Monique Vandresen, PhD

I have started my career as a journalist, and entered the academic world in 1993, when I did my M.A. at the Institute of Social Studies in Den Haag, Netherlands. Even after my M.A., I have worked at a public television station and produced videos and scripts for universities and the Ministry of Education. I hold a PhD in Communication Sciences from the University of São Paulo (2005) and my main research interests are in the area of ​​Communication, emphasizing the possibilities of technology and its support in the fight for freedom. Today I am an Associate Professor at the State University of Santa Catarina (UDESC), and have completed a postdoctoral internship at the University of California-Riverside.

I teach Communication for Fashion undergraduate students and Graduate Research Methods for Performing Arts graduate students. I have experience in the areas of Fashion, Art and Design, working mainly on the following themes: Transmedia, New Media, Fashion, Behavior, History, Communication and Consumption. I have graduated in Social Communication from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1990), and have a master's degree in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies (1993), where I was a scholarship holder from the Dutch Government.