Contact Information
702 South Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801
Biography
Ana Lisa Eberline is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. Her research interests include critical and cultural communication through rhetoric, language, and intercultural discourse. Currently Ana Lisa is working on her dissertation examining Latinx identity in the Midwest through the lens of food. Using qualitative interviews alongside participant observation, she hopes to explore how identity, culture, and community are experienced in the nation’s heartland.
Prior to attending Illinois, Ana Lisa received MA in Communication from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Here she studied interpersonal communication, and how families discuss race in the home.
Research Interests
Critical Communication
Intercultural Communication
Food Rhetoric
Identity and Place-making through Language
Latina/o Studies
Interpersonal Communication
Education
MA, Ball State University, Communication Studies
BA, Ball State University, Hospitality and Food Management
Awards and Honors
Ruth S. and Charles H. Bowman Award for Outstanding Graduate Student - 2023, UIUC Department of Communication
Prize for Research in the Humanities, Humanities Research Institute- 2022, University of Illinois
President's Research in Diversity Travel Award - 2019, 2022, University of Illinois
Ruth Anne Clark Award- 2022, UIUC Department of Communication
Courses Taught
CMN 111: Oral and Written Communication I
CMN 112: Oral and Written Communication II
CMN 232: Intercultural Communication
CMN 336: Family Communication
Highlighted Publications
Padron Eberline, A. L. (2022). Working on the farm: An autoethnography exploring gender, race, and labor divisions in middle America. Qualitative Inquiry. 28(8–9), 946–953. https://doi.org/10.1177/10778004221087780
Padron Eberline, A. L. & Shue, C. K. (2022). Family communication about race and culture: Do White families talk about race? Communication Studies, 73(2), 171-189, https://doi.org/10.1080/10510974.2022.2026427