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CURRICULUM MARIA CRISTINA AIEZZA
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
2017: CELTA (Certificate in English Language Teaching to Adults), British Council Naples.
2016: Successful candidate in the competitive examination for teachers of the Italian secondary school, subject AD05 (AB24/AB25, English Language and Culture), MIUR.
2015: PhD in English for Specific Purposes (L-LIN/12), University of Naples Federico II, Department of Political Science
2015: Teaching Qualification in English Language and Culture (A345/A346), T.F.A. (Tirocinio Formativo Attivo, Active Formative Traineeship), II cycle, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.
2010: Master’s Degree with honors in Theory and Praxis of Translation (English), University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2018-2019: Lecturer in English Language L-LIN/12 (6 credits) for the Bachelor’s Degree in Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at the University of Sannio, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods.
2017-2018: Lecturer in English Language L-LIN/12 (6 credits) for the Bachelor’s Degrees in Economics, Banking and Finance and in Statistical and Actuarial Sciences at the University of Sannio, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods.
2016-2017: Lecturer in English Language L-LIN/12 (6 credits) for the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Banking and Finance at the University of Sannio, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods.
2016-2017: Lecturer in English Language L-LIN/12, preparatory course to the English Language courses for the Degrees in Economics and Business Sciences, University of Sannio, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods.
2015-2016: Lecturer in English Language L-LIN/12 (9 credits) for the Bachelor’s Degree in Economics of the Tourist Services at the University of Sannio, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods.
2015-2016: Lecturer in English Language L-LIN/12, preparatory course to the English Language courses for the Degrees in Economics and Business Sciences, University of Sannio, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods.
2015-2016: English Language Teacher, preparatory course for the B1 (PET) Certification, Language Centre of the University of Sannio (CLAUS).
2012-2015: Teaching Assistant in English Language (L-LIN/12), in collaboration with prof. Flavia Cavaliere, University of Naples Federico II, Department of Human Sciences.
2014: Teacher of English for the armed forces for the cadet sergeants, Italian Army Base “O. Salomone” in Capua (CE).
2012-2013: Italian language assistant in the United Kingdom, secondary school Barr Beacon College, Walsall.
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
2015-2019: Post-Doctoral Researcher in English Language and Translation (L-LIN/12) in collaboration with Antonella Napolitano, University of Sannio, Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
2013-2015 Specialised translation and interpreting for Intraservice (Translation and interpreting agency), Arce (FR).
2010-2011 Literary translation for Harlequin Mondadori, Milan.
RECENT SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
Maria Cristina Aiezza (forthcoming). “Sign and Make Your Mark on the World a Positive One.” A Discourse and Genre Analysis of UK Online Petitions to Reduce Single-Use Plastics. Anglistica 22.
Maria Cristina Aiezza (forthcoming). “#AmericaFirst vs #primagliitaliani. A Corpus-Assisted CDA of Trump’s and Salvini’s Twitter Communications”. Populist Discourse Across Modes and Media.
Maria Cristina Aiezza (forthcoming). “EM...A Ready for Relocation? A Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Amsterdam’s and Milan’s Bid for the European Medicines Agency.” Languaging Diversity Volume 4 Discourse and Diversity in the Global City.
Maria Cristina Aiezza (forthcoming). Too Good to Be True: A Discourse Analysis of the Australian Online Scam Prevention Website. Language and Law in Social Practice.
Maria Cristina Aiezza (forthcoming). The Twitter Crier: A Comparative Discourse Analysis of How British Supermarkets Target Their Market Through Microblogging. In Cladia Ortu & Francesco Bachis (a cura di), Languaging Diversity Volume 3: Languaging Class.
Antonella Napolitano & Maria Cristina Aiezza (forthcoming). Trump is Erasing Climate Change... Language: A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of the US Online Environmental Communications under Obama and Trump. In Elena Manca, Francesca Bianchi & Denise Milizia (a cura di), Lingue e Linguaggi, special issue, Representing and Redefining Specialised Knowledge: Corpora and LSP.
Antonella Napolitano & Maria Cristina Aiezza 2018. The Press War in the Post-Truth Era: A Corpus-Assisted CDA of the Discourse of US Political Analysts on Trump’s Figure and Policy. Textus 31 (1): 91-118.
Antonella Napolitano & Maria Cristina Aiezza 2018. “If Only Everything in Life Was as (Un)Reliable as a Volkswagen”. A CDA of the Online Popularisation of the Diesel-gate Notices of Violation. In Girolamo Tessuto, Vijay K. Bhatia and Ian Engberg (eds), Frameworks for Discursive Actions and Practices of the Law. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 248-271.
Maria Cristina Aiezza 2018. A Bridge over Troubled Water? A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of Brexit Negotiations between the UK Department for Exiting the European Union and the European Commission. In Carolina Diglio, Antonella Napolitano & Fabio Perilli (eds), Identité, Diversité et Langue, Entre Ponts et Murs. Identity and Language Diversity, Between Walls and Bridges. Naples: Iniziative Editoriali Paolo Loffredo, 357-380.
Antonella Napolitano & Maria Cristina Aiezza 2017. The Power of Feedback. A Comparative Discourse Analysis of TripAdvisor Reviews by Expert and Novice Users in the UK and in Italy. In Elena Di Giovanni & Francesca Raffi (eds), Languaging Diversity Volume 3: Language(s) and Power. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 129-155.
Maria Cristina Aiezza 2017. Go Before They’re Gone. A Comparative Analysis of Online Travel Coupon Advertising. In Maurizio Gotti, Stefania Maci & Michele Sala (eds), Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Representing the Voices of Tourism. Bern: Peter Lang, 102-129.
