EDUCATION
Ph. D. in International Telecommunications, Ohio University,
Athens, Ohio, 1994.
Dissent in the Realm of the Symbolic. A Comparative
Analysis of Citizens' Media.
M. A. in Communication and Development, Ohio University, Athens,
Ohio, 1990.
B. A. in Communication, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá,
Colombia, 1984.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/01 to UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Department of Communication,
present Associate Professor.
9/00 to UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA, Department of Communication and Women’s 5/01 Studies Program, Visiting Associate Professor.
4/00 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, Division of English,
Classics, present Philosophy, and Communication, San Antonio, Texas,
Associate Professor of Communication.
9/94 to UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO, Division of English,
Classics, 3/00 Philosophy, and Communication, San Antonio, Texas, Assistant
Professor of Communication.
1993 OHIO UNIVERSITY, School of Telecommunications, Lancaster Campus,
Ohio, Instructor for the Program for the Incarcerated.
1991-1992 UNIVERSIDAD CENTROAMERICANA, Facultad de Ciencias de la
Comunicación, Managua, Nicaragua, Visiting Professor.
1991 UNICEF/RADIO NETHERLANDS, Enciclopedia Familiar de la Salud
Validation Project, Managua, Nicaragua, Educational Material Evaluator.
1989-1990 OHIO UNIVERSITY, School of Telecommunications, Athens,
Ohio,
1992-1993 Graduate Associate.
1988 UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA, Facultad de Comunicación Social,
Bogotá, Colombia, Director of the Educational Communication
Program.
1984-1988 CINEP (Centro de Investigación y Educación
Popular), Bogotá, Colombia, Communication Projects Coordinator
and Researcher.
1984-1988 UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA, Facultad de Comunicación
Social, Bogotá, Colombia, Professor.
1983-1984 ACICS (Asociación Colombiana de Investigadores
en Comunicación Social), Bogotá, Colombia, Research
Assistant.
1988 UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA, Facultad de Comunicación
Social, Bogotá, Colombia, Research Assistant.
INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING
Communication consultat for MUSAVIA, a collective of nineteen grassroots women’s organizations in Central America, 1999.
Communication consultant for Coordinadora Política de Mujeres, a feminist non-profit organization working toward gender equity in Ecuador, 1996 - present.
Communication consultant for Centro de Derechos de Mujeres, a feminist non-profit organization working toward gender equity in Honduras, 1995 - present.
Public Communication Campaigns consultant for Puntos de Encuentro, a feminist non-profit organization working toward the advancement of women’s and youth issues in Nicaragua, 1992 - present.
OTHER PEDAGOGICAL EXPERIENCE
Seminar on Postmodernism, Postcolonialism, and New Narratives for communication faculty and students, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, July 23-27, 2001.
Workshop on Strategic Communication for leaders of social movements, Fundación Friedrich Siebert Ebert, Quito, Ecuador, July 10, 2001.
Seminar on Gender and Communication for communication students, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia, October 14, 2000.
Communication workshop for members of MUSAVIA, (coalition of nineteen Central American grassroots women’s organization), Antigua, Guatemala, December 1 - 3, 1999.
Gender and Communication workshop for activists in the women’s movement and media professionals, Quito, Ecuador, August 1 - 2, 1997.
Gender and Communication workshop for activists in the women’s movement and media professionals, Ambato, Ecuador, July 29 - 30, 1997.
Video production workshops for Latina/Latino children and teenagers participating in San Anto Cultural Arts video projects, San Antonio, Texas, 1996 - 1999.
Communication workshop for the staff of the Centro de Derechos de Mujeres, (feminist non-profit organization), Tegucigalpa, Honduras, January 3 - 6, 1996.
Public Communication Campaigns workshop for the staff of Puntos de Encuentro, (feminist non-profit organization), Managua, Nicaragua, June 20 - July 1, 1995.
PUBLICATIONS
Books:
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2001) Fissures in the Mediascape.
An International Study of Citizens’ Media. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton
Press.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2000) Estrategias de Comunicación. [Communication Strategies]. Managua, Nicaragua: MUSAVIA.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. and Patricia Tellez. (1989) La Telenovela en Colombia: Mucho más que Amor y Lágrimas. [Colombian Telenovelas: Much more than Love and Tears]. Bogotá, Colombia: CINEP.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (Ed.). (1987) Contando Historias, Tejiendo Identidades. [Telling Stories, Weaving Identities]. Bogotá, Colombia: CINEP.
