Rate My Professor Juan Mundel

Mundel’s research specializations include tailored health communication for Hispanics, personalized advertising on social media, artificial intelligence and promotional devices in service businesses, and critical media perceptions of gender, LGBTQ+, and gender-based violence. Notable publications are “Tailored T2D risk communication for Hispanics: ethnic endorser effects on health and sharing intentions” (Ethnicity and Health, 2026, with Madouh, Vizcaíno, Aparício), “Artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, social media, online reviews, and influencers: a review of how service businesses use promotional devices and future research directions” (International Journal of Advertising, 2025, with Chu, Yim), “Critical Media Perceptions of Gender, LGBTQ+, and Gender-Based Violence in El Salvador: Implications for Attitudes” (Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 2025, with McClaran), and editor’s letters in Journal of Advertising Education (2023, 2025). His awards include the Ph.Digital Bootcamp Fellowship from Texas State University and the Knight Foundation, Chicago Scholars’ 35 Under 35 Young Leaders Making an Impact in Chicago, 2019 AEJMC Minorities in Communication Division Poindexter Grant, and 2017 Excellence in Teaching Citation from Michigan State University. At Cronkite, he expands international partnerships, student opportunities in Latin America and China, and embeds multicultural modules into curricula.