Contact Information
1207 W. Oregon Street
M/C 136
Biography
Isabel Molina-Guzmán is a professor in Latina/Latino Studies, Communication, and a faculty affiliate of the Institute of Communication Research, Gender & Women’s Studies and Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Molina-Guzmán served as Chair of the Department of Latina/Latino Studies 2007-2008, 2009-2012. She currently serves as the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty Director of Diversity and Inclusion, and the Graduate College Faculty Director of the Sloan Universisty Center for Exemplary Mentoring.
Research Interests
ethnoracial identity
gender/sexuality
media/journalism studies
discourse analysis
Research Description
Isabel Molina-Guzmán's research examines the relationship between ethnoracial, gender, sexual identity and media discourses in the reproduction of inequality. She is author of Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media (NYU Press, 2010) and Latinas and Latinos on Television: Colorblind Comedy in the Postracial Network Era (University of Arizona Press, 2018). Her works have appeared in numerous edited collected and academic journals such as Latino Studies, Journalism, Popular Communication, Critical Studies in Media and Communication.
Education
Communication, Ph.D. , University of Pennsylvania
MAC, University of Pennsylvania
Communication, BS, Pennsylvania State University
Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor, Latina/Latino Studies
Professor, Communication
Professor, Gender and Women's Studies
Professor, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory
Professor, Institute of Communications Research
External Links
Highlighted Publications
Molina-Guzmán, I., & Valdivia, A. N. (Eds.) (2026). Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes. (Critical Cultural Communication). NYU Press.
Molina-Guzmán, I. (2018). Latinas and Latinos on TV: Colorblind Comedy in the Post-racial Network Era. (Latinx Pop Culture). University of Arizona Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1bxgw5z
Molina-Guzman, I. (2010). Dangerous Curves: Latina Bodies in the Media. NYU Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qfzbr
Recent Publications
Molina-Guzmán, I. (2026). Contesting the Flipped Rebooting of Charmed. In I. Molina-Guzmán, & A. N. Valdivia (Eds.), Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes (pp. 221-247). (Critical Cultural Communication). NYU Press.
Molina-Guzmán, I., & Valdivia, A. N. (2026). Introduction: The Nostalgic Rebooting of Ethnicity, Gender, Race, and Sexuality. In I. Molina-Guzmán, & A. N. Valdivia (Eds.), Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes (pp. 1-34). (Critical Cultural Communication). NYU Press.
Molina-Guzmán, I., & Valdivia, A. N. (Eds.) (2026). Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes. (Critical Cultural Communication). NYU Press.
Molina-Guzmán, I. (2025). Tips for getting your work published by an overworked journal editor. Communication, Culture and Critique, 18(4), 294-296. https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcaf049
Molina-Guzmán, I. (2023). Stuart Hall and Cultural Studies. In J. T. Austin, M. P. Orbe, & J. D. Sims (Eds.), Communication Theory: Racially Diverse and Inclusive Perspectives Cognella Academic Publishing.