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 Sirkku Aaltonen - Professor, Head of Department
Special Interests:
  • Translation studies
  • Theatre/drama translation 
  • Cultural studies.
Degrees:
  • KTM University of Vaasa
  • FL University of Joensuu
  • FT University of Joensuu
  • Docent, University of Joensuu
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 Anne Cleary-Hautaniemi - Instructor
 

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 William Goymer - Lecturer
Special Interests:
  • American studies
  • Literature
  • Film and Media Theory and Criticism (Silent Cinema)
  • Tradition of Essay Writing in English
  • America in The Cold War
  • Notions of Obscenity and the Forbidden Image.
Degrees:
  • BA Hons in English: UEA
  • MA in American studies: King's College, London
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 Majvor Levälahti - Instructor
Special Interests:
  • Translation, especially for television
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 Tuija Luokkakallio - Instructor
Special Interests:
  • Translation studies, translating and business English
Degrees:
  • FM, University of Vaasa
  • Master's Thesis: 'Culture specificity in Finnish Tarzan translations'
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 Gerald Porter - Senior Lecturer
Special Interests:
  • Oral studies
  • Cultural studies
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Post-colonial literature.
Degrees:
  • Degrees: MA Hons in English: University of Oxford
  • FL University of Umeå
  • FD University of Umeå
  • Docent, University of Umeå
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 Deborah Ruuskanen - Lecturer
Special Interests:
  • Translation studies, Literary studies, Appalachian folksongs
  • Comparative mythology.
Professional qualifications:
  • Authorised translator
Degrees:
  • BA Hons in English (American literature): University of South Carolina
  • MA in English Linguistics (Translation): University of Birmingham
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 John Shepherd - Lecturer
Special Interests:
  • Communication skills
  • Intercultural communication
  • Educational management
  • Language teaching methodology
  • Curriculum Development.
Professional qualifications:
  • Advanced Diploma in Education (TEFL Teaching): University of Sheffield, Qualified Teacher, U.K. (modern languages).
Degrees:
  • BA Joint Hons in English literature and German language and literature: University of Wales
  • BA in French language and literature and English literature: University of Teesside
  • FM University of Vaasa
  • M. Ed (EFL) University of Sheffield
  • FL University of Vaasa
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 Elina Syri - Assistant
Special Interests:
  • Afro-American literature
  • Trauma Narratives
Professional qualifications:
  • Teacher's qualification for English and Swedish: University of Tampere
Degrees:
  • FM, University of Vaasa
  • Master's Thesis: "Intertextuality in Toni Morrison's Novel Beloved - Particularly in Relation to Frederick Douglass' and Harriet Ann Jacobs' Slave Narratives
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 Aira Thölix - Lecturer
Special Interests:
  • Translation studies
Professional qualifications:
  • Authorised translator
  • Teacher's qualificiation for English, University of Turku
Degrees:
  • FM, University of Turku
  • DKK
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 Jukka Tiusanen - Acting Lecturer
Special Interests:
  • James Joyce
  • Eighteenth-century Literature
  • Allegory
  • Victorian Literature
Professional qualifications:
  • Teacher's qualification for English and Latin: University of Helsinki
Degrees:
  • FK, English, University of Helsinki
  • M.A. and Ph.D., English, UCLA.
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