Ruth Gómez Sobrino

职位:

传播学讲师
学院:

人文学院
办公室:

GEH B404
邮箱:

rgomesso@kean.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

PhD - Information Society (Economics and Law), University San Pablo CEU, Spain

PG Certificate Poverty Reduction, University of London

Diploma Development Management, University of London

DEA/Doctoral studies Applied Economics, University Complutense, Spain

MA of International Relations, Bilgi University, Turkey

MA of Business Communications

BA Communications and Information Studies, San Pablo CEU University, Spain
*Additional studies: Classical ballet at the Professional Conservatory of Dance, Cordoba / Music (speciality piano) at the Professional Conservatory of Puertollano

BIOGRAPHY

Ruth Gómez Sobrino is a global development professional with 16-year experience under EU projects and the UN system (UNESCO, UNDP, UNCDF, UNWTO and UN Women) in more than 30 nations and in all continents. She commenced her career in the Public Broadcasting Corporation in Spain and worked as correspondent in the MENA region where she shifted into international development first under the EU-based Anna Lindh Foundation and later under the UN framework. She has worked on diverse themes such as electoral processes, gender equality, sustainable Development and Climate Change and anti-corruption programmes.

Ruth combines her profile as a practitioner in diverse contexts including countries in conflict and in transition with a 8-year background as lecturer and researcher at higher academic institutions like Georgetown University, Malmö University, Shanghai International Studies University, and University of Comillas where she taught courses on Strategic and Corporate Communications, Public Diplomacy, Communications for Development, Media Ethics, Crisis Management and Disaster Risk, Disinformation Campaigns, among others.

Some of her recent roles are Campaign Director for the EU Delegation to Sudan, Public Campaign Advisor for UNDP in Iran, Communications Specialist and Consultant for UN Women in Guatemala, PNG and several African countries, Early Warning Awareness Consultant for UNDP in Georgia and Knowledge Management Consultant for UNCDF in Senegal.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Communications for Development / Media Development -

Media in conflict and countries in transition

Global development

Disinformation, misinformation and post-truth

PUBLICATIONS

ARTICLES:

Gomez Sobrino, R., Catalan Matamoros, D., Challenges of Journalists Across All Continents in the Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journalism Practice, Taylor & Francis, February 2024, 19(2):1-22
Gomez Sobrino, R., Arab online news platforms: Innovating language, narratives, audiences and business models. Experiences from Lebanon and Jordan, November 2021, Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research 14(2):301-320 DOI:10.1386/jammr_00037_1

BOOKS

Gomez Sobrino, R., Aktas, G., Bombarding the tourism minister with questions in International Case Studies in Tourism Marketing, Routledge, 2022 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003182856-19/bombarding-tourism-minister-questions-gürhan-aktaş-rut-gomez-sobrino

MONOGRAPHICS