Antonio Lopez

Background

About Antonio Lopez

Antonio López, Ph.D. is a leading international expert bridging ecojustice with media literacy. He is a founding theorist and architect of ecomedia literacy. As a producer of dozens of youth media projects, Antonio has collaborated with the MacArthur Foundation, National Center for the Preservation of Democracy, National Rural Health Organization, and numerous First Nations across North America. As a consultant, López has advised PBS' In the Mix series, Intel and The Praxis Project on media and cultural diversity. He received professional training at the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco, earned his BA in Peace and Conflict Studies at UC Berkeley and MA in Media Studies at the New School for Social Research. He earned a Ph.D. in Sustainability Education from Prescott College. He has written numerous academic articles, essays and four books: Mediacology: A Multicultural Approach to Media Literacy in the 21st Century (2008); The Media Ecosystem: What Ecology Can Teach Us About Responsible Media Practice (2012); Greening Media Education: Bridging Media Literacy with Green Cultural Citizenship (2014); and Ecomedia Literacy: Integrating Ecology into Media Education (2021). He is currently Chair and Associate Professor of Communications and Media Studies at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Specialties: Curriculum development, pedagogy, ecoliteracy, cultural knowledge, journalism, youth media, education, blogging, sustainability education, media literacy