Litzy Galarza, PhD
Education
PhD Mass Communications, Pennsylvania State University
MA Journalism Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia
BA Journalism & Political Science, University of Arizona
Biography
Dr. Galarza’s research lies at the intersections of Latina/o/x media, citizenship, and advertising studies. Her work is most concerned with Latina/o/x citizenship and labor in the culture industries. Dr. Galarza’s latest work has been published in the International Journal of Communication, the Howard Journal of Communications, and in the 2021 anthology “Immigrant Generations, Media Representations, and Audiences” edited by Omotayo O. Banjo.
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Galarza, L., & Leon-Boys, D. (2023). Jane the Girl-Citizen-In-Transition: Girlhood and Familial Citizenship in Jane the Virgin. Communication and Race.
Galarza, L. (2022). Alba the Undocumented: Immigration Law and Citizenship Excess in Jane The Virgin. Howard Journal of Communications, 33:2, 160-179
Galarza, L., & Stoltzfus-Brown, L. (2021). 84 Lumber’s Constrained Polysemy: Limiting Interpretive Play and the Power of Audience Agency in Inspirational Immigrant Narratives. International Journal of Communication, 15, 20, 41-60
McAllister, M. P., & Galarza, L. (2023). The Relationship Between US Advertising and Popular Culture: Four Historical Threads. In E. West & M.P. McAllister (Eds.). The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture (2nd Edition). Routledge.
Galarza, L. (2021). Language, Telenovelas, and Citizenship: A Mexican Immigrant’s Exploration of First-Generation American Narratives in Jane The Virgin. In: O.O. Banjo (Ed.). Immigrant Generations, Media Representations, and Audiences. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Galarza, L., & Rodríguez Burciaga P.A. (2021). Un Puente a la Mesa: The Role of Cultural Translators in the Production of Disney/Pixar’s Coco. In: O.O. Banjo (Ed.). Immigrant Generations, Media Representations, and Audiences. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
McAllister, M. P., & Galarza, L. (2019). Working-class bodies in advertising. In E. Polson, L. S. Clark, & R. Gajjala (Eds.). The Routledge Companion to Media and Class (pp. 17-26). New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.
Galarza, L. (2023). Book Review of Summer Harlow’s “Digital-Native News and the Remaking of Latin American Mainstream and Alternative Journalism.” Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly.
Galarza, L. (2022). Book Review of Lynn Stephen’s “Stories That Make History: Mexico through Elena Poniatowska’s Crónicas.” Journalism History Journal.
Awards
2023
Latina/o Communication Studies Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) “Top Paper of the Year Award” for “Jane the Girl-Citizen-In-Transition: Girlhood and Familial Citizenship in Jane the Virgin”
2022
Latina/o Communication Studies Division of the National Communication Association (NCA) “Book Chapter of the Year Award” for “Un Puente a la Mesa: The Role of Cultural Translators in the Production of Disney/Pixar’s Coco”