2016 McNair Scholars Research Project | Melinda Sevilla

Melinda Sevilla

Mentor: Dr. Kristin Moran

The scope of my research explores and analyzes the frequency of Latino stereotypes, the depiction of Latino characters over time, and the references to Latino social justice issues in Latino-themed television programs airing from 2006-2016. In order to accomplish this, codebooks were created that defined the stereotypes that were hypothesized to be most prevalent and then were applied to each speaking character on four Latino-based television programs; Ugly Betty, Devious Maids, Cristela, and Jane the Virgin.