Jessica Retis, Ph.D.Director. School of Journalism. The University of ArizonaDirector. Master’s Program in Bilingual JournalismDirector. Online Bilingual Journalism M.A.CUES Distinguished Fellow Academic Profiles: UA website: journalism.arizona.edueople/jessica-retis ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0003-0665-9837 Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=Hr72AxcAAAAJ&hl=enResearch Gate: https:www.researchgate.netrofile/Jessica-Retis Professional Profiles: Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jessicaretis/ Twitter: jretis Dr. Jessica Retis is Full Professor and Director of the Master in Bilingual Journalism and CUES Distinguished Fellow. She took over as Director of the School of Journalism in 2022. She holds a Major in Communications University of Lima, Peru) a Masters in Latin American Studies National Autonomous University of Mexico) and a PhD in Contemporary Latin America Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) Prior to entering academia, Retis worked for more than two decades as a journalist in Peru, Mexico and Spain in various print and broadcast media outlets. She has three decades of teaching experience in various universities in the United States, Spain and Mexico. Her international academic training has led her to become a recognized scholar in the U.S. and abroad. Professor Retis joined UArizona in 2019 to lead the Bilingual Program in the School of Journalism. That year she was awarded the Provost Investment Fund PIF) to launch a New Master's Program in Bilingual Journalism, Cultural Competence and Innovation. In 2021 she was awarded the title of Center for University Education Scholarship, CUES Distinguished Fellow for her research project “Bilingual Journalism Education in the United States: Development, Implementation and Assessment.” Due to her interdisciplinary work, Dr. Retis holds a dual courtesy appointment with the UA Center for Latin American Studies Department and the Graduate Program in Human Rights Practice. She is also affiliated faculty with the Center of East Asian Studies. Before joining the University of Arizona, she worked for a decade at California State University Northridge CSUN) where she taught a wide range of courses from lecture to skills classes at undergraduate and graduate levels, both in English and Spanish. Her innovative pedagogies have been recognized with several awards such as the State-level CSU Distinguished Teaching Award 2019) and the campus recognition CSUN’s Polished Apple Award awarded twice, in 2009 and 2013) She has also earned the 2022-2023 University of Arizona Outstanding Mentoring Award that recognizes someone who provides outstanding mentorshiand guidance for new staffployees. She also earned the 2022-2023 University of Arizona Inclusive Excellence Award that recognizes an individual for their contributions to higher education and student persistence through creating access for marginalized populations and prioritizing diversity and inclusion in their department.For many years she has trained bilingual journalists currently working in various newsrooms in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Retis has demonstrated a strong commitment to inclusivity, diversity, equity and belonging through her award-winning research, teaching, mentoring and leadershiin academia and the community. Furthermore, she has served in various capacities at multiple professional organizations at national and international levels. With six books and over eighty articles, chapters and reports, Retis’s research and publications have become a reference for the studies on diversity and the media, journalism studies, bilingual journalism, Latin American international migrations, diasporas, cultural industries, Latino media in Europe, North America and Asia. Her interdisciplinary work has been published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Dr. Retis maintains an active research agenda. For the last two decades, she has studied international migrations, transnational communities and the news media in Europe Spain and UK) North America United States) Asia Japan) and Latin America Brazil and Peru) She places her findings within a larger theoretical, intersectional and interdisciplinary framework, shedding light in particular on issues of territoriality, hybridization and heterogeneity; the last introducing issues of gender, race and class. Her areas of research include Latin America, international migration, diasporas and transnational communities; cultural industries; ethnic media; diversity and the media; Latino media in Europe, North America and Asia; bilingual journalism, journalism studies, and journalism education. Recent books: Communicative Spaces in Bilingual Contexts: Discourses, Synergies and Conterflows in Spanish and English Routledge, 2023) Reporting on Latin/a/x Communities: A Guide for Journalists Routledge, 2022) Narratives of Migration, Relocation and Belonging: Latin Americans in London Palgrave, 2020) The Handbook of Diasporas, Media and Culture Willey, 2019)Associate Editor for Latin America 2022-2023) Subervi, F. and Roy, S. Co-Editors-in-Chief) The Oxford Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Communications Oxford University Press) A 3-year project. Commissioned and edited contributions from Latin America.Recent book chapters:The critical understanding of Latina/o/x/s and the News Media in the global scenarios, in: Rodriguez, C. Magallanes, C. Marroquín, A. Rincón, O Eds. Mujeres de la Comunicación, 2nd Edition, Bogota: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung FES Comunicación.Román, P. García, A. Retis, J. 2023) Positioning Latin America’s Urban Margins: Where and how does Latin America live? in: Richmond, M. Kopper, M. Eds. Subjectivity at the Margins of the Latin American City, London: Berghahn.“Migrations and the Media between Asia and Latin America: Japanese-Brazilians in Tokyo and São Paulo” Sage, 2019) “Hashtag Jóvenes Latinos: Challenges and opportunities of teaching civic advocacy journalism in ‘glocal’ contexts” Peter Lang, 2018) “The transnational restructuring of communication and consumption practices. Latinos in the urban settings of global cities” Routledge, 2017) Recent academic journal articles:Cueva Chacón, L. M. Retis, J. 2023) ¿Qué pasa with American news media? Digital Latinx media serving communities information needs using messaging apps? The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.Mapping digital-native US Latinx news: Beyond geographical boundaries, language barriers, and hyper-fragmentation of audiences, Migration Journalism: Production and consumption of narratives about mobility in uncertain times and digital platforms era ISOJ, 2021) Recent reports: Hispanic Media Today. Serving Bilingual and Bicultural Audiences in the Digital Age Democracy Fund, 2019) La circulación de la cultura en español en las ciudades globales de los Estados Unidos: Los Ángeles, Nueva York, Miami Hispanic Cultural Circuits in Urban Context of Global Cities: Los Angeles, New York, Miami) RIE, 2019) and Los Latinos y las industrias culturales en español en Estados Unidos Latinos and Spanish-language Cultural Industries in the U.S. RIE, 2015) Dr. Retis serves as Co-Chair of the Diaspora and the Media Working Grouat the International Association for Media and Communication Research IAMCR) and Co-Chair of the Latino/a Studies Section at the Latin American Studies Association LASA) She also served as the Academic At-large Officer at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists NAHJ) and Vice President of the Binational Association for Schools of Communication BINACOM) She advised the NAHJ Student Chapter at UArizona.