[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…

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…

[caption id="attachment_2928" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jeffrey Brody[/caption] Jeffrey Brody is an emeritus professor of Communications at State University, Fullerton. His teaching focuses on international journalism. He has taken students to Cambodia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Vietnam as well as Spain, where is directed the ieiMedia program in Valencia for five years. Brody teaches advanced writing classes,…