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.
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. --Mary Angela Bock, University of Texas at Austin