Xenia Reloba de la Cruz, PhD candidate

Xenia Reloba de la Cruz

PhD candidate
Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Graduate Student

University of Calgary

Sessional Instructor

Faculty of Arts, Department of Communication, Media and Film

Contact information

Email

xenia.relobadelacruz@ucalgary.ca

Location

Social Science: SS 240

Background

Credentials

Ph.D. candidate, University of Calgary, 2021

MA, Cultural Studies, Queen's University, 2019

BA in Journalism, University of Havana, 1994

Xenia Reloba de la Cruz - CV

Research

Areas of Research

Feminist digital practices

My research focuses on the intersection between digital media studies and feminist scholarship, taking as a point of departure two cases of feminist activism in Latin America and their practices in digital media, with emphasis on social media platforms.

Courses

Course number Course title Semester
COMS 313 - TA Research methods 2023 - Winter
COMS 401/L02 - Sessional instructor "Digital citizenship" 2022 - Fall
CMCL 305 - TA Modernity 2022 - Fall
COMS 203 - sessional instructor New Media 2022 - Spring
CMCL 305 - TA Modernity 2021 - Fall
COMS 381 - TA Communications History 2021 - Winter
COMS 201 - TA Introduction to Communication and Media Studies 2019 - Fall
COMS 369 - TA Rhetorical Communication 2024 - Fall
COMS 201 - sessional instructor Introduction to Communication 2023 - Summer
COMS 413 - sessional instructor Advanced Research Methods 2025 - Winter

Projects

Graduate Assistant - Student editor - Teaching & Learning podcast “Three Questions about Teaching & Learning (3QTL).

Awards

  • Transformative Talent Internship, Faculty of Graduate Studies. 2022
  • Public Humanities Fellowship, Calgary Institute for Humanities. 2022
  • Dean’s Open Doctoral Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2020
  • Best Paper Award, Department of Communications, Media and Films. 2020

Publications