Carolina Estrada-Gutsche

About

Ph.D., University of Lancaster, UK 

Email: cestrada2012@fau.edu

Bio: Dr. Carolina Estrada-Gutsche is an Instructor of Television Studies and Media Criticism in the School of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University. She specializes in television studies, media representation, and Latin American media, with a particular focus on the representation of women across television and popular culture. Her work examines how television narratives shape understandings of gender, identity, power, and culture within Latin America and transnational media.

As a scholar of media and cultural studies, Dr. Estrada-Gutsche’s research explores how television genres—including telenovelas, narco dramas, and streaming series—construct, reinforce, and challenge dominant ideas about femininity, power, violence, and moral authority. She is particularly interested in how fictional narratives both reflect and influence broader cultural understandings of women’s roles in Latin America.

Dr. Estrada-Gutsche holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives from television studies, cultural studies, and feminist media analysis, Dr. Estrada-Gutsche’s scholarship broadens conversations about women’s representation in Latin American media. Her teaching and research are united by a commitment to critically examining television as a cultural force that shapes identities, challenges assumptions, and influences how audiences understand gender and society.

Recent Publications

Courses

MMC 3601 Minorities and the Media 
MMC 4501Media Criticism 
RTV 4412 Gender and Television