Mónica Rodríguez-Castro

Mónica Rodríguez-Castro, Ph.D., is a Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation. She joined UNC Charlotte in 2014 as Assistant Professor, became Associate Professor in 2019, and was promoted to Professor in 2025. Previously, she served as Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville from 2011–2014.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Translation Studies (Kent State University, 2011)
• M.A. in Spanish Linguistics (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, 2007)
• B.A. in Spanish Translation (Universidade de Vigo, 2004)

Research Interests include empirical translator satisfaction, corpus linguistics for contrastive analysis, machine translation/post-editing pedagogy, and scholarship of engagement with Latino communities. Her work bridges translation technology and social impact through community partnerships.

Scientific Awards:

• 2023 Faculty Research Grant (UNC Charlotte, PI)
• 2012 Victor A. Olorunsola Endowed Research Award
• Multiple Spanish Film Club Grants (2014–2018)
• Certified/Sworn Translator by Spanish Foreign Affairs Office (2004)

Professional Leadership: Elected Vice President of CATI (2021–present), former Graduate Program Director (2020–2023), and active member in ATA, MLA, and IATIS. She leads research projects on corpus-based mental health discourse analysis and translator job task analysis (2021–present).