Al Punto con Jorge Ramos
Vanessa Diaz, LMU assistant professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, was interviewed about Bad Bunny and his cultural impact for this Spanish-language Univision news program. Source: Univision Al Punto con Jorge Ramos
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Bad Bunny Wins Best Música Urbana Album at the 65th Grammy Awards
Vanessa Diaz, the co-creator of the Bad Bunny Syllabus project and a professor at Loyola Marymount University — where she teaches a course titled “Bad Bunny and Resistance in Puerto Rico” — told NBC…
Bad Bunny, Reggaeton, and Resistance
LMU Professor Vanessa Diaz was interviewed for this episode of NPR’s Code Switch about her class, “Bad Bunny and Resistance in Puerto Rico,” which explores the genre- and gender norm-defying rapper and his activism….
Latinx Heritage Month: Experts Available for Media Interviews
LOS ANGELES – Loyola Marymount University has faculty experts available to respond to media inquiries about Latinx Heritage Month. LMU professors can add context to stories about issues facing U.S. Latinx communities, such as…
Distinguished Faculty Honored for 2022
LMU faculty and administrators gathered on April 6, 2022, in the Hilton Center for Business for the 2002 Faculty Awards ceremony honoring those professors who have distinguished themselves, and marking service anniversaries and others…
Lil Nas X, Jennifer Lopez, Grimes And The Enduring Appeal Of Celebrity Paparazzi Photos
“Intimacy is key,” says Vanessa Díaz, a cultural anthropologist at Loyola Marymount University and the author of “Manufacturing Celebrity: Latino Paparazzi and Women Reporters in Hollywood,” noting that our extensive knowledge of celebrities’ personal…
Vanessa Diaz
Celebrity Culture, Latin America, oral & life histories, political culture, diasporas, Latina/o/x identity race & racialization, Labor & Employment, (im)migration, Gender & Sexuality, Nationalism,