Biography
The underlying concern of her teaching and research is an understanding of the conditions for democratic communication and social justice against a backdrop of social inequality. Much of her work focuses on how the (news) media contribute to the inclusion/exclusion of marginalized social groups and on the efforts of specific actors (journalists, activists, ordinary citizens) to navigate creatively within hegemonic media environments.
Isabel is theme lead (on Diversity and Inclusion) within the Vital Cities and Citizens Erasmus Initiative. She obtained her PhD in Communication from Stanford University (USA) in 2007. A native from Chile, Isabel studied journalism and aesthetics in Universidad Católica de Chile. Before moving to the U.S. and to Europe, she worked as a journalism lecturer in Universidad Católica and as a political reporter in a national Chilean newspaper.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
Associate professor | Department of Media and Communication
- awad@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- Dayna-Lee Stewart, Maria Schiller & Isabel Awad Cherit (2024) - Remapping Report Oct. 2024: Flagship project of VCC's ’Diverse and inclusive Cities” theme - [link]
- Mariana Fried & Isabel Awad (2024) - Journalists as Mindful Users of Language (Change): Gender-Inclusive Spanish in Argentinian News - Journalism Studies, 25 (1), 80-98 - doi: 10.1080/1461670X.2023.2289886 - [link]
- Isabel Awad Cherit (2023) - Leren van activisten: wat houdt de hoop levend? - [link]
- Isabel Awad Cherit & Jiska Engelbert (2023) - Wie van de welvaart blijft profiteren, zal armoede niet (echt) bestrijden - Vers Beton - [link]
- José Nederhand, Flor Avelino, Isabel Awad, Petra De Jong, Michael Duijn, Jurian Edelenbos, Jiska Engelbert, Jan Fransen, Maria Schiller & Naomi Van Stapele (2023) - Reclaiming the city from an urban vitalism perspective: critically reflecting smart, inclusive, resilient and sustainable just city labels - Cities, 137 - doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104257 - [link]
- Maria Schiller, Isabel Awad Cherit, Nikki Buijse, Marlyn Chantre, Yu-Cheng Huang, Elina Jonitz, Laura van den Brink & Leonieke van Dordrecht (2023) - Brokerage in urban networks on diversity and inclusion: The case of Rotterdam - Cities, 135 - doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104219 - [link]
- Isabel Awad (2021) - What about the actors involved in news about poverty?: Disrupting determinist accounts - doi: 10.4324/9780429291333-22 - [link]
- Mariana Fried & Isabel Awad Cherit (2021) - Mindful users of language (change): What is behind Argentinian journalists’ non-sexist language?
- Mariana Fried, Jiska Engelbert & Isabel Awad Cherit (2021) - Beyond conceived spaces: Rethinking the place of digital labor
- Mariana Fried & Isabel Awad Cherit (2020) - Journalists as agents of sociolinguistic change: What is behind the use of non-sexist language in Argentinian news? - [link]
- Isabel Awad Cherit (2024) - Challenging othering in journalism (research): Beyond good intentions (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Isabel Awad Cherit, Maria Schiller & Dayna-Lee Stewart (2024) - (Re)mapping Rotterdam Forum (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Isabel Awad Cherit, Alexandre Diallo, Jacco van Sterkenburg, Sergül Nguyen, Arne van Lienden, Carmen Longas Luque & Palesa Mashigo (2024) - Representation of Diversity in Mediated Popular Culture (Member of programme committee)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Isabel Awad Cherit (2024) - Panelist in roundtable "When is justice transformative?“ (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Isabel Awad Cherit, Irene van Oorschot, Jeff Handmaker & Gabriele Helfert (2024) - Towers of Ivory and Steel: Scrutinising our university's complicities and possibilities (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Popular - Isabel Awad Cherit, Maria Avraamidou, Alexandre Diallo, Julia Herkommer, Amanda Paz Alencar, David Ongenaert, Fraser Robinson, Cara Spall, Jacco van Sterkenburg & Yifat Leder (2023) - Transnational families and media practices (Member of programme committee)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Isabel Awad Cherit (2023) - Struggling for justice against silencing tactics (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Isabel Awad Cherit & Nena Ackerl (2023) - Policy as discourse: Civil Society Actors in the Diversity and Inclusion Policy Field in Rotterdam (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Isabel Awad Cherit (2023) - Interrogating Universities’ Impact Agenda (Invited speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Professional - Isabel Awad Cherit & Jiska Engelbert (2023) - Media studies vis-à-vis toxic politics: What next? (Speaker)
Activity: Oral presentation › Academic
De Dependance
- Start date approval
- March 2022
- End date approval
- March 2025
- Place
- DELFSTRAAT 33-3
- Description
- vice-chair
Het Wijkpaleis
- Start date approval
- December 2024
- End date approval
- December 2027
- Place
- CLAES DE VRIESLAAN 72, 3
- Description
- Member of the supervisory board
Media and Socio-Cultural Change
- Level
- MA
- Year Level
- MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM4202
Research Design
- Level
- MA-1
- Year Level
- MA-1
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CS5003
Master Thesis
- Level
- MA-2
- Year Level
- MA-2
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CS5050
Communicating (in)equality in the city
- Year Level
- BA-2, BA-3
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM2086
Master Thesis Project
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM5050
Master Thesis
- Year Level
- MA, MA, MA, MA, MA
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- CM5000
