Honored to be appointed Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Arizona. Ready to start working w/for students, faculty, staff, & community. 1st Latina in the school's 70+ year history and one of the few leading a J-School in the US.

Honored to have been selected the 2025 the Lionel C. Barrow Jr. Award for Distinguished Achievement in Diversity Research and Education. I’m deeply thankful to the @AEJMC community for this recognition—it’s both an honor and a responsibility I carry with commitment and purpose.

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Excited to kick off my sabbatical attending #IAMCR2025 ! As Vice Chair of the Diaspora & Media Working Group, I helped organize great panels & our business meeting. If you’re attending the conference, let’s connect over coffee!.@IAMCRtweets #Diaspora #MediaStudies #Communication

After several transformative years as Director of @uazjschool I’m wrapping up my term. Grateful for all we’ve built: a more inclusive, digital, and globally engaged journalism school. Next up: a sabbatical to conduct research on population movements & news media across continents

📢Out in .Excited to share special issue I co-edited."#Communication and #Migration in Ibero-America".W/contributions from scholars across the region it explores how migration is narrated/represented in media and public discourse.

RT @CuadernosInfo: El número 61 de contiene el dossier #Comunicación y #Migraciones en Iberoamérica. Te invitamos….

📢The 7th @icahdq Pre-conference on Media & Communication in Global Latinidades is now open for registration! Free & online — a space to engage with scholars on Latinx & Latin American issues globally Please join us & share #ICA25 #GlobalLatinidades .

It was great to engaging with undergraduate and graduate students as well as researchers and community members to discuss the findings of my ongoing research. Thanks, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona for the invitation. Looking forward to future collaborations

RT @dvidalcastell: Jessica Retis (Univ. d'Arizona) pregunta al grau de Periodisme perquè migren les persones. I esquerda el mite del "vot l….

Thanks to Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona for the kind invitation. I look forward to engaging with students, educators, researchers, and community members to share and discuss findings of my ongoing research projects. More info: Barcelona, see you soon!

We’re excited to announce the closure of the CFP to the journal Cuadernos Info, Dossier 61: "Communication and Migrations" on Nov 30. With 51 submissions from around the world, we’re thrilled by the global interest. Stay tuned for peer-review results—May 2025 publication ahead!.

RT @CuadernosInfo: 🛑 ¡Aviso!.Ampliamos el plazo de envíos para el dossier "Comunicación y migraciones"- mayo 2025 📥. Esperamos sus contrib….

Thrilled to host the Zenger Award for the Press Freedom recipient! We had an engaging discussion with her and our exceptional faculty at the School of Journalism. Thank you to everyone who registered or sponsored a student to join us. Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

Thank you @uarizona University of Arizona Research, Innovation & Impact @uazresearch.I’m deeply honored to receive the Women of Impact Award! This recognition for my academic work means so much to me as I strive to make meaningful contributions to our field #HigherEducation.

📢 New Chapter "Positioning Latin America's Urban Margins: Where and How Does Latin America Live?" w/@patria_roman & @AleGarVarg.in @berghahnbooks "Subjectivity at Latin America's Urban Margins" is available!.#UrbanStudies #CulturalStudies #LatinAmerica.

📢Nuevo plazo! Comunicación y Migraciones revista @CuadernosInfo Núm61-mayo25. Llamamos a revisar temas, lugares de estudio, narrativas y metodologías en estudio de la comunicación y la migración, con énfasis en realidad iberoamericana.#Comunicación

The @uarizona Center for University Education Scholarship panel on bilingual pedagogy and innovative perspectives in journalism education.📅October 14 .🕒2:00 pm (Arizona Time).📍Sabino Room or Zoom.Register👇👇#journalism #HigherEd #bilingual.@UArizonaSBS

At the XXV World Congress of Women Journalists in Chile.My talk "Questioning the Foundations of Education: The Challenge of Journalism Schools" draws on 3 decades of experience as professor in various countries/continents and my role as director of a journalism school in the US

Guess who came to visit the School of Journalism at the University of Arizona. The great Ernest Sotomayor and Frank Sotomayor!!

Join us for our Student Welcome Mixer this Wednesday, September 11 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Undergraduate Journalism Lounge on the 3rd floor of the Marshall Building (845 N. Park Ave) A great opportunity for students to connect with their peers & meet new instructors!

I am deeply honored and humbled to share that I have been awarded the "Woman of Impact" recognition at the @uarizona.Being recognized alongside such an inspiring cohort of leaders is truly a privilege.Thankful for this incredible honor!.#HigherEducation #Leadership #journalism