Irena Sever Globan graduated Theology at the Catholic Theological Faculty at the University of Zagreb in 2004. In the Faculty of Social Communication Sciences at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, Italy, subsequently she completed the PhD in 2011. Currently Irena Sever Globan is employed as Associated Professor at the Department of Communication of the Catholic University of Croatia in Zagreb where she teaches the subjects related to film studies, interpersonal communication and media theories. Her specific areas of research and interest are related to gender roles and stereotypes in media, film studies, religion and popular culture. Until now, Irena Sever Globan has participated in more than ten international conferences, has published about twenty scientific papers in national and international journals and a book about the representation of Mary Magdalene in film and culture. She began her teaching career at the Department of Cultural Studies at the University J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek, and also taught at the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Dubrovnik and at the Faculty of Croatian Studies at the University of Zagreb. She is a member of Association for Communication and Media Culture in Croatia (DKMK), Center for Nonviolent Communication of Croatia (CZNK), and is vice president of Croatian section of European Society of Women in Theological Research (ESWTR).