My name is Magdalena Wojcieszak. I am an Assistant Professor in Political Communication at IE School of Communication at IE University.
I defended my dissertation, titled "When Deliberation Divides: How People with Strong Views Respond to Political Disagreement," at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. My research interests include deliberation, polarization, divided societies, ways to mitigate conflict and online political communication.
My papers have appeared in Journal of Communication, Public Opinion Quarterly, Communication Research, New Media & Society, among other journals. I have received the 2006 Seymour Sudman Award for the Best Student Paper from the American Association of Public Opinion Research, the 2008 Best Student Paper Award as well as 2006 and 2005 Honorable Mentions from the DC Chapter of AAPOR, and the 2005 Annual Prize for Excellence for the best paper submitted to the International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society. My MA Thesis was also nominated for the National Florian Znaniecki Award for the Best Thesis in the Social Sciences in Poland. I currently serve on the Editorial Board of Journal of Communication, International Journal of Public Opinion Research and EastBound electronic journal.
In 2006 I earned my Masters Degree in Communication from the Annenberg School, following the MA in Sociology, Suma Cum Laude, that I received in 2003 at the University of Warsaw at the Institute of Applied Social Studies. As a winner of the European Union Fellowship, I studied at the Universita degli Studi di Urbino in Italy. I also interned at the Grade the News Organization, and at National Polish Public Television. I worked as a Media Planner Buyer and as a freelance journalist for a monthly magazine Perspektywy in Poland.
I enjoy the ocean, travelling, dancing, Madrid, San Francisco, observing, international cinema, swimming, experiencing, sarcasm, anti-superficiality, jazz & old school hip-hop, sunshine, and fervent discussions. My goal in life is to have a house at the ocean and a sense of belonging.