Univ.-Prof. Dr. Homero Gil de Zúñiga, PhD

Curriculum Vitae:

1999 B.A. (Licenciatura) in Ciencias de la Información - Periodismo (Journalism) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
1999 Research Assistant for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
2000 Postgraduate studies in Multimedia and New Technologies at EMEFE, Madrid, Spain
2001 Teacher Assistant for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Wisconsin Madison
2003 Master in Journalism & Mass Communication at University of Wisconsin-Madison
2003-2004 Project Assistant for the Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2005 Teaching Assistant for the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006 Ph.D. in European Politics at Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain
2006 Summer Doctoral Program at Oxford Internet Institutem, University of Oxford, UK
2007-2012 Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism in the College of Communication, University of Texas, Austin
2008 Ph.D. in Mass Communication at University of Wisconsin – Madison with a Minor in New Media
2008-2014 Affiliate, Center for European Studies, College of Liberal Arts at University of Texas, Austin
2008-2009 Joe W. Neal Centennial Fellowship in International Communication at University of Texas, Austin
2008-2012 Director of CJCR: Community, Journalism & Communication Research unit at the School of Journalism at University of Texas, Austin
since 2008 Associate Director of the European Research Group "Estructuras Comunicativas e Interacciones en los Distintos Niveles de la Comunicación Interpersonal", Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2009-2014 Affiliate, Latino Media Studies Program and Political Communication Cluster within the Department of Communication Studies, College of Communication at University of Texas, Austin
2010 Nieman Journalism Lab Research Fellow (in residence) at Harvard University, Cambridge
2010 Visiting Professor (in residence) at the University of California, Santa Barbara, within the Center for Information Technology & Society
2011 Page Legacy Scholar by the Arthur W. Page Center at Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania
since 2013 Director of the Digital Media Research Program (DMRP) within the Annette Strauss Institute at University of Texas, Austin
since 2013 Senior Research Fellow Professor at the College of Social Sciences, Universidad Diego Portales in Chile
since 2013 International Advisory Board Member for the Political Communication Lab (Laboratorio de Comunicación Política – LACOP) at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León – Monterrey, Mexico
2013-2014 Affiliate, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at University of Texas, Austin
2013-2014 Associate Professor at the School of Journalism in the College of Communication, University of Texas, Austin
since May 2014 Professor of Communication Science with special emphasis on Media Change and Media Innovation, Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna

Research Areas:

* Information & Communication Technologies
* Journalism
* Political Communication Research
* Research Methods
* Social Media