TERESA GIL-LÓPEZ

Postdoctoral Researcher
Institut für Kommunikationspsychologie und Medienpädagogik (IKM)
Universität Koblenz-Landau
Fortstraße 7, 76829 Landau
06341 280-36715
gillopez@uni-landau.de
https://teresa-gil-lopez.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/teresa-gil-lopez/

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Communication
University of California, Davis, 2019
Dissertation: Communicating Dissent, Manufacturing Deviance: Effects of Media Portrayals of Protest in the Social Media Era
Committee: Laramie D. Taylor (advisor), Jaeho Cho (member), Nicholas Palomares (member)

M.Sc., Cognitive Systems and Interactive Media, Emphasis on Cognition, Technology, and Integration
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain, 2013
Department of Information and Communication Technologies
Master thesis: Interaction of Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation after Stroke utilizing a Virtual Reality (VR) Rehabilitation System

B.A., Communication
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2010
Pompeu Fabra University
Visiting Student, 2009-2010

B.A., Communication
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, 2010
Pompeu Fabra University
Visiting Student, 2009-2010

PUBLICATIONS

Gil-Lopez, T., Shen, C., Benefield, G. A., Palomares, N. A., Kosinski, M., & Stillwell, D (2018). One Size Fits All: Context Collapse, Self-Presentation Strategies and Language Styles on Facebook. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Gil-Lopez, T., Ahmed, S., & Taylor, L. D. (2017). Understanding Fandom in the Multilingual Internet: A Study of “El Clásico” Fans’ Commenting Behavior on YouTube. International Journal of Sport Communication, 10(1), 17-33.

Hilbert, M., James, R.G., Gil-Lopez, T., Jiang, K., Zhou, Y. (2018). The Complementary Importance of Static Structure and Temporal Dynamics in Spontaneous Teamwork Communication. Human Communication Research, hqy008.

CONFERENCE PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

Makhortykh, M., Urman, A., Christner, C., & Gil-Lopez, T. Veritas ex machina: A critical review of automated approaches for detecting political disinformation online. Digikomm, Berlin, 2019.

Aigenseer, V., Adam, S., Maier, M., Urman, A., Christner, C., Makhortykh, M., & Gil-Lopez, T. WebTrack – tracking users’ online information behavior while screen-scraping content. International Conference on Computational Social Science, IC2S2, Amsterdam, 2019.

Gil-Lopez, T. Mediatized protest in the digital era: exploring the evolution of mainstream coverage of social protest from 1997 to 2017. ICA Annual Convention, Washington, 2019.

Taylor, L. & Gil-Lopez, T. Personality Traits and Fans’ Motives for Attention to Fictional Narratives. NCA Annual Convention, 2018.

Gil-Lopez, T., Shen, C., Benefield, G. A., Palomares, N. A., Kosinski, M., & Stillwell, D. One Size Fits All: Context Collapse, Self-Presentation Strategies and Language Styles on Facebook. NCA Annual Convention, Dallas, 2017
IC2S2, Cologne, 2017.

Gil-Lopez, T., & Ahmed, S. Communicating fandom in the multilingual Internet: a case study of sport fandom communities and the online expression of dissent in the context of ‘El Clásico’. ICA Annual Convention, San Diego, 2017.

Hilbert, M., James, R.G., Gil-Lopez, T., Jiang, K., Zhou, Y. The Predictability of Communication Patterns in Spontaneous Teamwork. International Conference on Computational Social Science, IC2S2, 2017.

Hilbert, M., James, R.G., Gil-Lopez, T., Jiang, K., Zhou, Y. The Predictability of Communication Patterns in Spontaneous Teamwork. ICA Annual Convention, 2017.

Alexopoulos, C., Taylor, L., & Gil-Lopez, T. “My Celebrity Blocked Me on Twitter Again”: A Content Analysis of Celebrity Worshippers’ Online Forum Posts. ICA, 2017.

Alexopoulos, C., Khan, S., DeAngelo, T., Gil-Lopez, T., Wingate, V. S., & Feng, B. Reducing Stigma of Depression through Linguistic Agency: A Multi-National Study. ICA Annual Convention, 2017.

Palomares, N. A., Richards, A., Gil-Lopez, T., Alexopoulos, C. The representations of goals and their dimensionality in conversation. NCA Annual Convention, 2016.
^Top Papers in Communication and Social Cognition

Palomares, N. A., Dailey, R., Crook, B., Glowacki, E., Alexopoulos, C., & Gil-Lopez, T. The Role of Goal Understanding in Influence Attempts of Health Behaviors. NCA Annual Convention, Las Vegas, 2015.

AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND GRANTS

2019 Postdoctoral Startup Fellowship. Landau University
2019 UC Davis Graduate Studies Travel Award
2018 UC Davis Provost’s Dissertation Year Fellowship 2018-2019
2018 GSA Travel Grant. Graduate Student Assembly, UC Davis. Davis, CA
2015-19 Communication Travel Award. UC Davis.
2016-18 Communication Research Grant. UC Davis.
2017 Full Scholarship 3rd Summer School Social Science Research, CityU HK
2017 ICA Travel Grant. International Communication Association.
2014-17 Non-Resident Tuition Fellowship. UC Davis.
2012-13 “Excellence Masters” Scholarship. Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera.
2011-12 Spanish Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Scholarship
2009-10 Exchange Scholarship funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
2006-10 Scholarship Support funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education.

RELATED ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Summer, 2018: Oxford Internet Institute (OII) Summer Doctoral Program.
Fall, 2017: Presenter at Data Science Initiative Un-Seminar Series. UC Davis
Summer, 2017: Summer School Social Science Research. City U of Hong Kong.
Spring, 2017: Presenter at UC Davis Network Science Group meeting.

ACADEMIC SERVICE

20015 – 2019: Graduate student co-representative, UC Davis Department of Communication
2016 – present: Reviewer, ICA Annual Convention.
Spring, 2018: Organizing committee, Computational Communication (C^2) Research Lab’s Journal Club
Spring, 2017: Instructor, workshop on remote use of statistical software and script execution using console commands through UCD SAPPER server. Department of Communication, UC Davis

TEACHING

Associate Instructor (AI)

Summer, 2018 CMN174 – Social Media
Summer, 2017 CMN001 – Introduction to Public Speaking
Summer, 2016 CMN001 – Introduction to Public Speaking

Teaching Assistant (TA)

Spring, 2018 CMN144 – Media Entertainment, Dr. Laramie D. Taylor
CMN001 – Introduction to Public Speaking, Alisa Shubb
Winter, 2018 CMN174 – Social Media, Dr. Cuihua Shen
Fall, 2017 CMN140 – Introduction to Mass Media, Dr. Laramie D. Taylor
Spring, 2017 CMN003 – Interpersonal Communication Competence, Dr. Jeanette Ruiz
Winter, 2017 CMN003 – Interpersonal Communication Competence, Dr. Jeanette Ruiz
Fall, 2016 CMN102 – Research Methods, Dr. Nicholas A. Palomares
2015-16 CMN10Y – Introduction to Communication, Dr. Laramie D. Taylor
2014-15 CMN001 – Introduction to Public Speaking, Alisa Shubb
2011-12 Spanish, second language, Lycée Jacques Feyder, Épinnay-Sur-Seine, Paris

Reader
Winter, 2018 CMN145 – Political Communication
Spring, 2016 CMN170V – Digital Technology and Social Change

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

International Communication Association (ICA)
National Communication Association (NCA)
Spanish Political Communication Association (ACOP)