Raisa Alvarado

Raisa Fernanda Alvarado (she/her/ella) (Ph.D., University of Denver) is an Assistant Professor of Communication and Media at California State University, San Bernardino. Her current research and teaching specializations are rooted in critical gender studies/girlhood studies with a focus on Latine and Chicana/o/x rhetorical criticism, feminist media studies, and the rhetoric of social movements. Most recently, her work has appeared in Women's Studies in Communication, the International Journal of Communication, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, and the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Communication, among other publications.

In 2025, Dr. Alvarado was awarded the Pedagogy Award from the Feminist and Gender Studies Division and the Activism and Social Justice Pedagogy Award from the Activism & Social Justice Division of the National Communication Association. Dr. Alvarado serves on the inaugural editorial board of Communication and Race, is currently serving as the interim graduate coordinator along with Dr. Theo Mazumdar. Most recently Dr. Alvarado transitioned to President for the Organization for Feminist Research on Gender and Communication (OFRGC).