Ex Director of the University Language Centre (CLA), University of Bologna, until December 31, 2024.
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (LILEC), University of Bologna
New Academic Discipline
10/SPAN-01 – Spanish and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
SPAN-01/C – Spanish Language, Translation, and Linguistics
National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor, 2013 session.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3735-6468 [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3735-6468]
Scopus Author ID: 56513586200
Professional Profiles:
- Biblioteca Nacional de España
- Google Scholar
- IdRef (SUDoc)
- ORCID
- ResearcherID
- Scopus
- ISNI
- Library of Congress
- VIAF
Registered Expert:
- Member of the ministerial REPRISE register (Scientific Experts) for evaluating basic research projects and VQR.
- Product evaluator for the VQR 2015-2019.
Doctoral Research
- Doctoral Committee Member:
- LILEC-Unibo Ph.D. Programme in "Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Diversity and Inclusion" (supervisor for 37th cycle thesis by Dr. Brandani).
- Margot Vanhaverbeke: “The Expression of Mitigation in Spanish-English Codeswitching Contexts. A Multifactorial and Multimethod Account”, University of Ghent, Belgium.
- A.M. Marini: “The Other Side Representations Bridging the US–Mexico Boundary”, University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain (March 21, 2024).
- External Supervisor/Reviewer: Numerous doctoral theses in Spain.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- Corresponding Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), affiliated with the RAE.
- 2017: Beneficiary of the Basic Research Funding (FFABR-ANVUR), established under Law 232/2016.
- 2018-2019: DIVE-IN Excellence Project Award, LILEC Department.
- 2019: Teaching Buyout Award (LILEC Excellence Project).
- 2019: K-16 Faculty Conference Travel Stipend Award by AATSP (USA).
- 2019: Honorary Member of Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, USA), San Diego.
- Erasmus+ Grants: University of Alcalá de Henares (2018), University of Barcelona (2019).
- 2019: Invited to the XVI Congress of ASALE (Association of Spanish Language Academies), organized by the RAE and chaired by the King of Spain, Seville.
- 2021-2022: DIVE-IN Excellence Project Award, LILEC Department.
- 2022: Erasmus+ Grant, University of Alcalá de Henares.
- 2023: “Gerardo Piña Rosales” Award, presented on June 3 at the 50th Anniversary of ANLE, Instituto Cervantes, New York.
- 2024: Erasmus + “Monitoring Visit" (University of Extremadura, campus Cáceres).
Key Roles:
- Corresponding Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), where she served as a member of the Sociolinguistic Study Commission of Spanish in the United States until 2024.
- Editor-in-Chief of Glosas, the journal of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language: https://glosas.anle.us/ .
- Director of the editorial series “Cruces y bordes: la voz de la otredad. El inglés y el español en contacto en los Estados Unidos”, Aracne, Rome:
https://www.aracneeditrice.eu/it/collana/cruces-y-bordes-la-voz-de-la-otredad-el-ingles-y-el-espanol-en-contacto-en-los-estados-unidos.html .
- Associate Editor of the Boletín de la ANLE.
- Editorial Board Member of RANLE (Journal of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language).