Refereed Journal Articles:
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2001) “Shattering Butterflies
and Amazons. Women and Gender in a Colombian Development Project.”
Communication Theory.11, 4: 472-494.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2001) “Sociedad Civil y Medios Ciudadanos: Arquitectos de Paz para el Nuevo Milenio” [The role of community media in war torn societies]. Revista de Estudios Sociales (Bogotá, Colombia), 8:73-82.
Rodríguez, Clemencia and Patrick Murphy. (1997) “The Study of Communication and Culture in Latin America: From Laggards and the Oppressed to Resistance and Hybrid Cultures.” The Journal of International Communication, 4:2, 24-45.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1996) “Shedding Useless Notions of Alternative Media.” Peace Review 8: 1, 63-68.
Rota, Josep and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1996) “Propuesta para una Nueva Agenda de Investigación sobre Comunicación Internacional”. [Proposal for a new international communication research agenda]. Comunicación Social (Revista de la Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Medellín, Colombia) 17: 109-126.
Rota, Josep and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1995) “Propuesta para una Nueva Agenda de Investigación sobre Comunicación Internacional”. [Proposal for a new international communication research agenda]. Diá-logos de la Comunicación (FELAFACS, Lima, Peru) 42: 53-68.
Rota, Josep and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1995) “Propuesta para una Nueva Agenda de Investigación sobre Comunicación Internacional”. [Proposal for a new international communication research agenda]. Comunicación y Sociedad (Guadalajara, Mexico) 24: 13-43.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1994) “The Rise and Fall of the Popular Correspondents' Movement in Revolutionary Nicaragua, 1982-1990”. Media Culture and Society 16, 3: 509-520.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1986, August) “Sobre la Ley 42”. [On Law 42]. Qué Pasó.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1985, June) “Análisis del Telenoticiero Colombiano”. [An analysis of Colombian television news]. Qué Pasó.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1985, November) “Cronología de los Hechos del Palacio de Justicia”. [Chronology of the Palace of Justice events]. Qué Pasó.
Refereed Book Chapters:
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2000) “Civil Society and
Citizens’ Media: Peace Architects for the New Millennium.” In Redeveloping
Communication for Social Change: Theory, Practice, Power, (ed.) Karin Wilkins,
147-160. Boulder, CO: Rowman & Littlefield.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1994) “A Process of Identity Deconstruction: Latin American Women Producing Video Stories”. In P. Riaño (Ed.), Women in Grassroots Communication. Furthering Social Change, 149-160. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage.
Rota, Josep and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1996) “Information Technology, Culture, and National Development in Latin America.” In D. Paletz (Ed.), Political Communication Research: Approaches, Studies, Assessments, Volume II, 237-252. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex Publishing Co.
Other Publications:
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1991, November)
“De Cristal a Sassa Mutema: La Trayectoria del Melodrama Televisivo”.
[From Cristal to Sassa Mutema: the historical evolution of television melodrama].
Suplemento Gente, Barricada (Nicaragua).
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (Fall 1990/Winter 1991) “Media for Participation and Social Change: Local Television in Catalonia”. CommDev News.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1990) “Cuando la Cámara se Convirtió en Espejo Electrónico. Crónicas del Video Participativo”. [When the camera mutates into an electronic mirror. Tales of participatory video]. Cinep Informa, 2, 5.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1988, February 28) “Nuestra Televisión: un Hoy que Tiene Mucho de Ayer”. [Our television today: yesterday’s legacy]. Magazin Dominical de El Espectador.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1987) “Metodologías de Investigación para Grupos Populares”. [Methodologies for action research]. Proceedings of the Encuentro sobre Metodologías de Investigación en Cultura. [Conference on Methodologies for Research in Culture]. Medellín, Colombia.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1986) “Video y Nuevas Tecnologías”. [Video and new technologies]. Proceedings of the V Encuentro de Facultades Latinoamericanas de Comunicación Social sobre Nuevas Tecnologías y Comunicación. [V Conference of Latin American Communication Schools on Communication and New Technologies]. Bogotá, Colombia.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1986) “Una Historia desde Abajo”. [History from below]. Boletín de Comunicación Popular, 28.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1986) “La Historia de mi Barrio”. [My barrio's history]. Boletín de Comunicación Popular, 28.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1985) “Simplemente Juan Guillermo”. [Simply Juan Guillermo]. Boletín de Comunicación Popular, 22.
PAPERS PRESENTED
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2001, October) Race, Class, and
Gender in Yo Soy Betty La Fea: The National and the Transnational.
