MICHAEL SHERMAN BOYD

Michael S. Boyd holds academic positions at Roma Tre University (as a native English lecturer), UNINT (adjunct professor), and the Scuola Superiore della Magistratura (School of the Judiciary) as a linguist and instructor of English for Law. He has resided in Italy since 1995, teaching Russian and English at various institutions. His primary affiliation is Roma Tre University, where he contributes to language education and legal discourse instruction.

Education: B.A. with honors in Russian and French from George Washington University (1989), M.A. and Ph.D. in Slavic and General Linguistics from The Ohio State University (1997).

Research focuses on Critical Discourse Analysis, political discourse, juridical-legal language, interpreter-mediated interactions, corpus linguistics, and new media discourse. He has published a monograph and essays exploring these areas, particularly applying critical discourse analysis to interpreting and legal contexts.

Professional memberships include the LARIM research group (scientific committee member) and the CLC group (Center for Linguistic Research on Corpora at UNINT), contributing to conferences on interpreter-mediated interactions.