Magdalena Zabielska

Dr. Magdalena Zabielska is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of English, Adam Mickiewicz University (UAM) in Poznań, Poland. She earned her M.A. (2006) and Ph.D. (2010) in English from Poznań, specializing in sociolinguistics and discourse analysis. Her primary research explores medical communication, cross-cultural healthcare interactions, and digital discourse, with ongoing projects on migrant patient experiences and pandemic-related language.

Research Focus: Zabielska investigates how language shapes healthcare experiences, analyzing professional medical texts, online patient forums, and crisis communication. Her work bridges sociolinguistics with applied contexts like migration medicine and public health messaging, employing methods from discourse analysis to thematic interpretation.

Recent Publications: Her 2022-2024 articles reveal concentrated work on pandemic discourse, war narratives in digital media, and structural analysis of medical genres. Trends include heightened focus on marginalized voices (migrants, patients) and cross-cultural institutional communication.

Awards & Projects:

• Rector's Awards for teaching excellence (2014) and research (2015, 2018)
• Principal Investigator for two major projects: 1) Communication challenges for foreign patients in Poznań (NSC-funded, 2020-2021); 2) COVID-19 discourse in medical vs. public spheres (AMU-funded, 2020-2021)

Collaborations & Service: She co-organizes international conferences (e.g., COMET 2025), reviews for linguistics journals, and partners with researchers like Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak on medical discourse studies. Her teaching covers academic writing, healthcare communication, and sociolinguistics.