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February 2025: Language, Discourse, and Media Literacy: Building Resilience in the Age of Misinformation

This month’s Spotlight was contributed by Alireza Salhi-Nejad. He is a multidisciplinary researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. Prior to this, he was involved in research, teaching, and executive roles at the University of Tehran for over nine years. Mass media is a cornerstone of…
Ian Ross Singleton

Lecturer Writing and Critical Inquiry State University of New York-Albany Albany, New York [email protected] I am a teacher of rhetoric and composition as well as critical inquiry, an important distinction of the program for which I work at SUNY-Albany. I have taught First-Year Writing for eight years throughout the New York City and State University…
Alireza Salehi-Nejad

Affiliation: University of Technology Sydney, Australia Email: [email protected] Bio: I am a multidisciplinary researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology Sydney. Prior to this, I was involved in research, teaching, and executive roles at the University of Tehran for over nine years. Currently, I am a…
August 2024: The Bridge as a Cultural Confluence: Interpreting Language and Justice in Kakuma Refugee Camp

This month’s Spotlight was prepared by Ifigeneia Gianne, an undergraduate student at Bard College who is majoring in Anthropology and Theater. As an international student from Greece, Ifigeneia is no stranger to issues of language and culture. As part of her studies, she has had the opportunity to closely analyze a recent film that introduces…
Paul J. Meighan

Critical Sociolinguist Chair (2024-2025), TESOL International Bilingual-Multilingual Interest Section Member, Belonging, Identity, Language, and Diversity (BILD) Research Group, McGill University [email protected] I am a Scottish Gaelic critical sociolinguist. As a first-generation scholar and speaker of English, French, Italian, Spanish, and the endangered Indigenous language Scottish Gaelic, I advocate for more inclusive and equitable multilingual education,…
Guilherme Fians

Leverhulme Research Fellow University of St Andrews St Andrews, United Kingdom [email protected] I am interested in how languages and global media are used for the (re)production of certain viewpoints on political and epistemological issues. In this regard, I have analyzed the emergence of a form of post-political internationalism in print and digital media in the…
Leigh Swigart

Leigh Swigart, Ph.D. Language, Culture and Justice Hub Coordinator Fellow in Research and Practice – EHCN and CHRA Bard College/Open Society University Network [email protected] Read Leigh’s Spotlights on Language, Culture and Justice: October 2019, November 2019, December 2019, November 2021, December 2022, and February 2024. I have worked for many years in the field of international justice, but…
Maya Angela Smith

Associate Professor of French University of Washington Seattle, Washington USA [email protected] Having received my PhD in romance languages and linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, I investigate identity formations among marginalized groups in the African diaspora, particularly in the postcolonial francophone world. Much of my work has been focused on Senegal and its diaspora.…
Juliette Scott

Independent researcher United Kingdom [email protected] I carry out highly interdisciplinary research in a constellation of fields around law and language, bringing extensive experience as a legal translation practitioner, where my key achievements include the translation of: documents for G20 meetings; major cases in corporate litigation, AML, white-collar crime, banking, and Financial Intelligence Unit reports; 2,500…
Anaïk Pian

Maître de conférences l’Université de Strasbourg (Laboratoire DynamE) Strasbourg, France [email protected] Je suis sociologue et mes recherches portent sur les migrations internationales, les frontières et l’interprétariat dans l’asile et dans le domaine de la santé. J’ai récemment mené un terrain ethnographique sur l’interprétariat à la Cour nationale du droit d’asile (article à paraître dans la…
John O’Shea

Legal translator – Independent researcher London, United Kingdom [email protected] Capitalising on several decades of experience as a legal translation practitioner in the Greek–English combination, I carry out research in the areas of legal translator liability, the impacts and repercussions of legal translation “in the wild,” Greek property law and how it is translated, as well…
Javier Moreno-Rivero

Researcher in Translation Policy Theoretical and Applied Linguistics University of Cambridge United Kingdom [email protected] I am a researcher in theoretical and applied linguistics at the University of Cambridge, focusing on translation policies of minoritized languages. I hold undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in translation (Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Universitat d’Alacant) and applied Spanish linguistics (Universidad Internacional…
Brianne McGonigle Leyh

Associate Professor of Human Rights and Social Justice Ultrecht University The Netherlands [email protected] Read Brianne’s November 2020 Spotlight on Language, Culture and Justice. I am an associate professor of law, specializing in human rights and global justice issues, with a focus on victims’ rights, transitional justice, social justice and the documentation of serious crimes. My PhD…
Karen McAuliffe

Reader in Law and Birmingham Fellow University of Birmingham United Kingdom [email protected] My research focuses mainly on the field of law, language and translation in multilingual legal orders — in particular, EU and EU institutions. Prior to entering academia, I worked as a lawyer-linguist at the Court of Justice of the European Union, where my…
María Rosario Martín Ruano

