Jane Johnson has been a tenured research lecturer at the University of Bologna since 2008. Her research focuses on English Language and Linguistics. In particular, her research involves the use of corpora in discourse analysis; English for Specific Purposes, particularly institutional discourse, political discourse, and media discourse; and corpus stylistics especially as regards translation between Italian and English. Her current research projects concern English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) at tertiary level, and the design of resources to support lecturers teaching in English on international courses; the creation of corpora in English as a teaching source for Social Work students; and discourse analysis of newspaper texts on the theme of climate change and human migration (with Cinzia Bevitori).
Education
She graduated in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English and European Literature from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.
In 1996 she gained a Diploma in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from Cambridge University.
In 1997 she gained a Diploma in Translation (Italian/English) from the Institute of Linguists, London.
In 2007 she completed a Masters degree in Translation Studies (with Merit) at the University of Birmingham (United Kingdom).
Academic Career
She began her academic career as a contract lecturer (from 2000 - 2007) at the School for Interpreters and Translators of the University of Bologna (SSLMIT) where she taught Translation into English, and English Language.
Between 2005 and 2007 she taught English Language and English Linguistics (Corpus Linguistics Module) at the School of Modern Foreign Languages and Literature, University of Bologna.
In 2008 she became a tenured researcher in the disciplinary area L-LIN/12 English Language and Translation within the Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LILEC).
Teaching
Between 2000 and 2008 she held a number of teaching contracts at the University of Bologna on the Bachelors’ degree and Masters’ degree courses at the School of Interpreters and Translators, the School of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, and the School of Political Science.
Since 2008 she has taught English at the Faculty of Political Science (Scienze Politiche Sociali e Internazionali – SPOSI; Social Services; Politica, Amministrazione e Organizazioni - PAO)
At present she teaches English Language for Public Administration on the Masters degree in Politics, Administration and Organizations (Department of Political Science) and English for Specific Purposes on the Masters degree in Language, Society and Communication.
Membership of scientific and editorial committees
Since 2018 she has been Technical Editor for the Journal of Computer Assisted Discourse Studies (JCADS) (Cardiff University)
Institutional and organisational roles
As tutor she was responsible for a research grant (DIRI) into English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) 2018-2020
She acts as local referee for GE.RAS [http://www.geras.fr/index.php] (Groupe d‘étude et de Recherche en Anglais de Spècialitè).
Since a.y. 2019-20 she has been Quality Delegate for the English version of the personal webpages of LILEC lecturers
Since a.y. 2017-2018 she has been a member of the Quality Assurance Committee (LILEC) for the Masters degree course in Language, Society and Communication
Since a.y. 2017-2018 she has been a member of the Translation Quality Committee (LILEC/DIT)
Conference Participation (as presenter)
2023 - University of Milan. Conference title: CLAVIER 2023. Title of paper: "COMPARATIVE REPRESENTATIONS OF NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT ACROSS CLIMATE CHANGE NON-FICTION: a diachronic, corpus-assisted exploration"
2023 - University of Ca' Foscari Venice. Conference title: L2APR. Title of paper: “It’s tricky to understand weird English and try to learn the actual course material at the same time”: INVESTIGATING STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF EMI LECTURER SPEECH (with Mariangela Picciuolo)
2023 – University of Lancaster, UK. International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2023. Title of paper: ‘Future? Tense!’ Exploring the Future in a climate change non-fiction corpus (with Cinzia Bevitori)
2023 - Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). Conference title: 9th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'23) Title of paper: Lecturer language: EMI students’ experiences on first- and second-cycle degrees. (with Mariangela Picciuolo)
2022 - University of Bologna (Bertinoro). Conference title: CORPUS ASSISTED DISCOURSE STUDIES (CADS) Title of paper: What’s missing from climate-related human mobility across time and space? Revisiting absence in discourse. (with Cinzia Bevitori)
2022 - University of Limerick, Ireland. Conference title: Teaching and Language Corpora (TALC). Title of paper: “Don't worry: when it comes to Examsville, I'm not going to ask you this" Assessment-related expressions in Engineering lectures in an EMI context
2021 - University of Sheffield, UK. Conference title European Systemic Functional Linguistics. Title of paper " Moving or staying? Exploring im/mobility in the context of climate change" (with Cinzia Bevitori)
2021 -3RD Universitat Jaume I de Castelló (Spain). METADISCOURSE ACROSS GENRES CONFERENCE. METADISCOURSE IN INTRA/INTER/CROSS CULTURAL COMMUNICATION. 27-28 MAY 2021. Title of paper "Metadiscourse by ‘native’ and ‘non-native’ English speakers: importance marking in lectures" (with Katrien Deroey, Univ. Luxembourg).
