[caption id="attachment_5656" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ricardo Valencia[/caption] Ricardo Valencia is an assistant professor of public relations in the Department of Communications at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Valencia is a seasoned global communicator and scholar. He obtained a doctoral degree in Media Studies at the University of Oregon in 2018.Between 2010 and 2014, Dr. Valencia was…

[caption id="attachment_4904" align="alignleft" width="240"] Claudia Strong[/caption] In what has turned out to be a delightfully varied communications career, Claudia Strong began as a newspaper journalist after earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, then moved to the design side of the newsroom before eventually entering the freelance world. She’s…

[caption id="attachment_4908" align="alignleft" width="240"] Bruce Strong[/caption] Bruce Strong is an award-winning photo/video storyteller, professor, chair of the Visual Communications department and the director of the Advanced Military Photojournalism Program at Newhouse. He has traveled to nearly 70 countries and has worked as both a staff and an independent photojournalist/videographer around the world. His most recent adventures…

Jessica Retis, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Journalism and Affiliated Faculty with the Center for Latin American Studies and the Human Rights Practice Program at The University of Arizona. Dr. Retis joined the school in 2019 to help launch and lead the first Masters in Bilingual Journalism. She holds a Major in Communications…