Professors and Researchers

Mariangeles Avendaño Casassas

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Early Childhood Educator (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Master in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (Universidad de Jaén), Postgraduate in Educational Informatics with mention in use and development of multimedia materials (Universidad Católica del Norte de Chile). Her research focuses on the application of technology in second language acquisition.

Marta Peláez

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

PhD in Linguistics from the University of Vigo. Master in Linguistics and its Applications (University of Vigo). Master in Teacher Training (University of Vigo). Vigo). Degree in Translation and Interpreting (University of Vigo). Her research interests are pragmatics and communication, oral language acquisition and language learning strategies.

Martín Barcala

Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Doctoral student in Physical Activity, Physical Education, and Sport at the Pontifical University of Salamanca (Spain). Degree in Physical Activity and Sports Sciences. Diploma in Teaching, specializing in Physical Education. Master's Degree in Linguistics Applied to the Teaching of Spanish. Pedagogical Aptitude Course. National soccer coach level 1 qualification. Water lifeguard qualification. Trained and experienced in teaching in virtual learning environments.

Martín Fernández

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

PhD in English Philology from the University of Valladolid. Master's Degree in Specialized Translation from the Institute of Bilingual Terminology and Specialized Translation of the University of Valladolid. Master's Degree in Secondary Education Teaching. Her research focuses on English-Spanish contrastive rhetoric.

Michelle Moreira

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

Degree in Communication and Arts, with qualification in Journalism (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil) and Official Master in Anthropology (Autonomous University of Barcelona). With experience in audiovisual media studies, especially on photography related to areas such as Anthropology of the Body, Social Representation or Educommunication.

Miguel Heres

Faculty of Health Sciences

PhD student in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Oviedo. He has completed the Degree of Teacher in Primary Education with mention in Physical Education and the Master's Degree in Teacher Training in Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching in the specialty of Physical Education. He has worked as a coach in different disciplines such as rugby, triathlon and swimming.