Latinos and Media Project

BIO

Maria “M.C” Santana is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Central Florida where she has taught Diversity and Community, Visual Communication, Photojournalism and Desktop Publishing.  She also teaches International Communication and Visual Communication Theory at the graduate level.

Her research in journalism and diversity issues has been published in Journalism Educator and Newspaper Research Journal. She is an active member of NAHJ, ICA, the American Association of University Women and the National Museum of Women in Arts.

Her service to the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) includes head, vice head and research head of the Minorities and Communication Division. She is also a member of the following divisions: Visual Communication, Magazine, and Newspaper, as well as the Commission on the Status of Minorities and the Task Force on Diversity. She is the former National Chair for Student Chapters with the National Press Photographers Association and has served as women’s representative for Region 6 for the same organization.

Santana received her Ph.D. in 1994 from Temple University. She holds an M.A. in Radio/ TV and Mass Communication from Temple University and a B.A. in news editorial from the University of Puerto Rico. Santana holds fellowships from Poynter Institute, IRTS, NAHJ, two grants from the U.S. Department of Education, and two grants from the government of Quebec, Canada.