Professors and Researchers

Mariangeles Avendaño Casassas

Mariangeles Avendaño Casassas

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Early Childhood Educator (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Master in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Universidad de Jaén), Postgraduate in Educational Informatics with mention in use and development of multimedia materials (Universidad Católica del Norte de Chile). Her research focuses on the application of technology in second language acquisition.

Marta Peláez

Marta Peláez

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

PhD in Linguistics from the University of Vigo. Master in Linguistics and its Applications (University of Vigo). Master in Teacher Training (University of Vigo). Vigo). Degree in Translation and Interpreting (University of Vigo). Her research interests are pragmatics and communication, oral language acquisition and language learning strategies.

Martín Fernández

Martín Fernández

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

PhD in English Philology from the University of Valladolid. Master's Degree in Specialized Translation from the Institute of Bilingual Terminology and Specialized Translation of the University of Valladolid. Master's Degree in Secondary Education Teaching. Her research focuses on English-Spanish contrastive rhetoric.

Michelle Moreira

Michelle Moreira

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Degree in Communication and Arts, with qualification in Journalism (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Official Master in Anthropology (Autonomous University of Barcelona). With experience in audiovisual media studies, especially on photography related to areas such as Anthropology of the Body, Social Representation or Educommunication.

Miguel Ángel Poveda Criado

Miguel Ángel Poveda Criado

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

D. in Journalism from UCM, PhD in Peace and National Security from UNED and European PhD in Political and Social Sciences from UTL-Lisbon. He has completed seven master's degrees. Accredited by Aneca as a doctoral professor of private university and contracted doctor, with three sexenios of research. Former creative director of The Walt Disney Company (1993-2003), producer of 14 feature films and 40 short films, winner of the Goya for best animated film in 2013 for “Futbolín”.

Mónica Gracia Villar

Mónica Gracia Villar

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Degree in Communication Sciences (Universidad Autónoma de Bellaterra), Master in Strategic Management (Universidad de León) and Master in Human Resources and Knowledge Management (Universidad Europea del Atlántico) and PhD in Project Engineering: Environment, Safety, Quality and Communication (Polytechnic University of Catalonia). She has more than 20 years of experience in the press, radio and television, in addition to a consolidated trajectory in the field of corporate communication.