Martina Russo
PhD candidate @ Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum
Department of Interpreting and Translation
Forlì (IT), Corso della Repubblica 136, Forlì, 47121
EDUCATION
January- June (2025); January-April; August-October (2024)
Research visiting period
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
Supervisor: Professor Arran Stibbe
2022-due by March 2026
PhD candidate
Thesis (submitted on 29th October 2025) – Language and reconnection with Nature: a grammar of Enchantment
Supervisors: Professor Cinzia Bevitori, Professor Raffaella Baccolini
Università di Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum”, Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì, IT)
2019-2021
Master in Global Marketing, Communication and Made in Italy
Fondazione ITALIA USA- Centro studi Comunicare l'Impresa
2017-2019
MA with Distinction in Modern Languages for Management and International Cooperation
Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio" (Pescara, IT)
2012- 2015
BA in Linguistic Mediation and Intercultural Communication
Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio" (Pescara, IT)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
October - November 2025
Teaching tutor
Corpora, Linguistics and Technology Laboratory (ECOTECH Lab)
Master Degree in Specialized translation (cod. 9174) (cod. 6826)
Università di Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum”, Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì, IT)
October - November 2024
Teaching tutor
Corpora, Linguistics and Technology Laboratory (ECOTECH Lab)
Master Degree in Specialized translation (cod. 9174) (cod. 6826)
Università di Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum”, Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì, IT)
6 February 2024
Seminar “Language and reconnection with Nature: a grammar of Enchantment”
Department of Creative Arts
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
30 January 2024
Lecture “How language can evoke enchantment with Nature”
Department of Architecture
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
January – May 2022
High School Course Instructor “Interpreters and Translators” (Italian–English)
I.I.S. De Titta – Fermi High School, Lanciano (Chieti, IT)
Extra-curricular introductory training course for high school students aspiring to become interpreters and translators.
2019- current
Teaching Assistant – English Language
Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio" (Pescara, IT)
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
2019-2022
Lecturer – Specialized English Language
Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara "G. D'Annunzio",
-Department of Architecture, Pescara (IT)
-School of Medicine and Health Sciences (Chieti, IT)
2017 - 2019
University Student Tutor
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Università degli Studi “G. D’Annunzio” di Chieti e Pescara (Pescara, IT)
2016
Native Italian Language Assistant
Perth Modern High School, (Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Critical Discourse Studies, Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies, Ecolinguistics, Ecostylistics, Ecocriticism, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Appraisal Theory
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Publications
Chapter in volume
Russo, M. (under review) “Tracing Ecological Identities in Contemporary Nature Writing: a Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistic Analysis of Pronominal and Reciprocal Constructions”.
Paper
Russo, M. & Zannini, L. (forthcoming, 2026). “Framing Sustainability, Development, and Growth: Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis of Narratives in “The Conversation””, in Special Issue Narratives of Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Insights and Ecolinguistic Perspectives, Iperstoria
Paper
Russo, M. (forthcoming, 2026) “Inverting the logic of catastrophe: Elisabeth Jane Burnett’s narrative of directional metaphors” in Trame di Letteratura Comparata, Nuova Editrice Universitaria
Paper
Russo, M. (2025). “Language, Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence”, in P. Fusero, Hypercity. Artificial Intelligence and Cities of the Future, FrancoAngeli. (ISBN-13: 978-8835178675)
Translation and editorial work
Fusero, P. (2025) Hypercity. Artificial Intelligence and Cities of the Future, (transl. by M. Russo), FrancoAngeli, (ISBN-13: 978-8835178675)
Chapter in volume
Russo, M. (2025). “Tra autore umano e narratore non-umano: elementi linguistici e ideologici nella costruzione del mondo vegetale nel discorso de La nazione delle piante di Stefano Mancuso”, in L. Bellardini et al. (eds.) Difetti d’autore: Forme e significati dell’autorialità, Roma TrE-Press, pp. 143–156. ISBN: 979-12-5977-482-8
Translation and editorial work
M. Russo (a cura di), (2024) Maud Howe. Diario di una viaggiatrice: luoghi e identità d’Abruzzo, Collana Comete-Scie d’Abruzzo, Ianieri Edizioni. ISBN-13: 979-12-5488-053-1
Paper in volume
M. Russo, (2022) “On any given day I am rivering: Elizabeth-Jane Burnett tra resilienza, memoria e impegno ambientale”, Giusy di Filippo, Marco Marino, Giovanni Spani (eds.), Donne Resilienti: Raccolta di saggi, QuodManet Press.