Paper presented at the conference on Global Fusion 2001: Mass
Media, Free Trade, and Alternative Responses, Saint Louis, MO.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2001, May) From Alternative Media to Citizens’ Media. Paper presented at the Preconference Our Media Not Theirs I, Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington D.C.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2001, March) So Far from God and so Close to the New York Times. Paper presented at the conference on Democracy, Human Rights, and Peace in Colombia. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2000, October) Tan Lejos de Dios y tan Cerca del New York Times. Los Grandes Medios y el Conflicto Internacional; el Caso Colombiano. [So far from God and so close to the New York Times. The Role of the Media in International Conflict. The Colombian Case]. Paper presented at the II International Communication Conference: En Medio de los Medios. Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2000, March) Alternative Media for Peace in South Africa. Paper presented at the Seminar on Alternative Media. Department of Radio, TV, and Film, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1998, September) Entre el Honor y la Modernidad: Mujer y Violencia en la Zona Esmeraldífera Colombiana. [Between the code of honor and modernity: Women and violence in the Colombian emerald region]. Paper presented at the XXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1998, June) Alternative Media and their Potential in Contexts of Intense Violence. Preliminary Reflections. Paper presented at the Re-Developing Communication for Social Change Conference, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1997, May) Women Gambling with Death. A Discourse Analysis of Life Stories of Colombian Women in Violent Contexts. Paper presented at the Feminist Scholarship Division, 47th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1997, March) Journeying into a Cockfight Arena: Doing Research on Women and Violence in Colombia. Paper presented at the Cultural Violence Conference, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1996, October) Shedding Useless Conceptualizations of Alternative Media. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Union for Democratic Communication, Chicago, Illinois.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1996, July) Nuevas Visiones, desde el Feminismo, de la Democracia y de los Medios Alternativos. [New visions of democracy and alternative media: A feminist perspective]. Paper presented at the Conference on Women and Community Media organized by the Friedrich Ebert Siebert Foundation and the Women Network of AMARC, Quito, Ecuador.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1996, July) La Telenovela Colombiana: Una Version desde el Feminismo. [The Colombian telenovela: A feminist perspective]. Paper presented by invitation to the Communication Masters Program at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1996, June) From Isolated Domesticity to Historical Engagement: Gender and Politics in Colombian Telenovelas, 1954-1990. Paper presented at the 10th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1996, May) A Non-Essentialist Theoretical Approach to Alternative Media and Democratic Communication. A Proposal from Feminist Scholarship. Paper presented at the Feminist Scholarship Division of the 46th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1995, May) Local Television in Catalonia: A Strategy of Resistance. Paper presented at the International/Development Communication Division of the 45th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1995, March) Citizen-Controlled Media: A Non-Essentialist Theoretical Analysis. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Union for Democratic Communication, Austin, Texas.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1995, February) Democratic Communication and Citizen-Controlled Media: A Comparative Analysis. Paper accepted at the Twelfth Annual Intercultural/International Communication Conference, Miami, Florida.
Rota, Josep and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1994, October) Propuesta para una Nueva Agenda de Investigación sobre Comunicación Internacional. [Proposal for a new international communication research agenda]. Paper presented at the VIII Conference of the Latin American Association of Communication Schools, Cali, Colombia.
Rota, Josep and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1994, July) A Proposal for a New Research Agenda on International Communication Based on a Survey of Scholars. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Sydney, Australia.
Rodríguez, Clemencia and Josep Rota. (1994, February) Mass Media and Cultural Identities. Paper presented at the Eleventh Annual Intercultural/International Communication Conference, Miami, Florida.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1993, August) The Rise and Fall of the Movement of Popular Correspondents in Revolutionary Nicaragua, 1982-1990. Paper presented at the International Communication Division, AEJMC Conference, Kansas City, Missouri.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1992, June) Sensacionalismo y Sexualidad Femenina en los Diarios Nacionales. [Sensationalism and female sexuality in the national dailies]. Paper presented at the Conference on Female Sexuality organized by Puntos de Encuentro, Managua, Nicaragua.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1991, April) The Origin of Latino
Radio in the U.S.A.: an Oral History. Paper presented at the Oral History
in Ohio Association Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1991, March) Local
Television in Catalonia. Paper presented at the roundtable hosted
by the Western European Studies Student Association, University of California,
Berkeley, California.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1990, November) Cultural Identity and the Immigrant's Experience. Paper presented at the Speech Communication Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
McDaniel, Drew and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1990, March) Radio in British Malaya 1930-1941. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Murphy, Patrick and Clemencia Rodríguez. (1990, March) An Ethnography of Appalachia Rural Bars. Paper presented at the Popular Culture Association Conference, Toronto, Canada.
