Elena Di Giovanni

Elena Di Giovanni is Full Professor of English Linguistics and Translation. She has a degree in Specialized Translation (University of Bologna, Forlì) and a PhD in English for Special Purposes and Audiovisual Translation.
In 2016–2021 she was President of ESIST, European Association for Studies in Screen Translation.
In 2019 she was Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the University of Pittsburgh; she is now a Fulbright evaluator and mentor.
In 2024 she was Visiting Lecturer at CUNY and Fordham University (NYC), teaching cultural accessibility.
In the same year, she received the International Jan Ivarsson Award for her work in audiovisual translation and media accessibility.
She is a founding member of the Journal of Audiovisual Translation (www.jatjournal.org).
Since 2009, she coordinates accessibility projects for Italian theatres, museums and festivals, including Arena di Verona, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Grande (Brescia), Teatro Pavarotti-Freni (Modena) and Teatro Lirico (Cagliari). In 2025 her projects reached over 2,500 people with disabilities.