Guadalupe (Lupita) Madrigal

Assistant Professor
Madrigal

Guadalupe Madrigal's research and teaching focus on topics related to political communication with a particular interest in media, Latinx/a/o populations, race, information, social identity, and immigration.

Bio

Dr. Guadalupe Madrigal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her previous work focused on news media portrayals of immigrant children in the news over the past 30 years, and the consequences of these representations in contemporary politics. Her current research explores the interplay of identity and information in political processes, especially related to policy in the United States. Dr. Madrigal also has a vested interest in Chicanx/a/o and Latinx/a/o studies and is an affiliate faculty member of the Chicano Studies Institute. Her research has appeared in outlets such as Communication Theory, Political Communication, Politics Groups and Identities, and the International Journal of Press/Politics. When Guadalupe is not researching or teaching, she is dancing salsa, crocheting, sewing, or reading novels. She is also affectionately known by her nickname “Lupita.”

Education

Ph.D. (2022), University of Michigan, Communication and Media

B.A. (2017), University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Communication Studies

Vita, Guadalupe Madrigal, July 2024.pdf108.85 KB
Contact
gmadrigal@ucsb.edu
Office: SSMS 4427
Google Scholar
Website
Twitter: @lupitamiamour
Research Topic(s)
Media Psychology
Political Communication
Media & Identity
Social Identity
Persuasion & Social Influence
Marginalization and inequality
Immigration
Research Area(s)
Media and Digital Communication

Katherine Elder

Assistant Teaching Professor
Katherine Elder

Dr. Elder approaches both her research and teaching by identifying and applying real-world policy trends and dynamics. With a professional background in public policy, infectious disease, and health disparities, she focuses on translating public health and scientific research into effective and equitable public policy.

Bio

Katherine ("Katie") Elder is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Communication. Prior to joining UCSB, she was on the faculty at California State University, Channel Islands (winning the Arts & Sciences Excellence in Teaching Award in 2022), and previously worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Texas Health Science Center on a grant-funded project designed to tailor health-related messaging to the needs and beliefs of state legislators. She studies translation and implementation science, focusing specifically on how to bridge the gap between public health research and health policy. Her research interests are motivated by her work in the public sector. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked for two years as a program analyst in the Obama administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Recovery Act Office, where she was responsible for stimulus-created jobs data posted quarterly on Recovery.gov. She has also worked on projects for the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the U.S. Department of State in Kampala, Uganda, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Education

Ph.D. (2017), University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Health Communication

Masters of Public Affairs (2009), University of Texas at Austin Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Bachelor of Arts (2006), University of California, Davis, Political Science

Katherine Elder CV.pdf113.28 KB
Contact
kelder@ucsb.edu
Office: SSMS 4119
Google Scholar
Research Topic(s)
Health & Wellness
Political Communication
Health Communication
Environmental/science communication
Research Area(s)
Media and Digital Communication
Organizational & Group Communication

Academy of Management Fellow Inductee Linda Putnam Establishes Award For Organizational Research Scholars

2024-07-29

Linda Putnam established a fund to build an endowment for the Putnam Interdisciplinary Scholar Award, a $500 annual honorarium to support communication graduate students involved in interdisciplinary research, including conference presentations and publications in journals outside the field. See full story at https://news.ucsb.edu/in-focus/academy-management-inductee-linda-putnam-establishes-award-organizational-research

Kyungin Kim, Jennifer Kam, And Colleague Receive Top Paper Award

2024-07-15

Kyungin Kim, Jennifer Kam, and D. Munguia win a Top Paper Award from the Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association at the 2024 conference for Kim, K., Kam, J. A., & Munguia, D. (2024). Undocumented college students' career-related communication with their parents and the vocational anticipatory socialization model of structural limitations. 

Chloe Gonzales, Tammy Afifi, And Andy Merolla Receive Top Paper Award

2024-07-15

Chloe Gonzales, Tammy Afifi, and Andy Merolla win a Top Paper Award from the Family Communication Division of the National Communication Association at the 2024 conference for Gonzales, C. E., Afifi, T., & Merolla, A. (2024). The theory of rhythmic synergy in caregiving for older adults living with dementia. 

Musa Malik and Rene Weber Win Top Student Paper Award

2024-07-11

Musa Malik and Rene Weber received the Top Student Paper Award from the Communication and Social Cognition division at the 2024 National Communication Association for the following paper: “Seeing what we measure or measuring what we see? The content-analytic deconstruction of visual moral exemplification via unidimensional and multidimensional codebooks.”

Sovannie Len Wins Top Student Paper Award at NCA

2024-07-11

Sovannie Len received a 2024 Top Student Paper Award from the Family Communication division of National Communication Association, for "Diverse Entertainment Media for Ethnic-Racial Socialization: An Initial Guide for Families"

Musa Malik, Rene Weber, and Team Win Top Student Paper Award and Top Paper Award at ICA

2024-07-03

This paper won both the Top Student Paper Award and Top Paper Award from the 2024 (Australia) ICA Computational Methods Division: Malik, M., Youk, S., Hopp, F. R., Curry, O. S., Cheong, M., Alfano, M., & Weber, R. (2024). The Extended Morality as Cooperation Dictionary: A Crowd-Sourced Approach via the Moral Narrative Analyzer Platform. International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.

Howie Giles Wins Biennial Outstanding Paper Award

2024-07-01

Howie Giles and co-author were given the 2024 JLSP Biennial Outstanding Paper Award for Maguire, E. R., & Giles, H. (2022). Public expressions of empathy and sympathy by US criminal justice officials after controversial police killings of African-Americans. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 41(1), 49-75.

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