Litzy Galarza is an assistant professor of communication at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research examines representations of Latinx labor and citizenship in television and popular media. Jane the Citizen is her first book.

"Wonderfully written and researched, Dr. Galarza expands our understanding of the connection between long format televisual texts, citizenship cultures in the United States, and the shaping of Latine identity by culture for citizenship. The book is an intervention into a forming literature that connects the best of Latine studies to ethnic studies and media industry studies. The through-line in this literature is the evolving question of culture, politics, and identity, in an era in which matters of citizenship and national membership are routinely redrawn by nativists and ethnonationalists. For these reasons, Dr. Galarza's work becomes essential reading to anyone interested in understanding the complex and rich relationship of Latines, culture, and media industries."—Hector Amaya, author of Trafficking: Narcoculture in Mexico and the United States