ISBN-13: 979-8386311131
Conferences and workshops
11–13 September 2025
Russo, M. & Vallego, J. “The H4rmony Project: Ecosophy-Guided AI for an Ecologically Just AI Future” in
32nd AIA Conference Human, Humane, Humanities. Voices from the Anglosphere, University of Turin (Turin, IT)
5–11 July 2025
Russo, M. “Eco-Enchantment in Contemporary Nature Writing: A Corpus-Assisted Ecolinguistic Perspective” (for which I was awarded the Geoff Thompson ESFLA Young Scholar Bursary) in
50th International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress and Institute, University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK)
23–26 June 2025
Russo, M. “From Words to Action: The Role of Nature Writing in Promoting Beneficial Environmental Discursive Practices”
DIS4CHANGE International Conference Engaging Communities in Environmental and Climate In/Action, University of Bari Aldo Moro (Bari, IT)
19 May 2025
Russo, M. “The Search for New Stories to Live By: Econarrative and Ethical Leadership, Part 5 – Enchantment”
CLADES Symposium, University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
7 March 2025
The H4rmony Symposium
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
18–20 December 2024
Russo, M. & Zannini, L. “Framing Sustainability, Development, and Growth: Corpus-Based Discourse Analysis of Narratives in “The Conversation”” in
International Conference Enhancing Sustainability: Bridging Corporate Practices with Academic and Popular Discourse, University of Naples “L’Orientale” (Naples, IT)
12 July 2024
M. Russo, “Language and reconnection with Nature: a grammar of Enchantment” (presentation + workshop) in
Ecocultural Arts Symposium, II edition, University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
27 Februrary 2024
Organiser, chair and moderator in
Ecocultural Arts Symposium, I edition
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
19 January 2024
Aston Stylistics Research Group (ASRG), Applied Stylistics Symposium 2024
Aston University (Birmingham, UK)
14-16 December 2023
International Conference Languaging Diversity. Languaging identities in changing times: Challenges and opportunities
Università di Torino (Turin, IT)
30 November-1 December 2023
M. Russo, “Tra autore umano e narratore non-umano: elementi linguistici e ideologici nella costruzione del mondo vegetale nel discorso della Nazione delle piante di Stefano Mancuso” in
Postgraduate Conference, Difetti d’autore: forme e significazioni dell’autorialità
Università Roma Tre (Roma, IT)
22-24 November 2023
Clavier 2023. Framing nature: discourses past and present of nature and the environment. A sustainability perspective.
