Ana Lisa Eberline is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. Her research interests include critical and cultural communication through rhetoric, language, and intercultural discourse. Currently Ana Lisa is working on her dissertation examining Latinx identity in the Midwest through the lens of food. Using qualitative interviews alongside participant observation, she hopes to explore how identity, culture, and community are experienced in the nation’s heartland.

Prior to attending Illinois, Ana Lisa received MA in Communication from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Here she studied interpersonal communication, and how families discuss race in the home.