Cristina Cruz-González
Biographic Data
| ID | 1253482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cristina Cruz-González |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cristina |
| FAMILY NAME | Cruz-González |
| SIGNATURE | CRUZ-GONZÁLEZ C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Granada |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2019-6245 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Leading in Adverse Times
This mixed-methods study examines 387 Spanish school principals during COVID-19. It shows how their roles expanded to include health coordination, emotional support, and digital adaptation. Quantitative data were analyzed with SPSS using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations, and qualitative data were examined using grounded-theory-informed coding. The findings highlight adaptive leadership in fostering resilience through restructuring …
Women empowering rural Spain
La identidad de la dirección escolar desde la mirada de la inspección educativa
Este estudio parte del objetivo de analizar la percepción de los inspectores educativos respecto a los directores de los centros. Numerosos estudios en la última década se han centrado en explorar el liderazgo escolar ejercido por los directores como punto esencial en la mejora educativa. La atención se ha centrado principalmente en el punto de vista del propio protagonista (perspectiva interna). Sin embargo, apenas se han desarrollado estudios q…
I will never be Spanish enough”. Gender-based Islamophobia in Spain
Recent studies have highlighted that Muslim women, as the most likely recipients of Islamophobia, are uniquely vulnerable to this complex phenomenon. In Spain, these are still very incipient, and practically non-existent from a socio-educational approach. Based on the life stories of 10 Muslim women, this research analyses in depth their experiences with gender-based Islamophobia in the Spanish context, and how it influences their processes of id…
Principal professional identity
This case study investigated the strategies used by a school principal who successfully leads an educational centre in a vulnerable context. This article aims to explore how a school in a vulnerable context can be strengthened by the actions implemented by the principal and his leadership based on social and pedagogical commitment. Initially, the key aspects identified by the school community in the principal’s identity were analysed, and subsequ…
An Overview of the Challenges and Educational Initiatives Developed by Museums to Combat Covid-19
The global pandemic of the COVID-19 has caused numerous challenges and obstacles in the museum sector. Due to social and mobility restrictions, museums have had to adapt their services to virtual scenarios in record time. In this article we explore the different initiatives developed in various geographical locations around the world and investigate the various barriers and limitations that museums have experienced in dealing with this pandemic. …
Fighting windmills
The arrival of covid-19 had a major impact on all sectors of the population, especially education. The closure of schools and later the health measures adopted forced schools to a rapid conversion towards a digital scenario. Faced with this crisis situation, the existence of school leaders became even more essential. For this reason, in order to face this challenge, it is necessary to establish a school management that moves towards horizontality…
And though our dreams may be shattered to pieces, I will resist”
La Covid-19 generó un importante impacto en la salud mental de los estudiantes universitarios. En este contexto, surge una doble necesidad: analizar los efectos de este impacto y trabajar la educación emocional con este sector educativo. Este estudio forma parte de un proyecto más amplio de innovación educativa centrado en trabajar la educación emocional de los estudiantes universitarios. En este caso, el principal objetivo del presente estudio f…
Early career researchers' identity
In recent decades, higher education has witnessed the development of a series of policies aimed at improving its quality. To this end, accountability measures have been promoted, which are having a major impact on academics. In addition, the precariousness of work in this professional sector is contributing to emphasise its consequences. In this context, early career researchers have become a highly vulnerable group, as the pretence of wanting to…
A systematic review of principals’ leadership identity from 1993 to 2019
There is growing interest in the role that principals play as school leaders. Exploring how principals build their professional leadership identity is crucial to understanding their influence on school performance. A systematic review was conducted to examine how educational leaders develop their professional identity. Our objectives were: (a) to identify the factors that determine how educational leaders develop their professional identity; (b) …
Digital Storytelling in Education
Digital Storytelling is one of the most recurrent art media used today to give a voice to invisible, silenced or marginalised groups. In this way, this methodology is framed within the cultural and educational sphere, and through a narrative approach it is capable of integrating multi-format resources that project information and stories of great richness from a hypermedia language. In fact, digital storytelling is occupying a priority role in id…
Alberto’s life story
This article present a case study of a principal who successfully leads a disadvantaged school in Spain. Through his life story, we investigate the personal and professional factors that have shaped his current professional identity, and we identify the main successful educational practices that the principal has implemented in order to achieve improvements in educational outcomes. Findings reveal a set of professional practices that have been in…
Marta’s story
Recent international research highlights the importance of a strong professional identity based on pedagogical leadership to achieve educational improvement. Several studies indicate a clear relationship between the role of gender identity and the development of a leadership identity. This article tells the story of a female school principal in a Spanish school context. Using a biographical narrative approach, we explore how this female principal…
Military Ethos and Visual Culture in Post-Conquest Mexico
Crucifixion piety in New Mexico
Mexican Instauration
This article interrogates the devotional histories and archival evidence related to Our Lady of Angels in Tecaxic and Tlatelolco. Both Marian paintings survived lengthy periods of neglect and dilapidated shrines. Throughout the late colonial period, the Franciscan Order and church elites exploited the notions of “incorruptibility” and “ruined spaces” in their desire to regulate piety and rogue religiosity. (In)corruptibility delineated the divine…
Salvation and Globalization in the Early Jesuit Missions
Pereyns [Pereins], Simón
Cabrera, Miguel
The Historical Structure of Racism in Chiapas
(1998). The Historical Structure of Racism in Chiapas. Social Identities: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 235-261
Alberto’s life story
This article present a case study of a principal who successfully leads a disadvantaged school in Spain. Through his life story, we investigate the personal and professional factors that have shaped his current professional identity, and we identify the main successful educational practices that the principal has implemented in order to achieve improvements in educational outcomes. Findings reveal a set of professional practices that have been in…
