IATIS Nominations Committee

Remit

The main task of the IATIS Nominations Committee is to facilitate the process of selecting or electing suitable candidates for various posts in the organization in accordance with the principles of the IATIS constitution.

Specifically, the Nominations committee will:

Set guidelines for the election or selection procedure
Develop a set of conditions to be fulfilled by candidates
Set the election/selection schedule
Receive the nomination of candidates for election at various positions in the IATIS structures
Examine the candidatures and propose the relevant names for election/selection
Oversee the election/selection of such candidates either electronically or otherwise
Ensure fairness, transparency and non discrimination in the election/selection process

The Committee reports to the IATIS Executive Council.

Composition

	Sharon O’Brien, Chair of Nominations Committee Dublin City University Ireland []
	Sharon O'Brien is a lecturer in translation and language technology in SALIS, Dublin City University. Her teaching centres around practical translation (French/German to English), Research Methods, Translation Theory and Localisation. Her research interests include the measurement of cognitive effort in translation and post-editing of machine translation output via eye tracking and keyboard logging, translator interaction with technology, process-related research and research methods, controlled authoring of content etc. She is affiliated with the Centre for Translation and Textual Studies and the Centre for Next Generation Localisation. :::Back to Top:::
	Karen BENNETT, Nominations Committee Member University of Lisbon Portugal []
	Karen Bennett is a member of the Centre for Comparative Studies, University of Lisbon, where she researches mostly in the areas of Translation Studies and Inter-Arts Studies. She has a PhD in Translation Studies and is also a practising translator, specializing in the translation of academic texts from Portuguese and French into English. She has also been involved in the training of translators for the Catholic University, University of Coimbra and British Council. She has published academic articles on many subjects in Portugal and abroad, and is hoping soon to publish her first book, entitled Academic Discourse, Hegemony and Translation. :::Back to Top:::
	Ji-Hae KANG, Nominations Committee Member Ajou University South Korea []
	Ji-Hae Kang is Associate Professor of Translation and Interpreting at Ajou University, Republic of Korea. Her current research interests include institutional translation, translation/interpreting and ideology, and interpreting/translation in the news media. Her publications include Thongyekipmwun (Understanding Interpreting, Hankook Publishing Co., 2004) and articles in various journals and edited volumes. She is an Executive Council member of the Korean Association of Translation Studies (KATS) and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Translation Studies of Korea. :::Back to Top:::
	Mira KIM, Nominations Committee Member University of New South Wales Australia []
	Mira Kim has been working as a professional translator and interpreter (English/Korean) since 1995 and teaching translation and interpreting in Australia since 2000. Currently she is Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. Her research interests include translator education, translation quality assessment, text analysis for translation and interpreting, T&I curriculum development, language teaching for advanced learners, sustainability for education and Korean language typology. :::Back to Top:::
	Federico ZANETTIN, Nominations Committee Member University of Perugia Italy []
	Federico Zanettin is Associate Professor of English Language and Translation at the University of Perugia, Italy. His research interests range from comics in translation, to corpus-based translation studies and intercultural communication. His publications include the volumes Comics in Translations (2008, editor) and Corpora in Translator Education (2003, co-editor), and articles in various journals and edited volumes. He is co-editor of Translation Studies Abstracts and the Bibliography of Translation Studies and inTRAlinea, an online translation journal, and is in the advisory board of the journals The Translator and New Voices in Translation Studies. :::Back to Top:::