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Anthony Dion Mitzel

Adjunct professor

Department of Interpreting and Translation

Department of Political and Social Sciences

Department of Sociology and Business Law

Teaching tutor

Department of Sociology and Business Law

Short Bio

Adjunct professor of Linguistics, Language and Culture

Academic discipline: L-LIN/12 English Language and Translation


"Anthony Dion Mitzel, PhD (UCL) is an adjunct professor of linguistics, language and culture at the Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna (Italy) where he teaches courses on Applied linguistics, sociocultural semiotics, Humor studies, and Philosophy of memes. Mitzel did his undergraduate work at Youngstown States University and his graduate work at University College London (UK) with a PhD dissertation entitled “Authenticity and Ephemerality: The Memes of Trancultural Production In Italian American Culture which focuses on the expression of Italian culture around the world including Youngstown, Ohio. His work has been published in journals in Italy and the United States while he has presented his research at conferences in both Europe and North America. His research interest includes Linguistics, Semiotics, Multimodality, Culturology, Italian American Studies, Philosophy of Memes (Meme Theory), Humour Studies as well as documentary filmmaking." 

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8410-352X


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Contacts

E-mail:
anthonydion.mitzel@unibo.it

Other contacts

Web:

Dipartimento di Interpretazione e Traduzione
Corso della Repubblica 136, Forlì - Go to map

Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna - Go to map

Dipartimento di Sociologia e Diritto dell'Economia
Strada Maggiore 45, Bologna - Go to map

Office hours

In person office hours are by appointment only. Thesis students can contact me by email to arrange an appointment via MS Teams (anthonydion.mitzel@unibo.it).