Luis Peon-Casanova, Lecturer, Journalism and Mass Communications
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Luis Peón-Casanova graduated from the University of Texas in 1986 receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in mass communications with an emphasis in filmmaking. While in Texas, he spent five years producing broadcast documentaries for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. He is currently finishing his MA in Education at the University of Nebraska. Luis served as an Executive Producer for the Interactive Media Group at Nebraska Educational Telecommunications (NET) for five years and as a Television Producer/Director for ten years prior to his current position with the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. He received numerous national and international awards for his productions including "Best in Education" from the Corporation of Public Broadcasting (CPB) in 1995. Luis has developed several international productions in partnership with various University of Nebraska's scholars. He received a grant to travel to Brazil (1992) during a 14-day professional exchange through USAID. In 2001, Luis participated as a judge during a distribution screening for Red de América Latina in Uruguay and recently (2007) helped secure funding to produce a documentary in Cuba in partnership with the Department of Anthropology at UNL.
