela. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/misuperabuela-columna-2573913/
  10. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (June 1st, 2020). Space X: cruel ilusión de escapism a la realidad. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/spacexcruelilusiondeescapismoalarealidad-columna-2572608/
  11. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (February 29, 2020). Debate, sí o no. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/debatesiono-columna-2549713/
  12. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (December 14th, 2019). Diáspora Puertorriqueña: vuelo cancelado. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/diasporapuertorriquenavuelocancelado-columna-2537917/
  13. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (November, 18th, 2019). Miss Puerto Rico: gallos, flor de maga y coquí. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/misspuertoricogallosflordemagaycoqui-columna-2530198
  14. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (October 16, 2019). El Gran Hoyo. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/elgranhoyo-columna-2526217/
  15. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (October 16, 2019). La Huella Digital del PPD. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/huelladigitaldelppd-columna-2523483/
  16. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (October 14, 2019). El Imán de la Pornografía. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved on: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/elimandelapornografia-columna-2522906/
  17. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (August 20th, 2019). El Rey Charlie y La Nueva Industria del Chisme. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/elreycharlieylanuevaindustriadelchisme-columna-2512936/
  18. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (August 19th, 2019). El Silencio No Es Opción. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/elsilencionoesopcion-columna-2512735/
  19. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (July 30th, 2019). Infoxicación. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/burbujaoinfoxicacion-columna-2508661/
  20. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (June 16, 2019). Miss Diáspora. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/missdiaspora-columna-2499978/
  21. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (May 19, 2019). Isla vs. Diáspora: Cisma Identitario. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/islavsdiasporacismaidentitario-columna-2496394/
  22. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (May 9, 2019). La Disneyrriqueñidad. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/ladisneyrriquenidad-columna-2494901/
  23. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (April 19, 2019). Memoria y Pérdida. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/memoriayperdida-columna-2488253/
  24. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (Marzo 19, 2019). Netflix y Sus Invitados. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/netflixysusinvitados-columna-2482878/
  25. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (February 19, 2019). Los Estudios “Reveladores”. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/losestudiosreveladoresenlaweb-columna-2477166/#
  26. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (January 20, 2019). Nuestra Televisión. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/nuestratelevision-columna-2…
  27. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (November 19, 2018). Cristobal Colón. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/cristobalcolon-columna-2460…
  28. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (October 30, 2018).  Changuerismo. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/changuerismo-columna-245616…
  29. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (October 15, 2018). Bad Bunny y la Nostalgia Mediática. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/badbunnyylanostalgiamediati…
  30. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (September 18, 2018). La Miss Puerto Rico que necesitamos. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/lamissuniversequenecesitamo…
  31. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (August 21st, 2018) Nombres impropios. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/nombresimpropios-columna-24…
  32. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (July 31st, 2018). Esta es mi escuela. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/estaesmiescuela-columna-243…
  33. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (July 17, 2018). Es Bendito Celular. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/esebenditocelular-columna-2…
  34. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (May 15, 2018). Mayoketchup. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/mayoketchup-columna-2422152/
  35. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (June 19, 2018). Vacío para los niños. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/vacioparalosninos-columna-2…
  36. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (April 17, 2018). Exilio Digital. El Nuevo Día. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/exiliodigital-columna-24151…
  37. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (March 5, 2018). Lo que le pasó a Oscar.  El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/loquelepasoaoscar-columna-2403585/
  38. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (February 21, 2018). Juventud Interrumpida. El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/juventudinterrumpida-column…
  39. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (January 19, 2018).  Analfabetismo Digital. El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/analfabetismodigital-column…
  40. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (Saturday, December 30, 2017). Bajo el toldo azul. El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/bajoeltoldoazul-columna-238…
  41. Avilés-Santiago, M.G. (December 19, 2017). ¿Fin de los tiempos o el fin del tiempo? El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/findelostiemposoelfindeltie…
  42. Avilés-Santiago, M. G. (November 27, 2017). Puerto Rico a Oscuras en Miss Universo. El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/puertoricoaoscurasenmissuni…
  43. Avilés-Santiago, M. G. (October 17, 2017). Teaching in the Dark for Puerto Rico. El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/teachinginthedarkforpuertor…
  44. Avilés-Santiago, M. G. (June 22, 2017). Javier Báez y la Nación Desnuda. El Nuevo Día. San Juan: PR. Retrieved from: https://www.elnuevodia.com/opinion/columnas/javierbaezylanaciondesnuda-…
Research Activity

