Ayleen Cabas-Mijares (PhD, Journalism, University of Missouri) is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Miami. Her scholarly work examines the impact of minoritized epistemologies and practices on journalism and media to evaluate how those influences could better support the liberatory potential of these institutions. She situates most of her research in the Latin American and Latinx contexts. Dr. Cabas-Mijares deploys qualitative methodologies in most of her studies and contributes to literature in critical/cultural studies, social movements studies, journalism studies, and transnational feminist and queer theories.
Dr. Cabas-Mijares’ research has been published in top-tier journals, such as Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly (JMCQ), Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, Media & Communication, Communication, Culture & Critique, and Feminist Media Studies. She has also earned multiple top faculty paper awards at the annual conventions of both the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and the International Communication Association (ICA). Dr. Cabas-Mijares is currently the vice head of AEJMC’s Cultural and Critical Studies Division.
Featured Publications
Cabas-Mijares, A., & Wichowsky, A. (2024). Soberanas de Nuestros Cuerpos: Networked Framing of Abortion Legalization in Argentina. Communication, Culture & Critique, 17(2), 84–94.
Cabas-Mijares, A. (2024). In Solidarity: Undocuqueer Identities and Politics in U.S. Spanish-Language Ethnic Media. Journalism Studies, 25(7), 794–812.
Cabas-Mijares, A., Shaban, S., & Mislán, C. (2024). Talking Back to The Wall: Problematizing Trans/National Media and Counter-Publics in Border Politics. Global Media and Communication, 20(2), 153–173.
Varma, A., Limov, B., & Cabas-Mijares, A. (2023). “They Always Get Our Story Wrong:” Addressing Social Justice Activists’ Distrust of News through Solidarity Reporting Norms. Media & Communication, 11(4), 286–296.
Cabas-Mijares, A. (2023). In Feminism We Trust! On How Feminist Standpoint Epistemologies Shape Journalism Practices in Two Argentine Digital Newsrooms. Journalism, 24(8), 1615–1633.
Cabas-Mijares, A. (2023). Covering (il)Legible Bodies: A Critical Analysis of News Discourse about Undocuqueer Life in the United States. Journalism Practice, 17(1), 48–65.