Maria Cristina Aiezza 2017. Dealing with Deals. A Comparative Study of the Promotional Discourse in Online Coupon Advertising. In Liliana Landolfi, Eleonora Federici & Flavia Cavaliere (eds), Transnational Subjects. Longuistic Encounters. Selected Papers from XXVII AIA Conference, Volume II. Naples: Liguori Editore, 197-210.
Maria Cristina Aiezza 2016. EUnited in Diversity: Turkish Women – Between Tradition and Modernity. In Lucia Abbamonte & Flavia Cavaliere (eds), Mediterranean Heritage in Transit. (Mis-)Representations via English. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 224-254.
Maria Cristina Aiezza 2015. ‘We May Face the Risks’ … ‘Risks that Could Adversely Affect Our Face.’ A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Modality Markers in CSR Reports.” Studies in Communication Sciences 15, 1: 68-76.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
20-22 June 2019 (forthcoming). #ReadyToChange: A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the EU Digital Campaign to Reduce Single-Use Plastics. A-MODE International Conference. Approaches to Multimodal Digital Environments: from Theories to Practices. University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome.
22-24 November 2018. “#AmericaFirst vs #primagliitaliani. A Corpus-Assisted CDA of Trump’s and Salvini’s Twitter communications”, panel “Medium and message in populist politics.” Conference In the name of the people: representing the people in twenty-first century politics. Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
27-29 September 2018. “EM...A Ready for Relocation? A Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Amsterdam’s and Milan’s Bid for the European Medicines Agency.” Languaging Diversity 2018. Discourse and Diversity in the Global City. KU Leuven, Antwerp, Belgium.
21–23 June 2018. “EdX-Learning: A Genre and Discourse Analysis of Online Economics University Courses” (with Antonella Napolitano). CERLIS 2018 – Scholarly Pathways: Knowledge transfer and Knowledge Exchange in Academia, University of Bergamo.
24–26 may 2018. “Too good to be true. A discourse analysis of the Australian online scam prevention website.” Language and Law in Social Practice, CRILL 2018, 5th International Conference – Legal Discourse: Context, Media and Social Power, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta.
30 November–December 2017. “Erasing climate change. A corpus-assisted CDA of the US online environmental communications during Obama and Trump Administrations” (with Antonella Napolitano). CLAVIER 2017 – Representing and redefining specialised knowledge, University of Bari.
28–30 September 2017. “The Twitter crier. A comparative discourse analysis of how British supermarkets target their market through microblogging” (with Antonella Napolitano). Languaging Diversity 2017 – Language and Social Class, University Cagliari.
23–25 June 2016. “Go before they’re gone. A comparative analysis of online travel coupons advertising.” Ways of seeing, ways of being: representing the voices of tourism, CERLIS (Centro di Ricerca sui Linguaggi Specialistici), University of Bergamo.
26-28 May 2016. “‘If only everything in life was as (un)reliable as a Volkswagen’, A CDA of the online popularisation of the Diesel-gate notices of violation” (with Antonella Napolitano). Language and Law in Social Practice, 4th International Conference, Negotiating Cultural, Jurisdictional and Disciplinary Boundaries, Second University of Naples, Caserta.
3-5 March 2016. “The power of feedback. A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of Tripadvisor reviews in Italy and the UK” (with Antonella Napolitano). Languaging Diversity. Language(s) and power, University of Macerata.
10–12 September 2015. “Dealing with deals. A comparative study of the discourse of online coupon advertising.” XXVII AIA Conference, Transnational Subjects: Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Encounters, University of Naples “L’Orientale” and University of Naples Federico II.
9–11 October 2014. “Caring for the Community: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis of Culture-Specific Elements in Indian CSR Reports.” Languaging Diversity International Conference 2014, University of Catania.
14–17 May 2014. “How fine is it to admit you were fined? A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of compliance communication in CSR reports.” Language and Law in Social Practice, 3rd International Conference, Second University of Naples, Caserta.
2–6 February 2014. “‘We may face the risks’… ‘risks that could adversely affect our face.’ A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of modality markers in CSR reports”. Discourse Approaches to Financial Communication, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.
4–8 September 2012. “EUnited in diversity: Turkish women – Between tradition and modernity.”
ESSE (European Society for the Study of English) 2012, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.
4–6 July 2012. “Developing environmental ethics: discourse analysis of sustainability reports.”
CADAAD (Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines) 2012, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal.
2–3 March 2012. “Subtitling Nollywood. The translACtion of a multilingual film: Bleeding Rose.”
Novel Insights in Audiovisual Translation, University of Naples “L’Orientale”.
CONFERENCE ORGANISATION
5–7 October 2015. Women in Business. Female entrepreneurs and economic development, University of Sannio. Language assistant.
10–12 September 2015. XXVII AIA Conference, Transnational Subjects: Linguistic, Literary and Cultural Encounters, University of Naples “L’Orientale” and University of Naples Federico II. Member of the organising committee.
4–6 June 2012. Space, place and the discursive construction of identity, University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Member of the organising committee.
2–3 March 2012. Novel Insights in Audiovisual Translation, University of Naples “L’Orientale.” Member of the organising committee.
14–16 October 2010. Racism, immigration and the power of the image. African and Diasporic cinema in Naples, University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Italian subtitles for the film Handsworth Songs by John Akomfrah (1987).
AFFILIATIONS
2016→ Member of the I-LanD (Identity, Language and Diversity Research Centre) Inter-university Research Centre.
2012→ Member of AIA (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica) and ESSE (European Society for the Study of English)