Grants:  

  1. Arizona Veterans Donations Funds. Warriors Journey Arizona. 2020. Principal Investigator. Total: $75,000.00
  2. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2018. Humanities Connections. Veterans, Service, and Society. Principal Investigator. Total: $99,843.00
  3. Arizona State University Summer Research Initiative. 2017. Digital Pulse, Pixelated Memories Looking at the Memorialization of the Victims of the Terrorist Attack in Orlando. Total: $5,000.00
  4. Arizona State University Summer Research Initiative. 2016. Cold War Cultures and Television in Puerto Rico’s Televisual Landscape. Total: $5,000.00
  5. Arizona State University Summer Research Initiative. 2015. Cold War Cultures and Television in Puerto Rico’s Televisual Landscape. Total: $5,000.00
  6. Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict's Hardt-Nickachos Peace Studies Initiative. 2014. 9/11 and Thinking About Peace. Role: Co-Investigator. Total: $2,000.00 

  7. Arizona State University Summer Research Initiative. 2014. Boxers, Bombshells and Queens: Pop Culture, Colonialism and Nationalism in Puerto Rico. Role: Principal Investigator. Total: $5,000.00 

  8. Arizona State University Summer Research Initiative. 2013. No Puppet's Land: The Role of Digital Social Media in Puerto Rico's Mainstream Television. Schools of Letters and Science. Role: Principal Investigator. Total: $5,000.00



Fellowships:

  1. Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship. National Research Council. Awarded. January 2016. Total: $45,000.00

  2. Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. National Research Council. Fellow. August 2008 – July 2011. Total: $60,000.00 

  3. University of Texas Preemptive Fellowship. University of Texas at Austin. August 2006-May 2007. Total: $20,000.00 

  4. Dean of Graduate Studies and Research Fellowship. University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. May 2005. Total: $10,000.00 

  5. Hispanic Scholarship Fund. University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras. March 2002. Total: $5,000.00
Courses
2025 Spring
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IDS 315 Integration: Social Contexts
2024 Fall
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ASU 101-CLS The ASU Experience
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COM 362 Urban Comm Latinx City
COM 363 Latinxs and the Media
2023 Fall
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VTS 301 Experience America Modern Wars
VTS 301 Experience America Modern Wars
HST 300 Experience America Modern Wars
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
HST 300 Experience America Modern Wars
2023 Summer
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VTS 484 Internship
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VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 484 Internship
2023 Spring
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VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
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VTS 484 Internship
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
VTS 499 Individualized Instruction
VTS 499 Individualized Instruction
VTS 484 Internship
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
COM 499 Individualized Instruction
2022 Summer
Course Number Course Title
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 484 Internship
2022 Spring
Course Number Course Title
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 484 Internship
VTS 394 Special Topics
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
VTS 402 Undergraduate Research
2021 Fall
Course Number Course Title
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 394 Special Topics
COM 323 Comm Approach Popular Culture
TCL 394 Special Topics
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
COM 394 Special Topics
COM 363 Latinxs and the Media
TCL 394 Special Topics
2020 Summer
Course Number Course Title
VTS 302 Representations of Veterans
COM 302 Representations of Veterans
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
COM 394 Special Topics
COM 323 Comm Approach Popular Culture
TCL 394 Special Topics
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
COM 394 Special Topics
TCL 394 Special Topics
COM 363 Latinxs and the Media
Honors / Awards
  1. Catalyst Award for Campus Inclusion. Winner. Arizona State University. October 2021.
  2. Dr. Eugene Garcia Outstanding Latina/o Faculty: Research in Higher Education. Winner. May 2021.
Expertise Areas
Veterans
Digital Media
Digital Culture
Media Studies
Latina/o Studies
Media Representations
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