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Angela J. Aguayo is an Associate Professor in both the Media and Cinema Studies Department and the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois. Her research focuses on participatory media, documentary practices, and their roles in fostering social change and political agency. She explores how marginalized communities leverage media to resist oppression and shape public discourse through collective storytelling.
Key research interests include documentary's impact on activism, the intersection of media and democracy, and feminist media historiography. Her work bridges theoretical analysis with practical applications in media advocacy.
Her recent publications examine participatory documentary projects like 'We Tell' that empower communities to reclaim narratives. She co-edited the 2019 book *Documentary Resistance: Social Change and Participatory Media*, which analyzes how media practices contribute to social justice movements.
Dr. Aguayo has been featured in *Film Quarterly*, *Journal of Cinema and Media Studies*, and *Feminist Media Histories*. She co-founded the Radical Media Lab, an interdisciplinary project exploring experimental media formats and their societal implications.
