Ivan Fernandez
Pronouns: He/Him
Lecturer
School of Journalism and Media Studies
College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts
SDSU
Bio
Ivan Fernandez is a journalism lecturer at San Diego State University. He is also the Weekend Editor at L.A. Taco, a James Beard award-winning news site.
He has more than 20 years of professional experience as a writer, editor and photographer. His work focuses on coverage of the arts, culture, history, politics, and sports, with a unique emphasis on Latin America and its U.S. diaspora.
He is an SDSU alum ('23) whose research focused on the ethnography of association football (soccer) fandoms/fans through the complex and intersectional relationships between the sport, art, culture, history, and politics as a means of creating and influencing such fandoms.
He has also worked for/been published in The Guardian, FLAUNT, De Los (Los Angeles Times), LAist, L.A. Public Press, The Latino Newsletter, Coachella CAMP Magazine, LA Weekly, Remezcla, Red Bull Panamérika and others.
Education
- M.A. in Liberal Arts, San Diego State University
- B.A. in Communications (Mass Communications concentration), California State University San Bernardino
Languages
Spanish
Courses
JMS 220: Writing for the Mass Media
Presentations
- 2023 AGLSP Annual Conference, Wonderlust: Interdisciplinary Encounters With Awe
“A Home Team In Another Land: Where Transborder Studies, Sports Fandom Theory, and Diasporas Collide” - 2020 Virtual AGLSP Annual Conference
“A Meditation on Association Football as Global Aesthetic” - 21st Annual History Graduate Student Symposium, California State University Fresno
“A Meditation on Association Football as Global Aesthetic” - LATINCon 2015, Los Angeles, CA
“Pitching Digital to Editors”