Angela J. Aguayo is an Assistant Professor in the department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University. Her teaching, research and media practice reflect a strong interdisciplinary focus on documentary studies, video production, rhetoric, critical and cultural studies. She has published book chapters and essays focused on the civic potential of the documentary genre to engage the process of social change. Angela also produces activist documentary utilized in local political struggles and screened at various festivals including the New York Underground Film Festival, The San Francisco Black Film Festival, The Oakland Underground Film Festival and many more.