Ariadne María Ferro Bajuelo

Dr. Ariadne María Ferro Bajuelo is an adjunct professor at IE University. She has experience teaching at numerous universities in the United States and Spain. Her previous research examines languages in contact, in particular, Spanglish as it is spoken by Cuban U.S. Americans in South Florida, USA.

She is executive director of APUNE (Association of North American University Programs in Spain), an intercultural and inclusion facilitator, and an Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) Qualified Administrator. Professor Ferro also participated in the design and delivery of Coursera’s MOOC, Diversity with Inclusion in Organizations.

Ariadne is a certified ADHD coach and a board-certified ADHD educator, who coaches clients through her consultancy, The Zunzún. When she’s not in the classroom, Dr. Ferro enjoys spending time with her kids, watching British detective shows, reading and learning, eating Cuban food, and planning her next visit back to South Florida to visit her family.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Executive director, APUNE, Spain, 2022 – Present

• Intercultural and inclusion facilitator & ADHD coach, The Zunzún, Spain, 2022 – Present

• Director, Student Life, Syracuse University Madrid, Spain, 2016 – 2022

• Director, Davidson College in Madrid, Spain, 2013 – 2016

• Dean of Students and Asst. director of Student Life, Saint Louis University Madrid, Spain, 2006 – 2013

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct professor of Executive Education, Behavioral Sciences, and Humanities, IE University, Spain, 2021 – Present

• Facilitator of intercultural workshops and first-year student seminars at Syracuse University Madrid, Davidson College in Madrid, and Saint Louis University Madrid Campus, Spain

• Lecturer of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Central Florida, USA, 1998 – 2003

• Adjunct Professor of Spanish, Valencia College, USA, 1998 – 2002