Mia Embalzado-Mateo
Assistant Professor

She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication, cum laude, from St. Theresa’s College Cebu and her Master’s degree in Development Communication from the University of the Philippines Open University.

She is a pioneer member of the Cebu Citizens–Press Council, a fellow of the International Training Programme in Media Regulation, sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and NIRAS Sweden, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippine Communication Society.

Her research interests include community journalism, media ethics and regulation, women in media, organizational communication, and media-citizen councils.

Her recent publications include an art exhibition review in Kinaadman Journal on Martino Abellana’s exhibition at the National Museum of the Philippines–Cebu; a book chapter entitled “Design Education in the Philippines,” published in Routledge’s Perspectives on Design Education in India and Asia; and a journal article entitled “From National to Local: Media-Citizen Councils as Independent Co-regulation at the Community Level,” published in the Asian Journal of Media and Communication.