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Lucia Mulherin Palmer
Lucia Palmer is a doctoral candidate in the Radio-Television-Film department at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research is informed by critical theory and cultural studies, in particular by the work of feminist and postcolonial scholars. Currently her research interests include the intersection between media discourses and constructions of nationality, gender, race and sexuality, with a focus on the US-Mexico border region. Additionally, she is interested in how cultural and political movements utilize the media, in particular alternative and independent media formats, to struggle over social processes of meaning production.