Héctor Rendón, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Comparative Ethnic Studies

 

Biography

Hector Rendon works as Assistant Professor in the School of Languages, Cultures, and Race at Washington State University. Dr. Rendon has developed a broad portfolio of research focused on media representations, culture and communication, Latinx studies, data analytics, and mediated social constructs. He has received over $450,000 in grants to fund his research agenda. Throughout his career he has been recognized with multiple awards, including a Fulbright grant. He has worked as a professor, researcher, and administrator at the University of Alberta, Syracuse University, Toronto Metropolitan University, Texas Tech University, and North Carolina State University.

 

Education

• Ph.D., Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media, North Carolina State University.
• MA., Digital Media, Hochschule für Künste Bremen, Germany.
• BA., Communication, National Autonomous University of Mexico.

 

Grants and Awards

• Fulbright Scholar, U.S. Department of State, 2012–2015
• Grant from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, 2023
• CUSE Grant, Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and Excellence Award, 2022
• Grant from the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE), 2021
• Research Award, Latinx/Latin American Communication Division, AEJMC, 2020
• Grant from the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences, 2018–2020
• Grant Proposal Program, Texas Tech University, 2018
• Notable Research Award, NC State University, Postdoctoral Symposium, 2018
• Grant from the National Council of Science and Technology, 2012–2016
• DAAD Grant, German Academic Exchange Service, 2008–2009

 

Publications

Refereed Articles

• Rendon, H. (2024). News Media Representations: Audience Perceptions of News Frames About Latinxs and Hispanics. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 101(1), 20-44.

• McLaughlin, B., Wilkinson, K. T., Rendon, H., & Martinez, T. J. (2022). Deliberating alone: deliberative bias and giving up on political talk. Human Communication Research, 48(4), 579-590.

• Rendon, H., Jameson, J. K., & Tyler, B. (2020). A social network analysis of collaboration in a cross-sector research laboratory. In J. K. Jameson, B. Tyler, K. Vogel, & S. Joines (Eds.), Facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration among the intelligence community, academy, and industry. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Rendon, H., de Moya, M., & Johnson, M. A. (2019). “Dreamers” or threat: Bilingual frame building of DACA immigrants. Newspaper Research Journal, 40(1), 7-24.

• Rendon, H., Wilson, A., & Stegall, J. (2018). Is it ‘Fake News’? Intelligence Community expertise and news dissemination as measurements for media reliability. Intelligence and National Security, 33(7), 1040-1052.

• Johnson, M. A., & Rendon, H. (2018). Goodbye neighbor: Mexican media coverage of the Trump White House, immigration and the border. In Arthur S. Hayes (Ed.), Media in the age of Trump: The 2016 presidential campaign and Trump’s first 100 days. New York, NY: Peter Lang.

• Vogel, K. M., Jameson, J. K., Tyler, B. B., Joines, S., Rendon, H. & Evans, B. M. (2017). The importance of organizational innovation and adaptation in building academic–industry–intelligence collaboration: Observations from the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences. The International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs, 19(3).

• Sheller, M., & Rendon, H. (2016). Mobilities. In A. de Souza e Silva (Ed.), Dialogues on mobile communication. New York, NY: Routledge.

• Rendon, H., & Johnson, M. A. (2015). Coverage of Mexico in United States media: Phases of academic scholarship. International Communication Gazette, 77(8), 735-752.

Refereed Presentations

• Johnson, M. A. & Rendon, H. (2022, May). Media research in a pandemic-era risk arena: Mexican and U.S. information subsidies in border state journalism. Paper presented at the ICA Pre-Conference, co-organized with UNESCO (Free Flow of Information Division), Paris, France.

• Rendon, H., & Domínguez, G. (2022, March). The “other” representations: US film industry’s approach to otherism. Paper presented at the Syracuse University Research Symposium, Syracuse, New York.

• Domínguez, G., & Rendon, H. (2020, August). Cinema and the ethnic divide: Contemporary representations of Mexico and Mexicans in Hollywood Films. Paper presented at AEJMC, 2020 Virtual Conference.

