PhD Student
Lori Salazar is a doctoral student in media studies at the University of Texas’s Radio-Television-Film department. Her research focuses on women and gender studies, and Latinx representation within the horror genre. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Film, Television, and Digital Media from Texas Christian University in 2016. In 2022, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Writing at Texas Christian University. In 2025, she completed her graduate studies at Texas Christian University for her Masters in Arts in English. She wrote her thesis about Latinx representation within the Scream and Purge film franchises. While working on her Masters, she presented her conference paper “The Arkikosa River’s Significance to Indigenous Life at TCU” at MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the US Conference in 2024. She also was a panelist at TCU’s “Malas Novel Celebration and Discussion” in 2024. She was also a Freelance Op-ed Writer at Robert Weiner Associates in Washington, DC in 2022.
Area of Focus: Women and Gender Studies, Latinx Representation & Horror Genre