Leonarda García-Jiménez, Ph.D. in Communication, is Affiliate Faculty with the Department of Communication Studies. Her areas of expertise are communication theory, media culture and intercultural communication. She is Associate Professor at the University of Murcia (Spain) and has taught and researched at the University of Colorado Boulder, University of Lugano (Switzerland), Catholic University of Murcia (Spain), Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Autonomous University of the City of Mexico or Iberoamericana University of Mexico, as well as others.

Her work, which includes more than 30 publications, can be found in: Communication Monographs, International Journal of Communication, Journal of Health Communication, European Journal of Communication, Studies in Communication Sciences, Comunicación y Sociedad, Razón y Palabra, Routledge or McGraw Hill among others. She regularly participates in the main conferences of the field of communication (ECREA, ICA, NCA, WAPOR, IAMCR, FELAFACS, Bienal Iberoamericana de Comunicación, or IBERCOM).