Women empowering rural Spain
I will never be Spanish enough”. Gender-based Islamophobia in Spain
Recent studies have highlighted that Muslim women, as the most likely recipients of Islamophobia, are uniquely vulnerable to this complex phenomenon. In Spain, these are still very incipient, and practically non-existent from a socio-educational approach. Based on the life stories of 10 Muslim women, this research analyses in depth their experiences with gender-based Islamophobia in the Spanish context, and how it influences their processes of id…
The Historical Structure of Racism in Chiapas
(1998). The Historical Structure of Racism in Chiapas. Social Identities: Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 235-261
Pereyns [Pereins], Simón
Cabrera, Miguel
Salvation and Globalization in the Early Jesuit Missions
Mexican Instauration
This article interrogates the devotional histories and archival evidence related to Our Lady of Angels in Tecaxic and Tlatelolco. Both Marian paintings survived lengthy periods of neglect and dilapidated shrines. Throughout the late colonial period, the Franciscan Order and church elites exploited the notions of “incorruptibility” and “ruined spaces” in their desire to regulate piety and rogue religiosity. (In)corruptibility delineated the divine…
Military Ethos and Visual Culture in Post-Conquest Mexico
Crucifixion piety in New Mexico
Marta’s story
Recent international research highlights the importance of a strong professional identity based on pedagogical leadership to achieve educational improvement. Several studies indicate a clear relationship between the role of gender identity and the development of a leadership identity. This article tells the story of a female school principal in a Spanish school context. Using a biographical narrative approach, we explore how this female principal…
A systematic review of principals’ leadership identity from 1993 to 2019
There is growing interest in the role that principals play as school leaders. Exploring how principals build their professional leadership identity is crucial to understanding their influence on school performance. A systematic review was conducted to examine how educational leaders develop their professional identity. Our objectives were: (a) to identify the factors that determine how educational leaders develop their professional identity; (b) …
Digital Storytelling in Education
Digital Storytelling is one of the most recurrent art media used today to give a voice to invisible, silenced or marginalised groups. In this way, this methodology is framed within the cultural and educational sphere, and through a narrative approach it is capable of integrating multi-format resources that project information and stories of great richness from a hypermedia language. In fact, digital storytelling is occupying a priority role in id…
Alberto’s life story
This article present a case study of a principal who successfully leads a disadvantaged school in Spain. Through his life story, we investigate the personal and professional factors that have shaped his current professional identity, and we identify the main successful educational practices that the principal has implemented in order to achieve improvements in educational outcomes. Findings reveal a set of professional practices that have been in…
An Overview of the Challenges and Educational Initiatives Developed by Museums to Combat Covid-19
The global pandemic of the COVID-19 has caused numerous challenges and obstacles in the museum sector. Due to social and mobility restrictions, museums have had to adapt their services to virtual scenarios in record time. In this article we explore the different initiatives developed in various geographical locations around the world and investigate the various barriers and limitations that museums have experienced in dealing with this pandemic. …
Fighting windmills
The arrival of covid-19 had a major impact on all sectors of the population, especially education. The closure of schools and later the health measures adopted forced schools to a rapid conversion towards a digital scenario. Faced with this crisis situation, the existence of school leaders became even more essential. For this reason, in order to face this challenge, it is necessary to establish a school management that moves towards horizontality…
And though our dreams may be shattered to pieces, I will resist”
La Covid-19 generó un importante impacto en la salud mental de los estudiantes universitarios. En este contexto, surge una doble necesidad: analizar los efectos de este impacto y trabajar la educación emocional con este sector educativo. Este estudio forma parte de un proyecto más amplio de innovación educativa centrado en trabajar la educación emocional de los estudiantes universitarios. En este caso, el principal objetivo del presente estudio f…
Early career researchers' identity
In recent decades, higher education has witnessed the development of a series of policies aimed at improving its quality. To this end, accountability measures have been promoted, which are having a major impact on academics. In addition, the precariousness of work in this professional sector is contributing to emphasise its consequences. In this context, early career researchers have become a highly vulnerable group, as the pretence of wanting to…
Principal professional identity
This case study investigated the strategies used by a school principal who successfully leads an educational centre in a vulnerable context. This article aims to explore how a school in a vulnerable context can be strengthened by the actions implemented by the principal and his leadership based on social and pedagogical commitment. Initially, the key aspects identified by the school community in the principal’s identity were analysed, and subsequ…
La identidad de la dirección escolar desde la mirada de la inspección educativa
Este estudio parte del objetivo de analizar la percepción de los inspectores educativos respecto a los directores de los centros. Numerosos estudios en la última década se han centrado en explorar el liderazgo escolar ejercido por los directores como punto esencial en la mejora educativa. La atención se ha centrado principalmente en el punto de vista del propio protagonista (perspectiva interna). Sin embargo, apenas se han desarrollado estudios q…
I will never be Spanish enough”. Gender-based Islamophobia in Spain
Recent studies have highlighted that Muslim women, as the most likely recipients of Islamophobia, are uniquely vulnerable to this complex phenomenon. In Spain, these are still very incipient, and practically non-existent from a socio-educational approach. Based on the life stories of 10 Muslim women, this research analyses in depth their experiences with gender-based Islamophobia in the Spanish context, and how it influences their processes of id…
Women empowering rural Spain
Leading in Adverse Times
This mixed-methods study examines 387 Spanish school principals during COVID-19. It shows how their roles expanded to include health coordination, emotional support, and digital adaptation. Quantitative data were analyzed with SPSS using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlations, and qualitative data were examined using grounded-theory-informed coding. The findings highlight adaptive leadership in fostering resilience through restructuring …
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (8 works) · Art (6 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Education and Teacher Training (4 works)