Yadira Nieves

Michigan State University

Yadira Nieves–Pizarro completed a bachelor's (2002) and a master’s Degree (2008) from the School of Communication at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras as well as a PhD in Information and Media from the School of Journalism at Michigan State University (2018). Nieves-Pizarro also has experience in broadcast; she spent eight wonderful years working as a news producer in local television station WAPA-TV. Using a media sociology perspective, she researches journalistic routine practices and their impact on content in digital and traditional media outlets. The representation of Latinos and Afro Latinos in entertainment media is another topic she frequently explores. Nieves-Pizarro currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Communications Department in the Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamón Campus.