Let’s Congratulate Our Newest IMN Country Representative in Romania!

                 IMN Country Representative for Romania, Dr.Mihaela Culea!

We wish to congratulate you on your new appointment as IMN Country Representative in  Romania   and we take this opportunity to look forward in working closely and strenghten the   cooperation with our network. We are sure our cooperation will continue to be fruitful in the future.

Dr. Mihaela Culea

ACADEMIC AND MANAGERIAL POSITIONS 

• ·         Senior Lecturer 
• ·         Department representative in charge with research and international relations 
• ·         Tutor of 2nd year MA programme (English Language. Communication Practices) 
• ·    Coordinator of Erasmus+ agreements (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic; University of Bratislava, Slovakia; University of Thessaloniki, Greece) 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 

• ·         BA in Philology (1999-2003), University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters and Sciences, English language and literature – Romanian language and literature; diploma advisor: Professor Doina Cmeciu 
• ·         MA in Language and Communication Sciences (2003-2005), University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters 
• ·         PhD in Philology, British and American Literature (2008), “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iasi, Romania, Doctoral Studies Department; doctoral advisor: Professor Stefan Avadanei 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Teaching positions 

• ·         February 2012 to the present - Senior lecturer, “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Romania 
• ·         2005-2012 - assistant lecturer in English literature, University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Romania  
• ·         2003-2005 - teaching assistant, University of Bacau, Faculty of Letters, Romania 

Didactic materials 

• ·         CULEA, MIHAELA, The History of English Culture and Civilisation, Bacău, Alma Mater, ISBN 978-606-527-037-4, 2009. 
• ·         CULEA, MIHAELA, English for Marketing Students. A Workbook for Marketing Students, I Year Students, Distance Learning Programme, Bacău, Alma Mater, ISBN 978-606-527-190-6, 2012 
• ·         Culea, Mihaela; Galiţa, Raluca, English for Accounting and Business Administration, Bacău, Alma Mater, 2012, ISBN 978-606-527-229-3. 

Erasmus teaching staff mobilities: 

• ·         University of Poitiers, France (2007) 
• ·         University of Pardubice, Czech Republic (2014) 
• ·         University of Bratislava, Slovakia (2015) 

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

• Research interests/fields of research
• ·         English literature
• ·         British cultural history
• ·         Multicultural studies
• ·         discourse analysis

EDITORIAL ACTIVITY

Edited volumes 

• Elena Bonta (coord.), Catalina Balinisteanu, Mihaela Culea, Raluca Galița, Interstudia no. 9(1)/2011, proceeding volume "Cultural Diversity through Language and Communication", Editura „Alma Mater”, Bacău, ISSN 2065-3204, no. 9(1)/2011.

Edited journals 

• ·Co-editor of RoBrit Student Journal. English Semestrial Review of the Romanian Students from The Faculty of Letters, Editura “Alma Mater”, Bacău, ISSN 2066-6470, no. 1/2009, 2/2010, no. 5/2013, no. 6/2014, no. 7/2015. 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

Research centres and groups 

• Member of CETAL (Centre of Textual Explorations and Action through Language), Faculty of Letters, "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacau 

National associations 

• ·                     RSECS (Romanian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) 

International associations 

• ·                     ISECS, International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies