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Assistant Professor, Communication
Professional Service
- National Communication Association.
Role: Vice-chair Elect.
Activism & Social Justice Division.
11/2023 - present
- National Communication Association.
Chair, Health Communication Division.
11/2022 - 11/2023
- National Communication Association.
Immediate Past Chair, Feminist and Gender Studies Division.
11/2022 - 11/2023
- Communication Monographs.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2022 - present
- Women's Studies in Communication.
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2019 - present
- Peter Lang.
Role: Editor.
Cultural Media Studies Series.
06/2018 - present
- Women & Language .
Role: Member.
Editorial Board.
01/2018 - present
- Lexington Books.
Role: Editor.
Lexington Studies in Health Communication Series .
06/2016 - present
- National Communication Association.
Role: Paper reviewer, Panel respondent, Panel chair.
Feminist & Gender Studies Division.
11/2015 - present
- National Communication Association.
Role: Panel chair, Panel respondent.
La Raza Caucus and Latina/o Communication Studies Division.
11/2013 - present
- Western States Communication Association.
Role: Paper reviewer, Panel chair and respondent.
Communication, Identities, and Difference Division.
02/2013 - present
Honors & Awards
- Fall 2023 NCA Latina/o Communication Studies Division Outstanding Chapter Award for the chapter entitled “Comadrisma, mamás, and tías: An intersectional Chicana feminist approach to creating comunidad and working towards reproductive justice” (published in the book Beyond biology: Rhetorics of motherhood in the 21st century).
National Communication Association,
11/2023
- Recipient of the 2023 NCA Activism & Social Justice Community Engagement Award.
National Communication Association,
11/2023
- Recipient of the 2023 NCA Lambda Award, an honor bestowed by the NCA Caucus on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Concerns.
National Communication Association,
11/2023
- Recipient of the OSCLG 2023 Feminist Teacher-Mentor Award.
Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, & Gender,
10/2023
- OSCLG Anita Taylor Outstanding Article Award for the co-authored article "Construyendo conexiones para los niños: Environmental justice, reproductive feminicidio, and coalitional possibility in the borderlands" (published in Health Communication).
Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender,
10/2023
- Faculty Fellow, 2023-2024.
American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE),
08/01/2023
- Recipient of the Spring 2023 Access Fund Climbing Advocate Award for JEDI and Stewardship of climbing rights in the Wasatch Range.
Access Fund,
04/2023
- Recipient of the 2023 Utah Women’s Higher Education Network (UWHEN) Emerging Professional Award.
Utah Women in Higher Education Network (UWHEN),
04/2023