Anna Gadd

Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education, School of Humanities

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6008-5873

Phone+61 8 6488 2159
Emailanna.gadd@uwa.edu.au

The University of Western Australia (M204), 35 Stirling Highway,
6009 Perth
Australia

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Personal profile

Funding overview

Summer School Scholarship, 2017.

Postgraduate Publication Grant, 2015.

Postgraduate Teaching Internship Scheme, 2013.

Biography

I did my BA and MA studies in Modern Languages and Translation at Università degli Studi di Milano and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
I then completed a PhD titled, "Australia Translated. A source-oriented translation of Elizabeth Jolley's Mr Scobie's Riddle" under the supervision of Prof. John Kinder and Prof. Tanya Dalziell at The University of Western Australia.
I have been involved in the teaching of units of Italian Studies and Translation Studies since 2012.
I am currently teaching and coordinating units of Spanish, Translation and Italian.

Roles and responsibilities

Master of Translation Studies (co-ordinator)
Spanish Studies (co-ordinator)
Italian Studies (lecturer)

Future research

I am interested in the teaching of foreign languages, particularly Italian and Spanish; the use of social media in the foreign language classroom; Translation Studies and applied translation.

Funding overview

Postgraduate Teaching Internship Scheme, 2013.
Postgraduate Publication Grant, 2015.
Summer School Scholarship, 2017.

Current projects

TRANSLATION: I am currently working on the translation of a collection of short novels.
I am translating contemporary Italian poetry.
RESEARCH: I am investigating in the use of social media in the foreign language classroom and looking into new methods of teaching Spanish as a foreign language.