About the Book
Intersectionality makes visible and relevant marginalized identities and engages students in critical strategies for social justice against oppression, power, and hegemony inside and outside the classroom. As a framework for teaching and learning across journalism, media, and mass communication studies, intersectionality allows instructors to build more inclusive, critical, and reflective educational spaces.
In this book, experienced and award-winning professors explore practical teaching strategies and innovative pedagogy to guide other instructors through the practice of integrating intersectionality into courses and curriculum. Chapters offer strategies, case studies, and activities for classroom implementation, as well as providing invaluable practicality from the lived experiences of the authors, most of whom are from intersectionally diverse backgrounds.
As an inspiring and immediately applicable guidebook, Instructing Intersectionality is an essential read for course developers, administrators, and instructors in all undergrad and graduate programs.
Contributors:María DeMoya (she/her/ella), Celeste González de Bustamante (she/hers/ella), Leandra Hernández (she/her/ella), Patrick R. Johnson (he/him/his), Tammy Rae Matthews (she/her/hers), Rafael Matos (he/him/his), Kathleen McElroy (she/her/hers), Stevie M. Munz (she/her/hers), Arionne Nettles (she/her/hers), Kix Patterson (he/him/his), Gheni Platenburg (she/her/hers), Arleen Jia Rasing (she/her/hers), Leilane Menezes Rodrigues (she/her/hers), Nathian Shae Rodriguez (he/him/él), Alexis Romero Walker (they/them), Yidong Wang (he/him/his), and Sherry Yu (she/her/hers).
Table of Contents:
Introduction, Nathian Shae Rodriguez (he/him/él), San Diego State University
Section I: Theoretical Understanding through Reflection
1. Integrating Intersectionality in the Public Relations and Social Media Course, Alexis Romero Walker (they/them), Manhattanville College
2. Intersectionally Shaping Sports Journalism Pedagogy, Tammy Rae Matthews (she/her/hers), St. Bonaventure University
3. Intersectionality and a Moral Media Ethics Pedagogy, Leandra Hernández (she/her/ella) and Stevie Munz (she/her/hers), University of Utah, Utah Valley
Section II: Experiences of Intersectional Faculty
4. The Benefits of Professors’ Positionality Reflections and Disclosures in Teaching Intersectionality, María DeMoya (she/her/ella), University of Tennessee Knoxville
5. The Power of Intersectional Thinking in Journalism Classrooms, Celeste González de Bustamante (she/hers/ella) and Kathleen McElroy (she/her/hers), University of Texas Austin
6. Solutions Journalism as a Tool for Intersectional Praxis and Community Storytelling, Gheni Platenburg (she/her/hers), University of Houston
Section III: Elevating Marginalized Voices
7. Teaching the LGBTQ+ Press, Journalism, and Intersectionality, Yidong Wang (he/him/his), University of Kansas, and Patrick R. Johnson (he/him/his), Marquette University
8. Intersectional Coverage Learning Through Protest Reporting, Kix Patterson (he/him/his), University of Florida
9. Authentic Voice in Audio Storytelling for Intersectional Teaching, Arionne Nettles (she/her/hers), Northwestern University
Section IV: Engaging Students to Promote Intersectionality
10. Approaching Intersectionality through Scaffolded Courses, Sherry Yu (she/her/hers), University of Toronto
11. Rethinking Objectivity & Embracing Intersectional Identities in the Journalism Classroom, Leilane Menezes Rodrigues (she/her/hers), Michigan State University
12. Analyzing Black Men and Their Masculinities in Media, Rafael Matos (he/him/his), Northwestern University
Epilogue, Arleen Jia Rasing (she/her/hers),San Diego State University
About the Author :
Nathian Shae Rodriguez (he/him/él)is associate professor of digital media and the associate director of the School of Journalism & Media Studies at San Diego State University. He is also a core faculty in the Area of Excellence: Digital Humanities and Global Diversity, a public speaker, and podcast host. Rodriguez is founder and director of the Media, Identity, & Communication (MIC) Innovation Research Lab, a creative research collaborative that focuses on intersectional identity studies in media, entertainment, communication, and pop culture. Rodriguez has published over twenty-three journal articles and eight book chapters. He’s won numerous awards for his research and teaching, presented a TEDtalk, and has been featured on national and international media for his innovative courses on pop culture and intersectional identity. Rodriguez also has ten years of professional radio experience in on-air talent, sales, promotions, and social media marketing.
Review :
Instructing Intersectionality truly offers what this AEJMC series calls a master class for educators who wish for intersectionality to be more than an abstraction in their classrooms. With chapters devoted to sports, protest reporting, solutions journalism and more, the book features an array of experts with practical ideas and pedagogical encouragement.It’s a go-to volume for any educator concerned with teaching emerging media and journalism professionals how to consider the interests of everyone in their audience.
Instructing Intersectionality is just what faculty members need to better understand and empower our students while stepping up the instruction on this subject in our classes. The range of voices in this volume demonstrates the expertise on intersectionality among those right here in AEJMC. Great work!
