Mari Castañeda

Dean, Commonwealth Honors College
Professor, Communication

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST

Mari Castañeda is the Dean of Commonwealth Honors College and Professor of Communication at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research interests include community based learning and civic engagement, Latinx/ethnic media studies, and global communications. Her work promotes engaged scholarship and aims to address inequality, power, community voices, and the role of intersectionalities in shaping media and cultural spaces. Her co-edited books include: Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities: Learning from Social Justice Partnerships in Action (2018, Peter Lang Publishers), Mothers in Academia (2013, Columbia University Press) and Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age: Global Industries and New Audiences (2011, Peter Lang Publishers).

As a faculty member, Castañeda is also affiliated with the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latina/o Studies, and the Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies.

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