Other Presentations:
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2000, October) Women Gambling
with Death. Life Stories of Colombian Women in Violent Contexts.
Paper presented at the Women’s Studies Brown Bag Series, University of
Oklahoma, Norman, OK.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (2000, May) Gender Considerations in Communication for Development. Panel presented at the Intercultural and Development Communication Division of the 50th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico. Panel discussant.
Rodriguez, Clemencia. (2000, March) Memory, Representation, and Narratives: Re-Thinking Violence in Colombia. Panel presented at the XXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, Florida. Panel chair and panel discussant.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1999, November) The Current Situation in Colombia. Presentation at the Peace for Colombia events organized by the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Texas, Austin, Texas.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1999, May) The Preservation of Tradition: Ethnic and Political Practices. Panel presented at the Intercultural and Development Communication Division of the 49th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Francisco, California. Panel discussant.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1998, September) Gender and Social and Political Movements. Panel presented at the XXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois. Panel chair.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1998, May) Women and Violence in Colombia: A Study of Life Stories. Paper presented at the Faculty Colloquium, Division of English, Classics, Philosophy, and Communication, University of Texas, San Antonio, Texas.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1995, November) Cultural Crisis and Female Sexuality: Studies in "Third World" Discourses. Panel presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the Speech Communication Association, San Antonio, Texas. Panel chair.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (1995, May) Female Sexuality as "Third World" Destiny: Discourses of Repressive Realities. Panel presented at the 45th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Panel chair and Panel respondent.
VIDEOS
Rodríguez, Clemencia and Katja Kholer. (Directors) (1997) Espejos de Vida. [Mirrors of Life. Participatory video about Chicano murals in San Antonio] San Antonio, Texas.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (Director). (1990) From Central America to Nelsonville. [Participatory video about the experience of immigration] Athens, Ohio.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (Director). (1988) Sembrando Jardines, Cosechando Futuro. [Planting Gardens, Harvesting a Future. Participatory video documenting community daycare centers] Bogotá, Colombia.
Rodríguez, Clemencia. (Director). (1988) Perseverancia. [Participatory video documenting the oral history of barrio Perseverancia] Bogotá, Colombia.
INDIVIDUAL WORK WITH STUDENTS
Masters Theses Directed:
“Empowering Women. Radio Survivors. Addressing Domestic
Violence,” Raquel Morris-Ruiz, MA, Incarnate Word University, March
2000.
RESEARCH GRANTS
Faculty Research Award, University of Texas at San Antonio: Research
Grant, 1998-1999.
Faculty Research Award, University of Texas at San Antonio: Research
Grant, 1995-1996.
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States:
Dissertation grant, 1993.
John Houk Memorial Grant, Ohio University: Research Grant, 1993.
AWARDS
Certificate of Achievement: Granted by the Communication and Development Studies Program, Ohio University, 1990.
Graduate Associateship: Granted by the School of Telecommunications, Ohio University, 1989.
SERVICE
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK:
University:
· Faculty advisor, The Undercurrent, September 2001 – present.
· “Once upon the time there was an enchanted land called
Colombia” contribution to The Undercurrent. A student journal of
the University of Oklahoma Community, April 2001.
· Shattering Butterflies and Amazons. Women and Gender
in a Colombian Development Project. Paper presented at the Women’s
Outreach Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, March 9, 2001.
· Women’s History Month, installation on women and Mexican
maquiladoras for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2001.
College:
· Advisory Committee on Women’s Issues, August 2001 – present.
Department:
· Graduate Committee, August 2001-present.
University of Texas at San Antonio, TX:
University:
· Advisory Committee for the Downtown Campus, 1999 – 2000.
· University Senate, 1997-1998; 1998-1999.
· Administrative and Agenda Committee of the University Assembly,
1997 – 1998; 1998 – 1999.
· Human Resources Committee of the University Assembly, 1997
– 1998; 1998 – 1999.
· Ad Hoc Committee on Women Faculty Issues, Faculty Senate,
1998 – 1999.
· Sub-Committee on Leave Policies, Affirmative Action Committee,
1998 – 1999.
· Honors Program Conference participant, Spring 1997; Spring
1998.