2021 - DIVE-IN, 2nd conference on diversity and inclusion. University of Bologna. Title of paper: "Inclusion and performativity: the power of pronouns in EMI lectures" (with Mariangela Picciuolo).
2020 - University of Valencia, Spain. UPV 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd’20) Title of paper: “Interaction in spoken academic discourse in an EMI context: the use of questions” (with Mariangela Picciuolo)
2019 – University of Leiria, Portugal. Conference title European Systemic Functional Linguistics. Title of paper: “Interaction in EMI : questioning” (with Mariangela Picciuolo)
2019 – University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Conference title EMI practices in Europe. Title of paper: “’And at the end we are all learners'. Assessing students’ and lecturers’ needs in an EMI context at an Italian university” (with Mariangela Picciuolo)
2018 – University of Brno, Czech Republic. Conference title ESSE. Title of paper: “Climate change and migration. Exploring the nexus from a corpus-assisted discourse analysis perspective” (with Cinzia Bevitori)
2018 – University of Aalborg, Denmark. Conference title CADAAD. Title of paper: “Patterns of movement, patterns of meaning: Exploring the climate-migration nexus in UK and US press discourse. A diachronic corpus-assisted discourse analytical approach” (with Cinzia Bevitori)
2018 – University of Lancaster, United Kingdom. Conference title CADS. Title of paper: “Climate change and displacement: A diachronic corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the climate change-migration nexus in the press” (with Cinzia Bevitori)
2018 - University of la Valletta, Malta. Conference title IVACS. Title of paper: “Language, mobility and climate change at the crossroad: A diachronic corpus-assisted discourse analysis of the climate -migration nexus in the press” (with Cinzia Bevitori)
2017 – University of Cagliari. Conference title Languaging Diversity. Title of paper: "Representations of the ‘underclass’ in the English-language press. Who are they? How do they behave, and who is responsible for them?” (with Alan Partington)
2017 – University of Bergen, Norway. Conference title Language for specific purposes. Title of paper: " The SocWoC corpus: investigating the world of social work for ESP students”
2017 – University of Bari. Conference title CLAVIER – Representing and redefining specialist knowledge. Title of paper: “Applying specialised knowledge in the classroom: social work discourse for ESP undergraduates in Italy”
2016 – University of Siena, Pontignano. Conference title Corpora and Discourse. Title of paper: “Let me explain: a corpus assisted study of newspaper reports of terrorist attacks.”
