Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (UDIMA)

Faculty Member, Communication

Associate Professor

About

Carolina Fernández Castrillo is Director of the Master Degree in Education and New Technologies and Professor of Digital Research and Audiovisual Narrative at the Faculty of Communication at Madrid Open University (UDIMA).
Previously she has been working as professor and researcher at Complutense University of Madrid (Spain) and Sapienza University of Rome (Italy).

Education

- PhD in Audiovisual Communication at Complutense University of Madrid
- PhD in Communication Science at Sapienza University of Rome.
- Master Degree in Art and Communication at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
- Bachelor of Journalism ComplutenseUniversity of Madrid.

Research

Her research interests are focused on Digital Culture and Media Studies.
She has conducted her research in several international institutions as Yale University (USA), ZKM Center for Art and Media (Germany) and Utrecht University (Netherlands).

Selected Academic Awards and Grants

- Best PhD Royal Complutense College in Harvard (2010).
- Best PhD Complutense University Award (2009).
- Complutense University Predoctoral Research Fellowship (2007-2009).
- Official Credit Institute Research Fellowship (2005-2007).
- Best Bachelor of Journalism Madrid Press Association Award (2004).

Professional Associations

- Member of the Spanish Communication Research Association (AE/IC), Digital Culture and Communication.
- Member of Digital Media and Education Committe at the Journalism Madrid Press Association (APM).