Current Position(s)
Tenure track assistant professor
Research unit(s)
Research disciplines
-
Humanities and the arts
- English language
- Spanish language
- Translation studies
- Interpreting studies
- Queer studies
- Stylistics and textual analysis
- Literary theory
- Film studies
- Performance studies
- Visual cultures
- Documentary film
- Television
-
Social sciences
- Intercultural communication
- Media and communication theory
- Visual communication
- Discourse studies
- Journalism studies
- Cultural media
- Digital media
- Social change
- Ethnicity and migration studies
- Linguistic anthropology
- Postcolonial studies
- Media anthropology
- Visual anthropology
Expertise
audiovisual translation
intercultural transfer
intersemiotic translation
Latin American migration
translation and multimodality
intermediality
Bio
Alexandra Sanchez is an Assistant Professor affiliated with the Spanish section of the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Communication. She teaches a broad range of courses that explore the dynamics of audiovisual, interlingual, and intercultural mediation. In her research, she examines the intersections of identity, resistance, and narrative in audio/visual content. She is particularly interested in how such content circulates globally, is reinterpreted in new contexts, and generates alternative imaginaries of connection and solidarity.