Dora RENNA

Dr. Dora RENNA is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies of Ca' Foscari University of Venice. Her research focuses on linguistic variation, audiovisual translation, and intercultural communication, with particular emphasis on stereotypes in media and literature. She has published extensively on topics such as multicultural representation in film, dialect translation strategies, and multimodal discourse analysis.

Education: Holds a PhD in Translation Studies (2019, University of Verona) and has conducted postdoctoral research in sociolinguistics and cultural studies.

Research Interests:

• Audiovisual translation and cultural adaptation
• Linguistic representation of ethnicity and identity
• Intercultural communication in literature and media
• Metaphor analysis and stereotyping
• Multimodal frameworks in translation studies

Publications Trends (2021–2024): Recent work analyzes intercultural facework in detective fiction, linguistic variation in transmedia adaptations, and the role of persuasion in specialized discourse. She has also edited volumes on persuasion strategies and co-authored studies on Chinese-American literary characters.

Professional Contributions: Serves as a peer reviewer for academic journals and has curated editorial projects such as Persuasion in Specialized Discourse (2024). Active in international conferences and interdisciplinary collaborations linking linguistics with cultural studies.

Labs/Teams: Participates in cross-disciplinary research groups at Ca' Foscari focusing on media translation and cultural mediation. Collaborates with institutions like the John Benjamins Publishing Company on edited volumes.