Lorena Banares
Details
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College: School of Communication & Design
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Department: School of Communication & Design
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Campus: Hanoi Campus Vietnam
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lorena.banares@rmit.edu.vn
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ORCID:
0000-0003-1453-9106
About
Dr Lorena is currently a Lecturer of Communication at the School of Communication and Design based in RMIT Hanoi. She more than 18 years of experience in both academia and the communication industry in the Philippines and Cambodia. Before coming to Viietnam, she served as Associate Dean at Pannasastra University of Cambodia and taught master’s and undergraduate communication courses. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts major in Advertising from the University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi, Philippines. Her MA in Development Communication and the Doctor of Communication degrees are earned from the University of the Philippines, Open University. Her expertise includes communication and design, media theories, communication philosophies, and arts-based research.
Research fields
- 3601 Art history, theory and criticism
Academic positions
- Lecturer
- RMIT Vietnam
- Hanoi Vietnam, Vietnam
- 10 Oct 2022 – Present
- Associate Dean
- Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia
- Communication and Media Arts
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 15 Apr 2013 – 5 Oct 2020
- Academic Instructor
- Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia
- Communications and Media Arts
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 22 Apr 2010 – 8 Apr 2013
- Academic Instructor
- University of Santo Tomas–Legazpi
- Mass Communication
- Legaspi City, Philippines
- 5 Jun 2000 – 26 Oct 2009
Non-academic positions
- Communications Specialist
- Parliamentary Centre of Asia
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- 12 Oct 2020 – 11 Oct 2021
Degrees
- Masters Degree by Research, Communication and Media Studies
- University of the Philippines, Open University
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- 2004 – Present
- Ph.D, Communication and Media Studies
- University of the Philippines, Open University
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- 2017 – Present
- Bachelor Degree (Pass) Level, Creative Arts
- University of Sto. Thomas-Legazpi
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- 1996 – Present
Teaching interests
- Advertising
- Art Direction
Research interests
- Postqualitative Inquiry
- Arts-based research
- New Materialist Approaches
Lorena's works are anchored on Posthuman paradigm using philosophical and art concepts as experimental methods of her studies. She is interested on the intersectionality of arts, communication and research-creation.