Ana Isabel Foulquie Rubio

Ana Isabel Foulquie Rubio is a Professor in the Department of Translation and Interpreting at the University of Murcia's Faculty of Arts and Humanities. She holds a Ph.D. from the same institution (2015) with a thesis titled Interpretación en el contexto educativo: la comunicación docentes-padres extranjeros, supervised by Dr. Isabel Abril Martí and Dr. Ana María Rojo López. Her research focuses on interpreting in public services, medical interpreting, and translation didactics.

Key research areas include:

• Medical interpreting ethics and training
• Language brokering in healthcare
• Interpreter anxiety and performance
• Public services interpreting in Spain and beyond

Recent work highlights include comparative studies of healthcare interpreting practices in Spain, Italy, and Romania (2024), and analysis of stress indicators in student interpreters (2021). She is affiliated with the Translation, Didactics and Cognition research group and previously contributed to the Language, Cognition and Translation group.

Her publications emphasize practical training innovations and ethical decision-making frameworks for interpreters, with a strong focus on bridging theoretical research and real-world professional challenges.