Cristina Mislán

Cristina Mislán is an assistant professor of journalism studies in the Missouri School of Journalism, where she teaches courses in qualitative research methods and cross-cultural journalism.

Mislán’s research draws on critical/cultural and transnational theories to study the role race, class, and gender play in shaping alternative news media. She also examines the relationship between globalization, transnationalism, and media activism to study how activists use media (both past and contemporary) for advocating social and political causes. Mislán also conducts research regarding pedagogy and technology, with a focus on the role of technology in facilitating civic engagement and critical thinking in classroom learning environments. Much of her work employs historical and textual analyses as well as other qualitative methodologies.

Mislán has published in several journals, including Journalism History and the Howard Journal of Communications. Her research has won a number of awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and the American Journalism Historians Association (AJHA).

Mislán holds bachelor’s degree in English and psychology as well as a master’s degree in journalism from Louisiana State University. She received her doctoral degree in media studies with a minor in Latin American Graduate Studies at Pennsylvania State University.

An arrest after student protests in Missouri

At Missouri, 'right now, we are facing the backlash'

Death threats, rape threats and an arrest after a student protest led to the resignation of a university's president. And the issue of press freedom, repeatedly raised, is more complicated than at first blush, a journalism prof says.

At Missouri, 'right now, we are facing the backlash'
Tents at MU

At the University of Missouri, I've seen and experienced the racism these students are fighting against

At the University of Missouri, I've seen and experienced the racism these students are fighting against