Ashley Merrill RIGGS

Ashley Merrill Riggs is an Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Comparative Linguistic and Cultural Studies. Her research spans translation studies, news discourse, metaphor analysis, queer theory, and cross-cultural communication.

Research Focus: She investigates how stylistic features in news media and translation processes shape cultural perceptions, particularly around crises like terrorism and pandemics. Her work also explores feminist and queer reinterpretations of fairy tales in multilingual contexts.

Publications Trends: Her recent articles emphasize multimodal analysis of news framing, metaphorical constructions in crisis reporting, and comparative studies of literary adaptation. Keywords include

• Intercultural Communication
• Discursive Power
• Queer Literary Analysis
• News Translation
• Metaphor in Journalism

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Contact: Email: ashleymerrill.riggs@unive.it