Clare Elisabeth Cannon

Clare Elizabeth Cannon is a researcher in International Leadership, Cross-Cultural Communication, Cultural Studies, and Teaching Innovation in Madrid. Her work focuses on how encounters with diversity – whether in real life or as represented in the arts and media – can become occasions for inclusion, transformation, and creativity. Her favourite place to research is in the university classroom, where she engages students in peak-learning “flow” activities designed to build connection and foster creativity among diverse students. Her education and experience incorporate research, teaching, writing, graphic design, project management, organisational communication, and cross-cultural communication, connecting with all the departments involved in a project to facilitate collaboration and creative synergy in order to build outstanding projects.

Clare received an Award for Teaching Excellence from IE University, and presented at the European Universities Association’s (EUA) European Learning & Teaching Forum on the topic of “Achieving ‘Flow’ in the Hybrid Classroom for Deep Learning and Connection”. She was invited to participate in the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education’s (ENQA) Members’ Forum on “Innovative approaches in education: is Quality Assurance ready?”. Clare is a member of the Bridging Differences Community of Practice, a collaboration of international professors and universities led by UC Berkeley, USA, which shares strategies for building connection among students from diverse backgrounds. She has been invited to participate in the international project INTERCOONECTA: Knowledge Transfer, Exchange and Management for the Development of Spanish Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean, run by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID).

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Director, Consultant & Communication Coach, Cultural Communication, Spain, 2015 – Present

• Communication Specialist, UNIR, Spain, 2020

• Director of Communication and Marketing, Literary Critic, Good Reading Guide, Australia, 2005 – 2015

• Production Coordinator & Communication Trainer, Reed Business Information, Australia, 2003 – 2005

• Art Director & Production Manager, KWL Education Project, Australia, 1999 – 2003

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor of Globalization and Cross-Cultural Communication, IE University, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Adjunct Professor of Digital Identity Management, URJC, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Adjunct Professor of International Management and Communication for Global Leadership, IE University, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Adjunct Professor of the Theory of Colour, Form and Composition, URJC, Spain, 2021 – 2022

• Predoctoral Research Contract investigating dialogue across differences in audiovisual analysis, URJC, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Adjunct Professor of Design, History and Analytical Theory, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia, 1999 – 2003

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. candidate in Humanities: Language and Culture, URJC, Spain, 2019 – Present

• MA in Strategic Communication Management, University of Technology Sydney, Australia, 2007

• Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, College of Preceptors, UK, 2000

• Certificate IV in Graphic Design, TAFE NSW, Australia, 1998

• Bachelor of Liberal Arts, University of Sydney, Australia, 1997