Carol Santiago-Stranahan PHD
Lipscomb Online
Faculty Fellow
Biography
Carol Santiago, born in the heart of Mexico City, Mexico. She went to school at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and got her BA in Communication Studies. Then in 2011 she lived between Mexico and Spain where she pursued her MA in Education and Learning in Digital Environments at University of Barcelona. Soon after she received a full scholarship to obtain her PhD in Culture, Education, Communication at Universities of Rome 3 and Foggia in Italy. A year after obtaining her doctorate she moved to Nashville where she started teaching in the fall of 2018. In 2021 she obtained her Certificate in Performance Coaching from Lipscomb Online. She has a fiancé, three step-daughters, two ferrets, one cat, and one fish.
Academic Degrees
ACC (in progress) in Performance Coaching
PhD in Culture, Education, Communication
MA in Education and Learning in Digital Environments
BA in Communication Studies
Academic Department
College of Professional Studies / Lipscomb Online
- Introduction to Communication
- Introduction to Research Methods
- Research Methods
- Capstone
- International Trends and Cultural Diversity
- Individual and Socio-cultural Skills
- Leading Across Cultures
- Violence and Nonviolence
- Storytelling
- Digital Life
- Diversity and Inclusion
- Intercultural Communication
- Veteran Students
- Coaching in Education and Lifelong Learning
Books, journal articles, theses
(2018) Digital Storytelling as a tool for developing nonviolent educational environments. Università Roma Tre / Università degli Studi di Foggia.
(2016) Personal Digital Storytelling as an autobiographical tool for revisiting experiences of individuals in educational contexts. Rivista Metis, Anno VI, Numero I Biografie dell’esistenza.
(2016) Digital identity construction and high school students: a lifelong learning competence to be addressed. Proceedings of EDULEARN16 Conference 4th-6th July 2016, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN: 978-84-608-8860-4. Pp. 9158-9166
(2013) La identidad digital de estudiantes de educación secundaria en México: ¿una competencia para la socialización y la educación o una herramienta de la violencia online? Universidad de Barcelona.
(2013) Del Tronco, J. (Coord). La violencia escolar en el Estado de Hidalgo. Diagnóstico para la formulación de un modelo integral de atención y prevención. UNESCO / FLACSO México
(2013) Del Tronco, J. (Coord.) Violencia en las escuelas secundarias de México. Una exploración de sus dimensiones. FLACSO México.
(2008) Los weblogs: el nuevo espacio híbrido. Consideraciones sobre esta herramienta de la internet y la interacción comunicativa en sus redes. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México – Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales.
- Trained educators, families and communities in conflict resolution, substance abuse counseling and nonviolence in schools in Mexico. (2008-2013)
- Coordinated, created engagement protocols, and supervised the call center for an online course, which served more than 10,000 students nationwide in Mexico. (2008-2013)
- Global Leadership Program Lead Faculty. Lead Faculty for Veteran Students. Assessor for the Assessment Center at Lipscomb Online. Part of the Mentorship and Coaching programs for Lipscomb University (2018-present).
- Dean's Award 2019 - Lipscomb University
- Full Scholarship 2014 - 2017 University of Rome 3 and Foggia
- Premio Extraordinario de Máster 2014 - University of Barcelona
- Magna Cum Laude 2008 - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- Interviewer for StoryCorps at NPR in Nashville, TN (2019).
- Moderator during the II Jornadas de relatos digitales en educación formal y social at the University of Barcelona (2016)
- Presentation of paper Digital Identity construction and high school students: a longlife learning competence to be addressed during International Workshop in the framework of The International Doctoral School Culture, Education, Communication University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. (2014)
- Several Talks regarding Conflict Management and Nonviolence in Mexico’s schools (2008-2013)
