leturia
leturia
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Bio
Elio Leturia is an Associate Professor at the Communication Department of Columbia College Chicago where he teaches multimedia journalism and graphic design. He has worked for the Detroit Free Press, ¡Exito!/Chicago Tribune, and El Comercio in Lima, Peru. He has also been a tenured Assistant Professor of Graphic Arts at the Universidad de Lima School of Communications for 10 years. His design work has been recognized by the Society for News Design, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the Associated Church Press. He is a Fulbright scholar and holds a master's in Journalism from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, a Licenciatura title in design and communications and a bachelor’s degree in communications, both from the Universidad de Lima, Peru. Elio Leturia is also a writer and a blogger in English and Spanish, and his articles have appeared in publications in the US and abroad.
He has given presentations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia. He is the Communications Director of the Chicago Chapter of the Fulbright Association and the Fulbright Scholar Liaison at Columbia College Chicago. His documentary “Tita Turns 100” premiered at the Chicago Feminist Film Festival in 2016, winning the Lisagor Award in the Best Short Film Documentary category in 2017. He is a board member of the Fulbright Association-Chicago chapter, where he maintains its site. Leturia is also an actor and an ensemble member of Aguijón Theater in Chicago.
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