Università degli Studi di Milano (Milan, IT)
13-16 September 2023
31AIA Conference Future Horizons: New Beginnings in English Studies, Università della Calabria (Rende, IT)
12-16 July 2023
M. Russo, “Corpus-assisted Ecostylistic Analysis of Sci-Fi: Plants’ narrative in Sue Burke’s Semiosis and Interference” in
Green Stylistics: Exploring Connections between Stylistics and the Environment, PALA CONFERENCE 2023 (awarded with the PALA STUDENT BURSARY)
Università di Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum” (Bertinoro, IT)
11 May 2023
Organiser
Approaching Ecolinguistics: a conversation with Arran Stibbe (workshop) Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara G. D’Annunzio (Pescara, IT)
3-5 May 2023
Using Corpus and Discourse Methods to Study Nostalgia (workshop)
Università di Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum” (Bertinoro, IT)
20 February 2023
Buonvivere, L. & Russo, M. “Interconnectedness, Wonder and Care: Enchanting Land and kaitiakitanga” in Ecocultural Humanities Symposyum
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
21-24 September 2022
M. Russo, “Elisabeth-Jane Burnett’s The Grassling and the chronotopic vision” in ICE-6: Sixth International Conference on Ecolinguistics
University of Graz (Graz, Austria)
14-15 June 2021
M. Russo “The ecological engagement and ecopoetry”
in “Culture, Continuity, and Transformation Conference” (online)
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
12-13 June 2021
M. Russo “Elizabeth-Jane Burnett’s elemental encounters: between memory and ecological engagement”
in the 5th International Conference “WOMEN OF THE MEDITERRANEAN: WOMEN AND RESILIENCE” (online)
Sant’ Anna Institute (Sorrento, Italy) and the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)
Summer schools
5-7 July 2025
50th International Systemic Functional Linguistics Institute
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, UK)
24-27 June 2024
Summer school “Climate Change Theories, Narrations and Discourse: Sharing Knowledges and Practices”
Dis4change, Interuniversity Research Centre, Università L’Orientale di Napoli (Naples)
28-30 September 2023
Summer school in “Theories and methods for the corpus-assisted analysis of discourse: from language that denotes to language that expresses phenomena” Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum (Bertinoro, IT)
10-12 July 2023
PALA Summer School in “Linguistic Approaches to Ecological Discourse”, Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum (Bertinoro, IT)
25-30 June 2023
Summer School in “Corpus Linguistics Summer School for Language, Discourse and Society”
Lancaster University (Lancaster, UK)
12-16 June 2023
Summer School in “Digital Humanities and Digital Communication: AI and the
(new) literacy”
Università di Modena e Reggio Emila Unimore (Modena, IT)
Scientific and Organizing Committee
12 July 2024
Ecocultural Arts Symposium, II ed
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
24-27 June 2024
Summer school “Climate Change Theories, Narrations and Discourse: Sharing Knowledges and Practices”
Dis4change, Interuniversity Research Centre, Università L’Orientale di Napoli (Naples)
27 Februrary 2024
Ecocultural Arts Symposium, I ed
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
10-11 May 2023
Ecocultural Identities and the Global South and
Approaching Ecolinguistics: a conversation with Arran Stibbe
Università degli Studi di Chieti-Pescara G. D’Annunzio (Pescara, IT)
19-21 February 2023
Ecocultural Humanities Symposyum
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
Member of International Associations
- DIS4CHANGE, Interuniversity Research Centre
- Associazione Italiana di Anglistica (AIA)
- International Ecolinguistics Association (IEA)
- Poetics and Linguistics Association (PALA)
International and International Research groups:
- H4rmony Project (advisor); [https://theh4rmonyproject.org/about-us/]
- CLADES (Critical Language Awareness, Democratic Engagement and Sustainability) funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme
Awards
- Geoff Thompson ESFLA Young Scholar Bursary, for the paper Eco-Enchantment in Contemporary Nature Writing during 50th International Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress and Institute, University of Glasgow (5–11 July 2025),
- Special Mention Prize for the translation Maud Howe. Diario di una viaggiatrice in the first edition of the Georges Hérelle Translation Prize. (June 2025)
- PALA Student Bursary, for attending PALA 2023 Summer school and international conference Green Stylistics: Exploring Connections between Stylistics and the Environment, Università di Bologna “Alma Mater Studiorum” (Bertinoro, IT) (July 2023)
Certificates
March 2023
Certificate for TRADOS STUDIOS (Level 1)
Università di Bologna Alma Mater Studiorum
Department of Interpreting and Translation (Forlì, IT)
March 2022
Proficiency (C1) Certificate of English Language
ESB- English Speaking Board (International) Ltd.
Level 2 Certificate in ESOL International All Modes (C1) Pass with distinction
February 2022
Stories we live by, Ecolinguistic online course
IEA (International Ecolinguistic Association)
University of Gloucestershire (Cheltenham, UK)
May 2016
Certificate in Business English (Upper Level)
University of Western Australia
CELT Campus, Perth, Western Australia (Australia)
