Adriana Angel

Adriana Angel holds a Ph.D. in Communication Studies from Ohio University, where she was a Fulbright Scholar. She brings two decades of experience fostering academic and professional exchanges across the Americas. Her research and teaching span Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and the United States, with a strong focus on building dialogues between the Global South and North on issues such as democracy, corruption, sustainability, and communication for social change.

Before joining UW–Madison, Adriana served as an associate professor at Universidad de la Sabana in Colombia and held senior academic leadership roles including Director of a Master’s Program, Head of Department, and Director of Research and Graduate Studies. She has also been a Tinker Visiting Professor at UW–Madison and has led international initiatives funded by different public and academic institutions.

Her scholarship explores rhetorical and discursive tensions across a range of social issues including corruption, democracy, sustainability, and social justice, particularly as they manifest in public discourse in the Americas. She has published her work in leading journals such as Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, Communication Theory, Quarterly Journal of Speech, Palabra Clave, and Management Communication Quarterly. She is the leading editor of Rhetorics of Democracy in the Americas (Penn State University Press) and serves on editorial boards of journals in the U.S. and Latin America.

Adriana has organized multiple international symposiums, including the “Dialogues of Communication North and South” series in Colombia, and is an active member of regional research networks. Her work is deeply interdisciplinary and guided by a commitment to promoting inclusive, multilingual, and decolonial approaches to knowledge production across the Americas.

Born and raised in Colombia and currently based in Madison, Adriana also has lived and worked in Spain. She is passionate about supporting graduate students, developing strategic partnerships, and strengthening LACIS’ mission as a hub for hemispheric dialogue and collaboration.