09/10/2025
Lambda Pi Eta and Comm Club are pleased to announce our new faculty advisor: Dr. Wilfredo Alvarez!
Wilfredo Alvarez’s (he/him/él) teaching and research focus on communication issues related to social identity (i.e., race, ethnicity, social class, immigration, gender, sexual orientation, and ability status). Particularly, he is interested in how micro (personal relationships), meso (groups and organizations) and macro-level (popular culture) communication practices (e.g., pervasive discourses of race and gender) create, conserve, and challenge social systems of oppression, discrimination, and inequity in U.S. society. He primarily teaches courses in diversity and communication, intercultural communication, interpersonal communication, organizational communication, and communication theory.
Dr. Alvarez earned a B.S. in communication and information technology from the Rochester Institute of Technology, an M.S. in interpersonal communication from Florida State University, and a Ph.D. in organizational communication from the University of Colorado. Dr. Alvarez’s research has appeared in Management Communication Quarterly, the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, and Inter/Cultural Communication: Representation and Construction of Culture in Everyday Interaction. His recent book is Everyday Dirty Work: Invisibility, Communication, and Immigrant Labor. Â
In his leisure time, Dr. Alvarez enjoys traveling, fitness activities, watching classical and contemporary cinema, and stimulating conversations with friends, family, and strangers. Â
Welcome to the team Dr. Alvarez!
