Olivia González
Olivia González is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication. Her research examines the politics of race, class, and gender within contemporary structures of media production and media education. Olivia’s current work explores screenwriters’ labor organizing, the entertainment industry’s role in the climate crisis, and abolitionist storytelling within and beyond Hollywood. Her work has been published in Critical Studies in Media Communication, Television and New Media, Lateral, and the International Journal of Communication.
Olivia also enjoys hiking, biking, playing and watching sports, and baking (pan dulce and sourdough are staples in her kitchen).
- Media and Technology Studies (COMM 50)
- Ecomedia and Sustainable Storytelling (COMM 105)
- Approaches to Communication Research (COMM 4)
González, O. & Hatrick, J. (2025). . Television & New Media.
Flores-Montano, C., González, O., Hernandez, M., Hernandez, T., Olivas, D., Ramirez, B., Santellano, K. & Villareal, C. (2025). “Latina PhD organizing, solidarity, and coping in nepantla. In G. González-López, S. Rudrappa & C. Smith (Eds.), . Austin, TV: University of Texas Press.
Hatrick, J. & González, O. (2022). . Lateral, 11(2).
González, O. (2021). . Critical Studies in Media Communication, 38(1), 46–60.
Bray, S., González, O. & Jonckheere, N. (2020). . International Journal of Communication, 14, 5128–5149.
Stern, S. & González, O. (2018). “How are Internet practices embedded in teens’ everyday lives?” In S. R. Mazzarella & N.A. Jennings (Eds.), (2nd Ed.), New York, NY: Peter Lang.