Instructing Intersectionality: Critical and Practical Strategies for the Journalism and Mass Communication Classroom

This edited volume will guide instructors through the practice of integrating intersectionality into courses and curriculum in both undergraduate and graduate courses. The chapters will incorporate phenomenology and real-life examples from authors who have employed intersectional content and strategies in their own respective teaching and research to help instructors create more inclusive, critical, and reflective educational spaces. This edited volume will not only offer tips, strategies, case studies, and activities, but also invaluable sagacity that comes from the lived experiences of the authors, most of whom will be from intersectionally diverse backgrounds. The focus of the collection will be to teach intersectionality, rather than on understanding intersectionality itself.

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.