Esther Diaz Martin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Gender and Women's Studies; Latin American and Latino Studies
Pronouns: she/her/ella
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1509 UH
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About
Dr. Díaz Martín is a first-generation immigrant scholar (saludos a Ixtlahuacán de Rio, Jalisco) and a proud result of California’s public education system. She grew up in a campesino agricultural community in the San Joaquin Central Valley and studied music, political science, and Latin American studies as an undergrad at CSU Stanislaus. She went on to earn a Master’s in Spanish from San Jose State and taught high school Spanish before continuing her education at the University of Texas at Austin. At UT, she earned a Ph.D. in Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures with a graduate portfolio in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies. Her current book project listens for the sonic articulation of Latina “radiophonic feminisms” across West Coast commercial AM/FM radio and podcasting. She has also written on the topic of gender politics in digital culture including memes and YouTube contestaciones. She is one of three principal investigators leading the Latinx Sound Culture Studies research work group sponsored by the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative funded by a Mellon Foundation grant from 2022-2024 conducting cross-regional research centering sound in the process of creating political subjects. Profesora Díaz is passionate about teaching, supporting, and learning from UIC students in her courses on ranging from Intro to Latino Studies, Latina narratives, Latinx Sound and Culture, Gender in Latin America, and Latin@ futurity. If you are a student interested in Latinx sound, digital culture, and/or popular feminism, please reach to Dr. Díaz!
Selected Publications
Education
2018 The University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D. Iberian and Latin American Literatures and Cultures
Graduate Portfolio in Mexican American and Latina/o Studies
2010 San Jose State University
M.A. Spanish Preliminary Teaching Credential, Secondary Language Education
2005 California State University Stanislaus
B.A. Political Science, Minor in Latin American Studies