Dr. Maria Jimenez-Andres' Bio

Dr. Maria Jimenez-Andres has extensive teaching experience in the fields of translation, interpreting and languages in the UK, Spain and the UAE. As a translator and interpreter, Dr. Maria has engaged in various roles at institutions such as the Bolivarian Embassy of Venezuela and Ipsos Mori in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Maria has a degree in Translation and Interpreting, an MA in Higher Education, and a PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies. Her dissertation was on communication and language management in organizations supporting refugees. Her commitment to this work goes beyond academia. She is active in outreach and has carried out a number of research and non-research projects with NGOs working with refugee and migrant communities in Europe and the Middle East. More recently, she has produced a documentary, Tempo, on the lives of refugee musicians.

Experiences

1. 2013 - 2023; Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Translation and Interpreting; Middlesex University.
2. January 2017 - June 2017; Language Consultant, Open University of Catalunya.
3. 2019 - 2021; Predoctoral researcher, The Autonomous University of Barcelona.
4. 2015 - 2016; Translation coordinator, MedTrans at Ipsos Mori.
5. 2013 - 2014; Translator and researcher, Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in London, UK
6. September 2012 - December 2012; Spanish teacher, Eton Institute

Education

1. 2022; PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2. 2017; MA in Higher Education, Middlesex University, London, UK
3. 2012; BA in Translation and Interpreting (EN/FR-ES), University of Alicante, Spain

A Selection of Dr. Maria Jimenez-Andres' Publications