Manuel Aviles-Santiago

Manuel G. Aviles-Santiago is the Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Curricular Innovation at the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, as well as the Director of the Office of Veterans and Military Academic Engagement (OVMAE). He obtained his doctorate in Media Studies at the Department of Radio-TV-Film at the University of Texas-Austin. He is a Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral and Post-doctoral Fellow, an award administered by the National Research Council (now the National Academies of the Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine).  

He has presented his works at conferences such as the International Communication Association, Race and Media, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Latino Studies, the Latin American Studies Association, and Veteran Studies conferences. He has published his scholarshipin journals like Communication, Culture and Critique, Journal of Latin American Communication Research (JLACR), Caribbean Studies Journal, Flow TV, and Revista Cruces. He is the author of the book Puerto Rican Soldiers and Second-class Citizenship: Representations in Media (Palgrave, 2014). He served as host for PBS's segment, Break It Down, and collaborated as an editorial columnist for El Nuevo Dia newspaper. 

As director of the Office for Veteran and Military Academic Engagement, Avilés-Santiago has developed programs to bridge the military-civilian gap through teaching, research, and community engagement initiatives. He is the coordinator for the Veteran, Society, and Service certificate, funded by a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. He also organized the 5th Veterans in Society Conference at Arizona State University under the themes of resilience, pedagogy, and veteran studies. 

Avilés-Santiago is a recipient of Dr. Eugene Garcia's Outstanding Latina/o Faculty Research Award for his work in the advancement and support of higher education among the youth of socially and economically impoverished communities as well as underserved ethnic groups. He also received a Catalyst Award for his contributions to fostering and promoting diversity and inclusion at ASU and beyond.

Manuel G. Avilés-Santiago is a graduate of the VIII cohort of ASU's Leadership Academy.