María José Canel

María José Canel is professor of political communication at the University Complutense of Madrid, chair of the political communication division of ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association) and co-chair of IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research). She is also member of the advisory board of the Journal of Communication and of the International Encyclopedia of Communication. From 2000-2004, she was chief of the minister’s cabinet at the Spanish Ministry for Education, Culture and Sport.

Education

• Doctora Universidad de Navarra (1982 — 1987)

Companies

• Co-Chair Section Political Marketing and Communication European Group for Public Administration (2019)
• Co-director of the Program "Communication in the Public Sector" Instituto Nacional de Administración Pública (INAP (2007)
• Professor Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2004)
• Vicechair of the Political Communication Section European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) (2010 — 2014)
• Lecturer Université Paris XII (2006 — 2011)
• Directora del Gabinete de la Ministra Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte (2000 — 2004)
• Profesor Asociado Universidad de Murcia (2000 — 2001)
• Profesora Centro de Estudios Superiores Felipe II (1999 — 2000)
• Senior Lecturer Universidad de Navarra (1987 — 1999)