Fernando Martinez, M.A.
Master of Arts in Communication Studies
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Hometown: Banning, CA
Two-time alumnus Fernando Martinez earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communication studies from Cal State San Bernardino, where he discovered that his academic interests and personal passions didn’t have to live in separate worlds. Encouraged by faculty mentors to pursue research that was meaningful to him, Martinez focused his graduate work on punk culture, using autoethnography to explore how punk has shaped his identity, worldview and approach to self-reflection. Along the way, Martinez gained three years of classroom experience as a graduate teaching associate, teaching