Nadia-Nicoleta MORĂRAŞU

ACADEMIC AND MANAGERIAL POSITIONS

  • Associate Professor
  • Department representative responsible for quality management
  • Member of the examination board granting Linguistic Competence Certificates
  • Coordinator of Erasmus+ agreements
  • Coordonator of Europe Direct Information Centre

 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  • BA in Philology (1994-1998), University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters and Sciences, English language and literature – French language and literature; diploma advisor: Associate Professor Ioan-Lucian Popa
  • MA in Language and Communication Sciences (2002-2004), University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters; dissertation advisor: Professor Maria Carpov
  • PhD in Philology, British and American Literature (2004-2007), “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iasi, Romania, Doctoral Studies Department; doctoral advisor: Professor Stefan Avadanei 

 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Teaching positions
  • 2019 to the present - associate professor, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Bacau, Romania
  • 2008-2019 - senior lecturer, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Bacau, Romania
  • 2004-2007 – assistant lecturer in English language; 2001-2004 – teaching assistant, University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Bacau, Romania
  • 1998-2001 – qualified teacher of English, Chemistry High School, Bacau, Romania
TEACHING AREAS
Academic disciplines currently taught: 
  • Contemporary English Syntax (BA course and seminar)
  • Introduction to English Stylistics (BA course)
  • The theory and practice of translation and interpreting (seminar)
  • Practical English (language skills)
  • English through naming acts  (MA course and seminar)
  • Registers and styles of English language (MA course and seminar)
  • Discourse practices in media communication (MA course)
Erasmus teaching staff mobilities: 
  • University Bordeaux 3, France (2011); 
  • University of Wroclaw (2012); 
  • University of Oviedo (2016)
  • University of Leeds (2017)
Didactic materials

    • Nadia-Nicoleta Morăraşu, The syntax of compound and complex sentences, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2015, ISBN: 978-606-527-446-4
    • Nadia-Nicoleta Morăraşu, The practice of English language: texts for translation-oriented analyses, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2015, ISBN: 978-606-527-447-1
    • Elena Bonta, Nadia-Nicoleta Morăraşu (coord.) A Treasure Book of "-NYM" Words (auxiliary materials for English lexicoloy), 2015, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2015, ISBN 978-606-527-460-0 
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu, Registers and Styles of English Language, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2014,  ISBN:9786065273665
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu, The syntax of the simple sentence, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2011,  ISBN:978-606-527-122-7
    • Nadia N. Morăraşu, English through naming acts, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2011,  ISBN: 978-606-527-123-4

