The Worldwide Women’s Association Recognizes Sarah Gonzalez Noveiri Ph.D.

Dr. Sarah Gonzalez Noveiri is visiting Assistant Professor of Media, Film, and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver. She holds her PhD in Communication Studies from University of Denver, her Masters in Communication and Media Studies as well as her BA in Public Relations from St. Louis University. Her dissertation was Lebanese Colonial Hang-ups: Anti-Blackness in the Middle East and the Kafala System.

A media and social scientist with 7 years of expertise in digital rhetorics, social media analysis and qualitative mixed method, she is the author of two primary original research publications on media use by diverse populations.

She offers a wide array of experience leading the development and fulfillment of new and existing social research projects with an ability to assess research methods needs related to both qualitative and quantitative methodologies as evidenced by 3 publications, 2 publications in progress, and 8 conference presentations in national and regional communication associations.

Sarah is known for her strong communication skills with an ability to manage dedicated projects relevant to survey design, ethnography, data analysis and the presentation of complex findings, as evidenced in 8 conference presentations. A Kathleen Farrell Outstanding Graduate Student 2016, she was recognized as an outstanding graduate student who has promoted public welfare, political enlightenment or social awareness in community, civic or academic arenas.

Sarah is a Member of Psi Theta, Saint Louis University’s chapter of the National Communication Association’s Honors Society, Lambda Pi Eta, recipient of Inclusive Excellence Fellowship, 2017 University of Denver, top student and top debut paper in Intercultural Communication, Western States Communication Association 2019, Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, Communication Studies department, University of Denver 2020-2021, National Communication Association Doctoral Honors Seminar 2020, and The CAHSS Student Research Award Grant, University of Denver 2021.

Her conference papers include:

• The Hyper Visible Refugee on Facebook and the Invisible Syrian Suffering. Presented during: Engaging Intercultural Dialogue for the Purpose of Civic Responsibility. National Communication Association Conference 2016.

• “Don’t call me a Moderate Muslim, Call me a Muslim”: The Marginalization Effects of Language and the Danger it Poses to Cultural, Racial and Religious Diversity. Presented during: Religious Discourse and the Challenges to Pluralism, National Communication Association Conference 2016.

• Defend Europe: Blocking Rescue Efforts in the Mediterranean During the Largest Refugee Crisis in History. Presented during: Persistence and Peril in Activism. Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Annual Conference 2018.

• Nevertheless, She Feels Pretty: A Critical Co-Constructed Autoethnography on Fat Persistence and Resistance. Presented with: Cassidy D. Ellis. Presented during: Featured Panel: Constructing Bodies. Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender Annual Conference 2018.

• Performing Vulnerabilities: The Politics of Resistance and Privilege. Discussion Panel. National Communication Association Conference 2018.

• This War of Mine: A New Look on Survival Gaming. Presented During: Gender Games: Identity Construction and Performance in Participatory Media. National Communication Association Conference 2018.

• Queen of the Damned: Arabisms and Anti-Blackness in the Horror Film Genre. Presented During: Rhetorics of Race, Horror, and Monstrosity. National Communication Association Conference 2018.

• An Intersectional Approach to the Kafala System in Lebanon: Racialized, Sexualized and Exploitative Dimensions of Migrant Domestic Labor. Presented During: Top Papers in Intercultural Communication. Western States Communication Association Conference 2019.

Her publications include:

Gonzalez Noveiri, S. (2020). An Intersectional Approach to the Kafala System in Lebanon: Racialized, Sexualized and Exploitative Dimensions of Migrant Domestic Labor. In H. S. Ghabra, A. F. Chrifi, S. Abdi, & B. M. Calafell (Eds.), Negotiating identity and transnationalism Middle Eastern and North African communication and critical cultural studies (pp. 167-181). New York: Peter Lang. doi:10.3726/b14180

Ellis, C., & Gonzalez Noveiri, S. (2022). Nevertheless, She Feels Pretty: A Critical Co- Constructed Autoethnography on Fat Persistence and Resistance. In S.J. Blithe, & J. C. Bauer (Eds), Badass Feminist Politics: Exploring Radical Edges of Feminist Theory, Communication, and Activism. Rutgers University Press.

Gonzalez Noveiri, S. & Dougherty, C. (N/A). Classroom as Refuge: Performative

Possibilities for Safety, Collective Healing, and Resistance in the Classroom and Beyond. Text and Performance Quarterly. Sarah is always looking for new research and commination methods regarding inclusivity. Outside of work, she enjoys travel, reading, and being part of her community.

Worldwide Women’s Association Member, Dr. Sarah Gonzalez Noveiri, can be found on the Association Directory, where she is looking forward to networking with you.