2016 – CESLIC, University of Bologna. Giornata di Studi sul testo letterario nell’apprendimento linguistico: esperienze a confronto. Title of paper: “Contrastive Metaphor analysis & Corpus stylistics in literature: ideas for (inter)linguistic awareness-raising in the classroom” (with Federica Ferrari)
2016 – University of Galway NUI, Ireland. Conference title ESSE. Title of paper: “Constructing an ESP course for Social Services undergraduates: corpus tools to the rescue”
2015 - University of Cardiff, United Kingdom. Conference title Corpus Linguistics in the South. Title of paper: "A methodology of multiple comparison: a corpus-assisted study of reporting on the Paris events"
2014 – Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary. Conference title CADAAD. Title of paper: "Twenty years of threats to the family in the UK press: a modern diachronic corpus assisted study "
2013 - University of Lancaster, United Kingdom. Conference title International Corpus Linguistics. Title of paper: " Family in the UK – Risks, Threats and Dangers: A Modern Diachronic Corpus-Assisted Study across Two Genres"
2013 - Queen Mary University, London, United Kingdom. Conference title Language and Media. Title of paper: "Media representations of risks, threats and dangers in the family: a modern diachronic corpus-assisted study"
2012 – University Bologna. Conference title Tradurre Figure. Title of paper: "Like reeds in the wind. Identifying and exploring figurative language through corpus stylistics. A study of selected novels by Grazia Deledda and their English translations"
2012 – University of Bologna. Conference title Corpus-assisted discourse studies. Title of paper: "What are those corpus linguists talking about? an MD_CADS content analysis of the IJCL"
2011 – University of Madrid, Spagna. Conference title Int-Eval: International Workshop on the Evaluative Function of Language: Evaluation Across Text Types And Cultures. Title of paper: "Evaluative phraseological choice and speaker party/ gender: A corpus-assisted comparative study of ‘register-idiosyncratic' meaning in Congressional debate" (with Prof. Donna R. Miller)
2011 – University of Lisbon, Portugal. Conference title International Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference and Workshop. Title of paper: "Negotiating differences in the linguistic representation of the family in sociology texts: a corpus-assisted study"
2010 – University of Koper, Slovenia. Conference title European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference and Workshop. Title of paper: "The attribution of point of view: complexities in narratorial meaning-making in the works of a 19th century Italian novelist and their translations"
2009 – University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Conference title International Corpus Linguistics (PALA preconference colloquium). Title of paper: "A corpus-assisted analysis of salient stylistic features in nineteenth-century Italian novels and their English translations"
2009 - University of Liverpool, United Kingdom. Conference title International Corpus Linguistics. Title of paper: "Phraseological choice as ‘register-idiosyncratic' evaluative meaning? A corpus-assisted comparative study of Congressional debate" (with Prof. Donna R. Miller)
2009 – University of Cardiff, United Kingdom. Conference title European Systemic Functional Linguistics Conference and Workshop. Title of paper: "Salient choice as probabilistic evaluative meaning: a corpus-assisted study of Congressional debate" (with Prof. Donna R. Miller)
2008 – University of Bologna. CESLIC-DRIST Seminar (Dottorato di Ricerca in Studi della Traduzione). Title of paper: "Corpus Linguistics, Corpus Stylistics and Translation"
2007 – University of Siena, Pontignano. Conference title Corpora and discourse: un'analisi linguistica di tipo quantitativo e qualitativo del discorso politico e mediale sul conflitto in Iraq nel 2003 (CorDis). Title of paper: Presentation of research results (with article published by Routledge in the Advances in Corpus Linguistics series)
2006 - University of Bologna. Giornata di studio a cura della Facolta' di Lingue e Letterature Straniere. Title of paper: "E-learning in Ateneo; l'area linguistico-umanistica”.
2006 – University of Pavia. Conference title TICOM 3rd International Conference on Multimodality. Title of paper: "Multimedia explorations in the humanities" (with Maria Freddi e Lucia Gunella)
2006 – University of Trieste, Gorizia. Conference title European Systemic Functional Linguistics. Title of paper: "Strict vs. Nurturant Parents?: A corpus-assisted study of Congressional positioning on the war in Iraq" (with Prof. Donna R. Miller)
2006 – University of Bologna. Conference title Conflitti: strategie di rappresentazione della guerra nella cultura postmoderna. Title of paper: "Taking a stand on the war in Iraq: A corpus-assisted study of Congressional argument" (with Prof. Donna R. Miller)
Membership of associations and scientific groups
Member of PALA (Poetics and Linguistics Association).
Member of AIA (Italian Association for English Studies).
Member of ESSE (European Society for the Study of English)
Member of CESLiC (Centre for Linguistic and Cultural Studies)
