Rosário Durão, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Lisbon, Portugal

Research field: Social Sciences - Communication
Information design, Cybergenre, Interaction design, Universal design, International professional communication, Usability and user experience

Publications

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Awards and Grants

Oct 2008

Post-PhD fellowship grant (grantee: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia)
Oct 2001

Grant to partipate in the Seventh Seminar on Culture and Power: (Mis)representations, University of

Biographical Information

I like reading, walking, and movies.

CV

Professional Experience

2008 - Present

Postdoctoral Fellow at Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
Lisbon, Portugal
Classes taught:
Intensive Course in Information Design (May 18-June8, 2009)

Nov 2009 - Dec 2010

Research scholar at Iowa State University, Department of English
Ames, Iowa, United States

Oct 2007 - Sep 2008

Non-resident tutor at Universidade Aberta - Open University
Lisbon, Portugal
Classes taught:
Writing and Communication Techniques

Dec 1998 - Dec 2002

Freelance at Translation service provider
Lisbon, Portugal

Dec 1997 - Dec 2002

Invited assistant professor at Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias
Lisbon, Portugal
Classes taught:
English for Specific Purposes (Law, Marine Science, Political Science, Religious Science, Sociology undergraduate programs)
English Language (Translation and Interpreting undergraduate program)
English Culture (Translation and Interpreting undergraduate program)
American Culture (Translation and Interpreting undergraduate program)
English > Portuguese Translation (Translation and Interpreting undergraduate program)

Dec 1996 - Dec 1999

Instructor at Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências
Lisbon, Portugal
Classes taught:
English Language

Dec 1996 - Dec 1997

Instructor at Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril
Estoril, Portugal
Classes taught:
English for Specific Purposes

Dec 1988 - Dec 1996

Teacher at Diverse secondary schools in the Lisbon area
Lisbon, Portugal
Classes taught:
English Language
Translation Techniques

Dec 1979 - Dec 1987

Correspondent in Foreign Languages at Construções Metalomecânicas Mague, S.A.
Alverca do Ribatejo, Portugal

Dec 1979 - Dec 1979

Clerk at A+P
Bucelas, Portugal

Education

2008 - Present

Universidade Aberta in Lisbon, Portugal
Ph.D. in Portuguese Studies, concentration Translation Studies

1996 - Present

Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Letras in Lisbon, Portugal
M.A. in Anglo-American Studies

1990 - Present

Universidade de Lisboa - Faculdade de Letras in Lisbon, Portugal
First-degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, concentration: Portuguese and English Studies