Journal Publications

Figueroa, E.J., (2023). “If I tweeted like that, it's entirely possible I'd get fired”: Sports Journalists Discourse of Jemele Hill Versus Donald Trump, Feminist Media Studies, 10.1080/14680777.2023.2229045

Peña, V., Grubic, A., & Figueroa, E. J., & Bock, M.A. (2022). The Blame Game: how video evidence changes narratives of misogynistic violence in sports discourse, Feminist Media Studies, 10.1080/14680777.2022.2149595

Figueroa, E.J. (2022) Casting heroes and victims of disaster events: representations of race and gender in Hurricane Harvey front page news images. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 10.1080/15295036.2022.2121412

Ittefaq, M., Abwao, M., Baines, A., Belmas, G., Kamboh, S. A., & Figueroa, E. J. (2022). A pandemic of hate: Social representations of COVID-19 in the media. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy.

Graber, S, Figueroa E.J. & Vasudevan, K. (2019). Oh, Say, Can you Knee: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of Colin Kaepernick’s Star-Spangled Anthem Racial Protest. Howard Journal of Communication, 10.1080/10646175.2019.1670295

Bock, M. A., Cueva Chacón, L. M., Jung, H., Sturm, H. A., & Figueroa, E. J. (2018). The faces of local TV news in America: youth, whiteness, and gender disparities in station publicity photos. Feminist Media Studies, 1-18.

Bock, M. A., & Figueroa, E. J. (2018). Faith and reason: An analysis of the homologies of Black and Blue Lives Facebook pages. New Media & Society, 20(9), 3097-3118.

Figueroa, E. J. (2017). News organizations, ideology, and work routines: A multi-level analysis of environmental journalists. Journalism, 1464884917727386.

Conference Papers

Figueroa, E.J., Etheridge, C., Silva, F. (November, 2023). In bounds and out of bounds: Social justice content in sports media and shifting concepts of unity selected for presentation at the National Communication Association Conference., November 16-19, National Harbor, Maryland.

Figueroa, E.J., Peña, V. (August, 2023). Repairing the Journalism Paradigm with Artificial Intelligence: How ChatGPT Editorials Preserve Objectivity, Whiteness & Colorblind Ideology selected for presentation at the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference., August 7-10, Washington, D.C.

Figueroa, E.J., Baines, A., (August, 2023). Activating Solidarity Journalism: Analyzing the Impact of Newsroom Union Organizing on Journalism Practices selected for presentation at the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference., August 7-10, Washington, D.C.

Figueroa, E. J., & Peña, V., (May, 2022). Should They Ball or Boycott? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Sports Media Coverage of the NBA Player Strike selected for presentation at the International Communication Association Conference., May 26-30, Paris, France.

Figueroa, E. J., & Bianes, A., (May, 2022). I want the future young journalists and people of color to feel empowered and safe when I leave”: Feminist Empowerment in Newsroom Union Organizing selected for presentation at the International Communication Association Conference., May 26-30, Paris, France.

Figueroa, E. J., (November, 2021). Structural Hierarchy at Evolution Championship Series 2019: An Ethnographic Participant-Observation of a Fighting Game Esports Event selected for presentation at the National Communication Association Conference., November 18-21, Seattle, Washington.

Figueroa, E. J., (November, 2021). Digital Identity and Embodiment in Esports: Analyzing the Gendered Dimensions of Real and Virtual Bodies in Evolution Championship Series 2019 Media Content selected for presentation at the National Communication Association Conference., November 18-21, Seattle, Washington.

Figueroa, E. J., Vasudevan, K., Peña, V. (May, 2020). The Planet’s Champion: An Analysis of Anti-Capitalist Villainization in WWE selected for presentation at the International Communication Association Conference., May 21-25, Virtual Conference.

Peña, V., Grubic, A., Figueroa, E. J. (May, 2020). The Blame Game: A Discourse Analysis Surrounding Domestic Violence Images in Sport selected for presentation at the International Communication Association Conference., May 21-25, Virtual Conference.

Figueroa, E. J. (August, 2019). The Visual Rhetoric of Disaster: How Bodies are Represented in Newspaper Photographs of Hurricane Harvey selected for presentation at the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference., August 7-10, Toronto, Canada. **Awarded third place in the student paper competition for the Cultural & Critical Studies Division.

Graber, S, Cueva Chacón, L. Figueroa E. J. (May, 2019). Chain Migration or Family Reunification? A Critical Discourse Analysis of American Newspapers’ Coverage of Immigration selected for presentation at the International Communication Association Conference., May 24-28, Washington D.C.

Figueroa, E. J., & Graber, S (May, 2019). Jemele Hill, Race, and Gender: A Textual Analysis of Sports Media Discourse selected for presentation at the International Communication Association Conference., May 24-28, Washington D.C.

Figueroa, E. J. (November, 2018). Gendered Tensions in the Comment Section: What the End of Gamers Articles Teach us about Gamer Identity selected for presentation at the National Communication Association Conference., November 8-12, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Figueroa, E. J. (November, 2018). A Culture War in Twitter’s Trenches: #Feminism vs. #Gamergate selected for presentation at the National Communication Association Conference., November 8-12, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Bock, M. A., & Figueroa, E. J. (August, 2017). Faith and reason: An analysis of the homologies of Black and Blue Lives Facebook pages selected for presentation at the Association for Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference., August 9-12, Chicago, Illinois.

Graber, S, Figueroa E.J. & Vasudevan, K. (May, 2017) “‘A Prophylactic of Patriotism’”: Newspaper coverage of Colin Kaepernick’s Star-Spangled Anthem Racial Protest” selected for presentation at the International Communication Association Conference: Interventions: Communication Research and Practice., May 25-29, San Diego, California. 

Figueroa, E. J. (May, 2015). “Exploring the Organizational Influences on Environmental Journalist’s efforts to Include Scientific Sources in Green News Sources,” paper presented to the International Communication Association: Post Conference on Climate and Sustainability Campaigns, May 21-25, San Juan, Puerto Rico.