Associate Professor Department of Translation and Interpretation University of Salamanca Salamanca, Spain [email protected] Read Rosario’s July 2020 Spotlight on Language, Culture and Justice. I am an associate professor at the University of Salamanca, Spain, where I am a member of the Research Group on Translation, Ideology and Culture, and co-leader of the research project entitled VIOSIMTRAD…
Aisha Maniar

Freelance Legal Translator and Activist United Kingdom [email protected] I am a freelance legal translator with undergraduate degrees in modern languages (Arabic and French) and law and a postgraduate degree in translation. I have worked for international governmental and nongovernmental organizations as a translator. I have taught MA Translation Studies at a British university as a…
Jonneke Koomen

Associate Professor of Politics and Sociology Co-chair, Women’s and Gender Studies Willamette University Salem, Oregon [email protected] I am associate professor of politics, sociology, and women’s and gender studies. I received a PhD in political science from the University of Minnesota. I trained as a critical international relations scholar, though I draw on a broad range…
Alexander Heinze

Assistant Professor Institute for Criminal Law and Justice Department for Foreign and International Criminal Law Georg-August University Göttingen, German [email protected] I am an assistant professor at the University of Göttingen, Germany, and am doing a “Habilitation” project on the semantic interdependence of criminal law and its interpretation. I hold a doctor’s degree in international criminal…
Tatiana Grieshofer

Reader in Language and Law School of English Birmingham Institute of Media and English Birmingham City University, UK [email protected] I am Reader in Language and Law with an interdisciplinary research profile in several areas of forensic linguistics (courtroom discourse, language and law) and socio-legal studies (procedural justice, self-represented litigants). My research expertise draws on combining…
Rebecca Ruth Gould

Distinguished Professor of Comparative Poetics and Global Politics SOAS University of London United Kingdom [email protected] I am a scholar, writer and translator currently based at SOAS University of London, working on the intersections of literary, legal and political theory. Much of my research focuses on the Middle East and the Muslim regions of the former…
Marie-Hélène Girard

Assistant Professor and Academic Coordinator Graduate Legal Translation Program Translation Studies Unit, School of Continuing Studies McGill University Montréal, Canada [email protected] Certified Translator (Canada) I am an assistant professor and academic coordinator for the Graduate Diploma in Legal Translation at the Translation Studies Unit of McGill University’s School of Continuing Studies in Montréal. Prior to…
Ahmed El Khamloussy

Translator, Course Director, Lecturer Court Interpreter International Criminal Court The Hague, Netherlands [email protected] My linguistic journey started in my native Morocco, where I obtained undergraduate degrees in English and American literature, and Arabic-English translation. For my Master of Arts in translation at the University of Ottawa, I wrote a thesis consisting of a commented translation…
Julie Fraser

Assistant Professor of Law Netherlands Institute of Human Rights Utrecht University The Netherlands [email protected] Read Julie’s May 2021 and November 2020 Spotlights on Language, Culture and Justice. I am an assistant professor of law based at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights at Utrecht University. In 2018 I defended my PhD, titled “Every Organ of Society: Exploring the…
Ellen Elias-Bursać

Freelance Literary Translator and Independent Scholar Past President, American Literary Translators Association Cambridge, Massachusetts [email protected] I have been working as a literary and community translator since the mid-1970s, starting when I lived in Yugoslavia (Zagreb, Croatia) from 1974 to 1990. Just a year before the war broke out in Yugoslavia, my family and I moved…
Sara de Jong

Professor in Politics University of York United Kingdom [email protected] Read Sara’s February 2020 Spotlight on Language, Culture and Justice. I am a professor in the Department of Politics at the University of York. I have held (visiting) fellowships at the University of Vienna (EU FP7 Marie Curie Fellowship), University of Goettingen, the International Institute of Social…
Miguel Ángel Campos Pardillos

Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics University of Alicante Alicante, Spain [email protected] Read Miguel Ángel’s May 2023 Spotlight on Language, Culture and Justice. I am a senior lecturer in English linguistics at the University of Alicante. My teaching involves mainly legal English and English-Spanish translation, mostly at a postgraduate level, where I have supervised a number of…
James Brannan

Head of English Division European Court of Human Rights Strasbourg, France [email protected] I have been a translator in the English Language Division at the European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, since 2005. I have also worked at the International Court of Justice and as a court interpreter/translator in Lyon, France. I hold degrees in French…
Michelle Auzanneau

Full Professor Population and Development Center Convergences Migration Institute University of Paris Paris, France [email protected] I am a sociolinguist whose work focuses on the variability of language practices in interaction with and in relation to global sociolinguistic dynamics (linked to urbanization, mobility, contacts, etc.). Whether in France or in Africa, I have worked on sociolinguistic…