Erynn Masi de Casanova
Assistant Professor
513-556-4700
erynn.casanova@uc.edu
Professional Summary
Erynn Masi de Casanova received her Ph.D. in Sociology from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), and also holds a M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of California-San Diego and B.A. degrees in Spanish and English from the University of Rhode Island. Research interests include: Gender; Race/Ethnicity; Women and Work; Family; the Body; Popular Culture; Globalization/Development; Latin American societies; U.S. Latinos/as; Ethnography and qualitative research methods.
Research Support
Ford Foundation Dissertation Research Grant (through CUNY Graduate Center), Ford Foundation.
Peer Reviewed Publications
Casanova, E.M. (2004). "No Ugly Women": Concepts of Race and Beauty among Adolescent Women in Ecuador. Gender & Society, 18 (3), 287-308.
Casanova, E.M. (2007). Spanish Language and Latino Ethnicity in Children's Television Programs. Latino Studies, 5 (4), 455-477.
Mose Brown, T. and E.M. Casanova (2009). (In Press). Mothers in the Field: How Motherhood Shapes Fieldwork and Researcher-Subject Relations. Women's Studies Quarterly.
Book Chapters
Casanova, E.M. (2008). No hay mujer fea: Conceptos de la belleza entre las adolescentes guayaquileñas. Kathya Araujo and Mercedes Prieto (Eds.), Estudios sobre Sexualidades en América Latina. Quito: FLACSO.
Casanova, E.M. (2008). Spanish Language and Latino Ethnicity in Children's Television Programs. Rutledge M. Dennis (Eds.), Biculturalism, Self Identity, and Societal Transformation. London: Emerald Group Publishing.
Other Publications
Casanova, E.M. (2003). Women's Magazines in Ecuador: Re-Reading 'la Chica Cosmo'. Studies in Latin American Popular Culture, 22, 89-102.
Casanova, E.M. (2009). The Invisible Other: Prospects for a Black Social Movement in Ecuador. Latino/a Research Review, 7(1-2).
Honors & Awards
"No Ugly Women" named the second most-downloaded article in Gender Studies by Sage Publications.
Chancellor's Fellow, CUNY Graduate Center.
Courses Taught
15-SOC-275 SOCIOLOGY FAMILY.
15-SOC-775 GENDER & GLOBAL .
15-SOC-141 INTRO TO SOCIOLOGY.
