The Latino Studies Journal
Presents
Latino/as and the MEDIA: A national one-day conference
Friday, February 6, 2009
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
899 Tenth Avenue at 59th Street | 6th floor, Room 630-T
New York, NY
P r o g r a m
8:30 am – 9:00 am Coffee
9:00 am – 9:30 am
Welcome
n Jeremy Travis, President, John Jay College
n Suzanne Oboler, Editor, Latino Studies/John Jay College
9:30 – 10:15 am
Opening Keynote
n Maggie Rivas Rodríguez, University of Texas-Austin
10:25 am – 11:45 am
Session 1
n América Rodríguez (University of Texas-Austin), Latino News: Local, National, Global
n Mari Castañeda (University of Massachusetts-Amherst): Latina and Latino Labor in the US Media Industry
n Cristina G. Mora (Princeton University): Regulation and Latino Media: How the FCC Shaped Spanish Language Television 1962-1990
11:45 am – 12:45 pm Lunch Break
12:45 pm – 1:15 pm
Keynote Address
n Steve Handelman, Director, Center for Media, Crime and Justice (CUNY)
1:25 pm – 2:40 pm
Session 2
n Belinda Rincón (Cornell University): Media, Militarism, and Mythologies of the State: The Latino Soldier in U.S. War Films, 1943-2008
n Adriana Katzew (University of Vermont): Shut Up?! Ugly Betty re-presenting Latina/os
n Eileen Díaz McConnell (Arizona State University): A Leapfrog Across America: Media Representations of the Geographic Dispersion of Latinos, 1990-2000
2:45 – 4:00 pm
Session 3
n Otto Santa Ana (University of California-Los Angeles): Laughing With the Hegemon: Mass-Mediated Anti-Latino Humor
n Dina Okamoto, Kim Lebert and Carmen Violet (University of California-Davis): ¿Cuáles son las noticias relevantes?: The Visibility and Representation of Latina/o Collective Action Events in Spanish- and English-Language Newspapers
n Lisa M. Paulin-Cid (North Carolina Central University): On (Not) Losing Our Voices: Lessons for Latino Empowerment
Sponsored by:
¨ The Latino Studies Journal
¨ John Jay College, CUNY
¨ The Center for Media, Crime and Justice, John Jay College, CUNY
For more information please contact:
Suzanne Oboler
Editor, Latino Studies
Angela Marino Segura
Managing Editor, Latino Studies
Phone: 646-557-4666
Email: latstu@jjay.cuny.edu