Silvia Betti

Ex Director of the University Language Centre (CLA), University of Bologna, until December 31, 2024.
Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (LILEC), University of Bologna

New Academic Discipline
10/SPAN-01 – Spanish and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
SPAN-01/C – Spanish Language, Translation, and Linguistics

National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor, 2013 session.

ORCID: 0000-0003-3735-6468 [https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3735-6468]
Scopus Author ID: 56513586200

Professional Profiles:

• Biblioteca Nacional de España
• Google Scholar
• IdRef (SUDoc)
• ORCID
• ResearcherID
• Scopus
• ISNI
• Library of Congress
• VIAF

Registered Expert:

• Member of the ministerial REPRISE register (Scientific Experts) for evaluating basic research projects and VQR.
• Product evaluator for the VQR 2015-2019.
• Product evaluator for the VQR 2020-2024.

Doctoral Research

• Member of the Doctoral Board for LILEC-Unibo "Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Diversity and Inclusion" (Supervisor of a 37th-cycle thesis: Andrea Brandani, "VARIEDADES DIATÓPICAS EN EL AULA DE E/LE EN ITALIA: DESDE LAS PERCEPCIONES Y CREENCIAS DEL ALUMNADO ITALÓFONO HASTA LA ADOPCIÓN DE UN ENFOQUE INCLUSIVO Y PLURICÉNTRICO," defended on June 6, 2025).
• Member of the Admissions Committee for the PhD program – 41st cycle, academic year 2025/2026 – second round. Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures: Diversity and Inclusion.
• Member of the Doctoral Committee for Margot Vanhaverbeke ("Diminutive Expressions in Spanish-English Codeswitching Contexts. A Multifactorial and Multimethod Account [https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/projects/diminutive-expressions-spanish-english-codeswitching-contexts-multifactorial-and-0]," Ghent University, Belgium), defended on June 26, 2025.
• Member of the Doctoral Committee for Anna M. Marini ("THE OTHER SIDE REPRESENTATIONS BRIDGING THE US–MEXICO BOUNDARY," University of Alcalá de Henares, Spain), defended on March 21, 2024.
• Member of the Doctoral Committee for Antía Rivera de la Vega ("Luis Alberto Urrea: Discourses in Twenty-First-Century Migration Literature. A Transcultural Approach to the U.S.-Mexico Border"), University of A Coruña, Advanced English Studies Doctoral Program: Linguistics, Literature, and Culture, defended on October 29, 2025.
• External Advisor and Reviewer for various PhD theses in Spain.
  
  Awards and Recognitions
  
  Corresponding Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE - Corresponding Academy of the RAE).
  2017: Recipient of the Basic Research Activities Funding (FFABR-ANVUR).
  2018-19: DIVE-IN Award, Department of Excellence Project, LILEC.
  2019: Teaching Buyout (award action under the LILEC Department of Excellence Project).
  2019: Conference Travel Stipend Award - K-16 Faculty (AATSP, USA).
  2019: Honorary Member of Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, USA).
  2018, 2019, 2022: Erasmus+ Grant Recipient (University of Alcalá de Henares and University of Barcelona).
  2019: Invited Participant at the XVI Congress of ASALE, organized by the RAE, Seville.
  2021-2022: DIVE-IN Award, Department of Excellence Project, LILEC.
  2023: "Gerardo Piña Rosales" Award, conferred by the ANLE during the celebration of its 50th anniversary (Instituto Cervantes, New York).
  2024: Erasmus+ “Monitoring Visit” (University of Extremadura, Cáceres Campus).
  2025: Erasmus+ “Monitoring Visit” (University of Tours, France).

Key Roles:

• Corresponding Member of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), where she served as a member of the Sociolinguistic Study Commission of Spanish in the United States until 2024.
• Editor-in-Chief of Glosas, the journal of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language: https://glosas.anle.us/ .
• Director of the editorial series “Cruces y bordes: la voz de la otredad. El inglés y el español en contacto en los Estados Unidos”, Aracne, Rome:
  https://www.aracneeditrice.eu/it/collana/cruces-y-bordes-la-voz-de-la-otredad-el-ingles-y-el-espanol-en-contacto-en-los-estados-unidos.html .
• Associate Editor of the Boletín de la ANLE.
• Editorial Board Member of RANLE (Journal of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language).