Professor, Communication Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa
CommunicationsCommunication
Biography and Expertise
Research Interests: history of broadcasting, cultural studies
Joy’s research and teaching interests include radio studies; media history; Latin American media; media theory; race, ethnicity and media; and Latin American Studies.
Her current US research examines the legacies of New Deal government broadcasting and explores the construction of “radio bodies” in broadcasting from the 1930s-2000s. Her research on Mexico investigates community broadcasting and translocalism.