Dolores Inés Casillas

Biographic Data

ID785125
NAMEDolores Inés Casillas
GIVEN NAMESDolores Inés
FAMILY NAMECasillas
SIGNATURECASILLAS D I
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS15
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Framing an ethnic studies/feminist studies toolkit for STEM students

    Open AccessIngrid Banks, L Oaks et al.ARTICLETeaching in Higher Education2026

    The following research is derived from a larger study funded by a grant in response to California State Legislature Assembly Bill AB 101 mandating a public high school Ethnic Studies graduation requirement. From 927 surveys administered in introductory Ethnic Studies and Feminist Studies courses at a public Research 1 University in Winter 2021, we analyzed 524 responses by participants who identify as STEM majors. Our analysis evaluated the learn…

  • The Accent on Modern Family

    Dolores Inés Casillas, Juan Sebastian Ferrada et al.ARTICLEAztlán A Journal of Chicano Studies2018

    This essay reviews eight seasons of the television series Modern Family, with a close examination of the scripted dialogue used in the first season, when Colombian actor Sofía Vergara crafts the sitcom's popular character of Gloria Delgado-Pritchett. Specifically, we pay overdue attention to the use of Gloria's accent and her grammatically incorrect English as a technique to racialize her as a Latina character. A textual analysis of the show's fi…

  • Sounds of Belonging

    Dolores Inés CasillasBOOKSounds of belonging2016

  • Rhythms of Race

    Dolores Inés CasillasARTICLEJournal of American History2016Cited by: 5References: 2

    Journal Article Rhythms of Race: Cuban Musicians and the Making of Latino New York City and Miami, 1940–1960 Get access By Christina D. Abreu. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2015. xvi, 303 pp. Paper, $29.95.) Journal of American History, Volume 103, Issue 1, June 2016, Pages 262–263, https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaw139 Published: 01 June 2016

  • Team Collaboration and Educational Partnership in Sociocultural Linguistics

    Mary Bucholtz, Dolores Inés Casillas et al.ARTICLEAmerican Speech2015Cited by: 5References: 12

    Review Article| May 01 2015 Team Collaboration and Educational Partnership in Sociocultural Linguistics Mary Bucholtz; Mary Bucholtz Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Dolores Inés Casillas; Dolores Inés Casillas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Jin Sook Lee Jin Sook Lee Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google American Speech (2015) 90 (2): 230–245. https://doi.org/10.1215/00031…

  • Sounds of Surveillance

    Open AccessDolores Inés CasillasARTICLEAmerican Quarterly2011Cited by: 5References: 2

    Trade magazines credit radio’s unprecedented growth since the 1980s to booming Latino population numbers. I argue, however, that the immigration climate with its recurring public campaigns to legitimate racial profiling has transformed the character of Spanish-language broadcasts and with it, underscored the significance of sound-based media for Latino immigrant communities. The “catch 22” predicament of needing legal advice to secure documentati…

  • Inventing the Fiesta City

    Dolores Inés CasillasARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History2010

    Book Review| January 01 2010 Inventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Carnival of San Antonio Inventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Carnival of San Antonio. By Laura Hernández-Ehrisman. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2008. x + 238 pp. Photos, notes, index, and bibliography. $29.95 (cloth). Dolores Inés Casillas Dolores Inés Casillas University of California, Santa Barbara Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google J…