María Luengo Cruz
Professor María Luengo Cruz
María Luengo Cruz is Associate Professor of Journalism in the Department of Communication at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She holds a degree and PhD in Information Science (Journalism) from the University of Navarra. She did her postdoctoral studies at Yale University.
Her work interprets developments at the nexus of social trends and movements, gender, migration, and journalistic culture and practice. Her research interests also focus on a cultural sociological approach to the role of the media within the civil sphere. Recent book publications include The Crisis of Journalism Reconsidered: Democratic Culture, Professional Codes, Digital Future (co-edited with Alexander and Breese, Cambridge University Press, 2016) and News Media Innovation Reconsidered (co-edited with Susana Herrera Damas, Wiley, 2021). Her research has appeared in American Journal of Cultural Sociology, European Journal of Communication, Media, Culture & Society, Journalism, and Journalism Studies, among others.
She is currently a Faculty Fellow at the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology and is a member of the Editorial Board of American Journal of Cultural Sociology. Among the academic positions she has held is that of Deputy Director of the Department of Communication at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.