· Grant Development Program Committee, Center for the Study
of Women and Gender, 1997-1998; 1998-1999.
· Women's History Week Organizing Committee, 1994-1995; 1995-1996;1996-1997;
1997-1998.
· University Interdisciplinary Program Development Planning
Group, 1995-1996.
· Latino Heritage Pride Week Planning Committee, 1994-1995.
College:
· Ad hoc Committee on College Research Center, 1998-1999.
· Advisory Nominating Committee for Director of the Division
of English, Classics, and Philosophy, 1999.
· Advisory Nominating Committee for Director of the Division
of English, Classics, and Philosophy, 1995.
· Chair, Academic Research Committee for the College of Fine
Arts and Humanities, 1997- 1998.
· Strategic Planning Committee for the College of Fine Arts
and Humanities, 1994-1995; 1996-1997; 1997-1998.
· Academic Research Committee for the College of Fine Arts
and Humanities, 1996-1997.
· Academic Policy and Curriculum Committee for the College
of Fine Arts and Humanities,1996-1997;1997-1998.
Division:
· Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Communication/Technical
Communication, Division of English, Classics, Philosophy and Communication,
1999 – 2000.
· Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Communication,
Division of English, Classics, Philosophy and Communication, 1996.
· Special Events Committee for the Division of English, Classics,
Philosophy and
Communication, 1996-1997; 1997-1998.
· Academic Policy and Curricula Committee for the Division
of English, Classics, Philosophy and Communication 1995-1996; 1996-1997;
1997-1998; 1998.
· Communication Library Liaison, 1994-1995.
Community:
· Coordinator of cyber-campaign: Memorial Altars for Colombian
Professors (see
http://cofah.utsa.edu/rodriguez/altar/default.html), 1999.
· Contributor for the newsletter of the San Antonio Association
of Friends of Colombia, 1998.
· Juror for the Cine Festival, Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center,
1998.
· Member of the Steering Committee, Ofrendas del Alma, del
Corazón y de la Mente. Latina-Latino MacArthur Fellows’ Reunion,
1997.
· Board Member for the San Antonio Media Center, 1996-1999.
· Board Member for San Anto Cultural Arts, Inc, 1997-1999.
· Columnist for El Placazo, San Anto Cultural Arts, 1999.
· Editor for the Spanish edition of El Placazo, San Anto
Cultural Arts, 1997-present.
· Video Production Coordinator for San Anto Cultural Arts,
1997-2000.
· Video Production Coordinator for the Inner City Cultural
Arts Project, 1996-1997.
· Communication Consultant for the San Antonio Metropolitan
Health District, 1995-2000.
· Member of the Media Task Force of the San Antonio Violence
Prevention Collaborative, 1995-1996.
· Participant in the Communities in Schools-Upward Bound
pre-college Program, 1995.
Ohio University, Athens, OH:
· Women Studies Program Programming Committee, 1992-1994.
· Latin American Literature Club, Program for the Incarcerated,
1993-1994.
Universidad Centroamericana, Managua, Nicaragua:
· Curriculum Design Committee, 1991-1992.
· National Network of Women Communicators, 1991-1992.
Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia:
· Curriculum Design Committee, 1986-1988.
· Founding member of the National Network of Grassroots Communicators,
1984-1988.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
International Communication Association, reviewer of conference papers submitted to the Intercultural and Development Division, 2001.
International Communication Association, co-organizer of the Preconference “Our Media Not Theirs I,” annual conference in Washington D.C., May 2001.
Communication Theory, reviewer of one manuscript, 2001.
International Communication Association, Division of Intercultural and Development Communication, Secretary for term 2001-2003.
Hampton Press, reviewer of book manuscript People Power Speak, 2000.
International Communication Association, reviewer of conference papers submitted to the Intercultural and Development Division, 2000.
International Communication Association, reviewer of conference papers submitted to the Intercultural and Development Division, 1999.
International Communication Association, reviewer of conference papers submitted to the Intercultural and Development Division, 1998.
Sage Publications, reviewer of book manuscript Radical Media and Oppositional Cultures by Downing, John et al., 1997.
Journal of International Communication, reviewer of manuscript article Reaching for the Communicating in Participatory Communication: A Meta-Theoretical Analysis, 1997.
Hampton Press, reviewer of book manuscript on Paulo Freire, 1996.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION
Latin American Studies Association
International Communication Association
Union for Democratic Communication
World Association for Christian Communication
International Association for Mass Communication Research
LANGUAGES
Spanish, English, French.