• McLaughlin, B., Wilkinson, K., Rendon, H., & Martinez, T.J. (2020, August). Deliberating Alone: Immigration and “Rational” Arguments against Political Talk. Paper presented at AEJMC, 2020 Virtual Conference.

• Rendon, H. (2019, December). Data analytics models for social media reliability. Paper presented at the LAS Research Symposium, Raleigh, NC.

• Rendon, H. (2019, November). Academic resources for teaching media in multicultural environments. Paper presented at the Broadcast Education Association (BEA) conference, Mérida, Mexico.

• Rendon, H. (2019, August). Digital advocacy for and by ethnic groups. Panel presented at the AEJMC 102nd annual conference, Minorities and Communication Division, Toronto, Canada.

• Rendon, H., & Johnson, M. (2019, February). International media representations: Bilingual news coverage of Latin American child migrants. Paper presented at the Hispanic/Latino Media and Marketing International Conference, Arlington, TX.

• Johnson, M. A., & Rendon, H. (2018, May). Mexican news coverage of the Trump wall and U.S. immigration proposals. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference, Prague, Czech Republic.

• Rendon, H. (2018, May). Assessing media reliability. Poster presented at the Postdoctoral Research Symposium, NC State University, Raleigh, NC.

• Rendon, H. (2017, December). Veracity: News media reliability. Paper presented at the Research Symposium of the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences, Raleigh, NC.

• Rendon, H. (2016, December). Veracity: Measurements of media reliability in the digital age. Paper presented at the Research Symposium of the Laboratory for Analytic Sciences, Raleigh, NC.

• Jameson, J. K., & Rendon, H. (2016, November). A social network analysis of scientific collaboration in an inter-organizational research laboratory. Paper presented at the National Communication Association conference, Philadelphia, PA.

• Rendon, H., & Johnson, M. A. (2016, March). Latin American migration and international news coverage. Paper presented at the Brown Conference on Latin American Studies, Charlotte, NC.

• Johnson, M. A., & Rendon, H. (2015, May). Media coverage of children at the border: A ‘minor’ problem. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Rendon, H., De Moya, M., & Johnson, M. A. (2015, May). Frame building in immigration news: Ethnic and general market news about the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Paper presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

• Rendon, H. (2014, November). Portable uprisings: Mobile phone and internet penetration in developing and developed countries with digital social movements. Paper presented at the National Communication Association (NCA) 100th Conference, Chicago, IL.

• Wiley, S., & Rendon, H. (2014, October). Media topologies and inequality in Latin America. Presented at the conference Uneven Mobilities: Access to activities, people and places in contemporary cities, Santiago, Chile.

• Wiley, S., & Rendon, H. (2014, April). Visualizing social space in the context of globalization in Latin America. Presented at the conference Rethinking Globalization and the Question of Scale: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Humanities and Social Sciences, Raleigh, NC.

• Rendon, H., De Moya, M., & Johnson, M. A. (2013, August). Prolonging the danger: How mass and ethnic media framed the “immigrant threat” in the context of DACA. Presented at the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference, Washington, D.C.

Selected Media Appearances

Interviews published by Latino Book Review (latinobookreview.com)

• Rossy Lima, poet and activist, May 2024

• Ana Castillo, renowned Chicana author, October 2023

• Diana López, author, August 2023

• Manuel Muñoz, Professor at University of Arizona, February 2023

• Dahlma Llanos Figueroa, author, December 2022

• Angela Cervantes, author, October 2021

• Sandra Cisneros, internationally renowned author, July 2021

• Tony Diaz, Professor at the University of Houston, August 2021

• Natalia Molina, MacArthur Fellow and Professor at USC, April 2021

• Alberto Ledesma, Professor at UC Berkeley, April 2021

• Julia Álvarez, internationally renowned author, March 2021

• Maria Hinojosa, journalist at NPR’s Latino USA, November 2020