     RESEARCH ACTIVITY
    Research interests/fields of research: 
    • Identity and naming studies
    • Stylistics
    • Phraseology
    • Cultural studies
    • Translation studies 
    Publications
    Books and book chapters
    • Nadia-Nicoleta Morăraşu, The Stylistic Identity of English Literary Texts: 2nd revised edition, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, 2016, 244 pages, ISBN: 978-3659846403 
    • Maria Prisecaru, Nadia Morăraşu, Lumea plantelor în viaţa omului (chapters: “Denumirile populare ale plantelor şi rolul lor în stabilirea arealului acestora” [Common names of plants and their role in establishing their habitat] and “Frazeologismele din sfera vegetală ca expresie a înţelepciunii populare” [Plant-related phraseologisms as an expression of popular wisdom], Alma Mater, Bacău, 2012, ISBN: 978-606-527-019-0
    • Nadia Morăraşu, “Creative Naming and Ironic Signifying Acts in Atlas de mitocănie urbană”, From Thought to Act: Semiotic Perspectives (editors: Doina Cmeciu, Traian Stanciulescu), pp. 118-135, Performantica, Iași, 2014, ISBN: 978-606-685-159-6
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu, The Stylistic Identity of English Literary Texts, Alma Mater, Bacău, 2014, 298 pages, ISBN: 9786065273269
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu: The shaping of narrative identity through the act of naming, 2nd revised edition, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Saarbrücken, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8465-4994-0
    • Nadia N. Morăraşu, A Dictionary of Similes: from Phrasemes to Tropes, PIM, Iaṣi, 2010, ISBN 978-606-520-723-3
    • Nadia Morăraşu, „Combinaţii sintagmatice şi contextualizări socio-culturale ale numelui etnic de român” in Starea de a fi român (editors: Doina Cmeciu şi Ioan Dănilă), Alma Mater, Bacău,  2009, pp.137-154, ISBN:978-606-527-019-0
    • Cmeciu, Doina (coord.); Sava, Ioan; Vitalus, Andreia; Culea, Mihaela; Morarasu, Nadia Nicoleta; Ciobanu, Elena; Balinisteanu, Catalina; Corban, Diana, Textual studies, Alma Mater, 2006, ISBN 9738392195/ 9789738392199 
    Selected articles/papers
    • Morărașu, Nadia-Nicoleta, Drugă, Luminița: “The Symbolic Functions of Culinary Practices Shaping Romanian Gastronomic Identity”, in Cultural Perspectives. Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania, 20/2015, pp. 98-115, ISSN 1224- 239X, indexed in CEEOL, Index Copernicus, BHI, KVK 
    • N.N. Morăraşu, L. Drugă: "Scholarly Identity Projections of Romanian Humanities Academics on Social Media Platforms", SMART 2014 International Conference - Social Media in Academia: Research and Teaching, Medimond - Monduzzi Editore, Bologna, 2015, pp. 277-284, ISBN 978-88-7587-712-5.  
    • Nadia-Nicoleta Morăraşu, Maria Prisecaru: “Cultural Associations of Plant-related Proverbs”, Scientific Studies and Researches. Biology. Vegetal series, no. 23/1, 2014, pp. 58-60, Ed. „Alma Mater”, Bacău, ISSN:1224-919 X  
    • Drugă, Luminița, Morărașu, Nadia-Nicoleta: “Globalizing Naming Practices and Multiple Discourses in Romanian Sociopetal Spaces”, în Cultural Perspectives. Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania, 18/1, 2013, pp.67-85, ISSN 1224-239X
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu & Luminiţa Drugă: “Cultural Changes and Linguistic Fashions of Advertising Names for Romanian Local Trademarks”, in Cultural Perspectives.Journal for Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania, no. 17/2012, pp. 115-131, Alma Mater, Bacău, ISBN 1224-239X
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu: “Exploring the Stylistics of Gendered Identities within Boundaries and Beyond Borders”, lucrare publicată în Interstudia, vol. Cultural Spaces and Identities in (Inter)action, no. 11(1)/2012, pp. 131-139, Alma Mater, Bacău, ISSN 2065-3204
    • Luminiţa Drugă si Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu: “Socio-cultural Representations of the Ethnic Identity Crises of Romanian Gypsy/Roma Population”, in Cultural Perspectives. Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania, no. 16/2011, pp. 7-24, Alma Mater, Bacău, ISSN 1224-239X
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu & Luminiţa Drugă: “Projecting the ethnic identity of Romanian gypsies/roma through contemporary first name-giving practices”, Onoma 46 (2011), pp. 77-96, Peeters Leuven
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu:  “Cross-Linguistic Equivalence and Translatability of English Toponymic Idioms”, Translation Studies. Retrospective and Prospective Views. Proceedings of the sixth conference Translation Studies: Retrospective and Prospective Views, issue 12/2011, Editura Fundaţiei universitare “Dunărea de Jos” Galaţi, 2008, pp. 57-62, ISSN 2065- 3514
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu: “Linguistic properties of English human-related conventional similes”, Interstudia, vol. Cultural Spaces and Identities in (Inter)action, no. 6/2010, pp. 279-287, Ed. „Alma Mater”, Bacău, ISSN 2065-3204
    • Nadia Morăraşu: “The Signifying Values of Additional and Substitute Names in Contemporary Romanian Celebrity Culture”, in Cultural Perspectives. Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania, no. 15/2010, pp. 136-155, Alma Mater, Bacău ISSN 1224-239X
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu: “A Model of Construction of Narrative Identity in Dickensian Novels”, in Philologia Serbia, no. 8 1-10/2010, pp. 115-122, indexed in SCINDEX and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) 
    • Nadia Morăraşu: “Identity Projections and Cultural Stereotypes in the Conceptual Associations of Similes”, in Cultural Perspectives. Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania, no. 14/2009, Alma Mater, Bacău, ISSN 1224-239X
    • Nadia Nicoleta Morăraşu: “Translation Strategies for English and Romanian Conventionalized Similes”, in Translation Studies. Retrospective and Prospective Views, issue  6/ 2009, Galati University Press, pp 72-77, ISSN 2065-3514
    Projects
    • Project Be-Epart (Be European Parliament Part), Grundvig Learning Partnerships
      • Partners: Conti Editore - IT (coord.); SCAI Comunicazione srl - IT; European Network Limited - UK; SONHOS PARA SEMPRE - REDE DE ANIMACAO SOCIAL E COMUNITARIA, CRL - PT; IDIL HALK EGITIM MERKEZI - Turkey; "AIHMI" KERDOSKOPIKI ETAIRIA - GR; "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau - RO; Centrul pentru Jurnalism Independent - RO. Duration: 2013-2015.

     EDITORIAL ACTIVITY
    TUTORIAL ACTIVITY
    • Scientific advisor of diploma papers for BA degree (since 2008)
    • Scientific advisor of dissertations for MA degree (since 2009)
    • Coordinator of methodological-scientific papers for obtaining the didactic degree I certificate 

     PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
    Research centres and groups
    • executive director of CETAL Research Group (2014 to the present)
    National associations
    International associations

     DISTINCTIONS
    • 2007: The Cum Laudae distinction for the PhD thesis defended at "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University, Iasi

     CONTACT
    E-mail: morarasu.nadia@ub.ro; n.morarasu@yahoo.com
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nadia_Morarasu
    https://ub-ro.academia.edu/NadiaMorarasu
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