Overview
Background
Sol's research interests include: (Critical) Discourse Analysis, Trauma and Memory Studies, Perceived Discrimination, Critical Translation Studies, Decolonial Thought.
Sol is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland in Australia. She teaches language, literature, and cultural studies courses. Sol’s research interests include memory and trauma studies, everyday discourses of discrimination, and Decolonial Thought. Sol has over 50 publications, including four books, one co-edited book, and five books as a translator. Her work has appeared in journals such as Social Semiotics, Critical Discourse Studies, Memory Studies, Journal of Pragmatics, Languages in Contrast, Babel, Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, and JILAR among others. Her co-authored historical Graphic Memoir Historias Clandestinas (2014) had a second edition in 2023 and is currently being made into a film. The English version of the graphic novel was published in 2023 in the U.S.
Availability
- Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Cape Town
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Cape Town
- Masters (Coursework), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Research interests
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Discourse Studies
Discourse Analysis from a decolonial perspective using tools from Critical Discourse Analysis and Discursive Psychology.
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Memory and Trauma Studies
Sites of Memory, Digital Memory Studies
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Perceived Discrimination
Perceived Discrimination in the field of Discourse Analysis is the study of discourse from the perspective of the victims of discrimination. Qualitative analysis of open ended interviews are used as data.
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Critical Translation Studies
The phenomenon of manipulation and censorship in translations Spanish-English-Spanish. The translation of Decolonial Thought.
Works
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2012
Journal Article
Eterio Pajares Infante: La traduccion de la novela inglesa del siglo XVIII
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (2012). Eterio Pajares Infante: La traduccion de la novela inglesa del siglo XVIII. Babel: International Journal of Translation, 58 (2), 247-249.
2012
Journal Article
The translation of English novels in the XVIII century
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (2012). The translation of English novels in the XVIII century. Babel: Revue Internationale De La Traduction-International Journal of Translation, 58 (2), 247-249. doi: 10.1075/babel.58.2.09roj
2011
Journal Article
Justifying and condemning sexual discrimination in everyday discourse: Letters to the Editor in the Australian local press
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (2011). Justifying and condemning sexual discrimination in everyday discourse: Letters to the Editor in the Australian local press. Journal of Pragmatics, 43 (2), 663-676. doi: 10.1016/j.pragma.2010.09.007
2009
Book
Discourse and genre in everyday texts. Letters to the Editor in the local press of Australia and Chile
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (2009). Discourse and genre in everyday texts. Letters to the Editor in the local press of Australia and Chile. Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.
2009
Journal Article
Reglas de abreviatura en el diario de un monje español en Australia
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda, Arroyo-Furphy, Susana and Esposto, Roberto H. (2009). Reglas de abreviatura en el diario de un monje español en Australia. JILAR Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research, 15 (1), 99-115. doi: 10.1080/13260219.2009.9649904
2008
Journal Article
The courtesy in the Hispanic world: New contexts, new methodological approaches
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (2008). The courtesy in the Hispanic world: New contexts, new methodological approaches. Spanish in Context, 5 (2), 315-318. doi: 10.1075/sic.5.2.10roj
2008
Journal Article
Review of La cortesia en el mundo hispanico: Nuevos contextos, nuevos enfoques metodologicos by Martina Schrader-Kniffki (ed.)
Rojas-Lizana, I. (2008). Review of La cortesia en el mundo hispanico: Nuevos contextos, nuevos enfoques metodologicos by Martina Schrader-Kniffki (ed.). Spanish in Context, 5 (2), 315-318.
2007
Other Outputs
Letters to the editor in the local press : genre and discourse in everyday texts from Australia and Chile
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (2007). Letters to the editor in the local press : genre and discourse in everyday texts from Australia and Chile. PhD Thesis, School of Languages and Comparative Cultural Studies, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/158645
2005
Journal Article
La cortesia: un fenomeno pragmatico
Rojas-Lizana, Isolda R. and Arroyo-Furphy, Susana (2005). La cortesia: un fenomeno pragmatico. Razon y Palabra, 11 (48).
2005
Conference Publication
Estrategias de cortesa en cartas de agradecimiento: Un fenmeno pragmtico: Cartas al director en dos peridicos chilenos
Rojas-Lizana, I. R. and Arroyo-Furphy, S. (2005). Estrategias de cortesa en cartas de agradecimiento: Un fenmeno pragmtico: Cartas al director en dos peridicos chilenos. VI Congreso Latinoamericano de Estudios del Discurso: America Latina en su Discurso, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, 5-9 September, 2005. Santiago, Chile: Asociacion Latinoamericana de Estudios del Discurso (ALED).
2000
Book
Guía de campo de los crustáceos de Galápagos: guía de campo illustrada sobre los balanos, camarones, langostas y crangrejos comunes de las islas Galápagos
Hickman Jr., Cleveland P., Zimmerman, Todd L. and Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (2000). Guía de campo de los crustáceos de Galápagos: guía de campo illustrada sobre los balanos, camarones, langostas y crangrejos comunes de las islas Galápagos. Lexington, VA, USA: Sugar Spring Press.
1999
Book
Guía de campo de los moluscos marinos de Galápagos: guía de campo ilustrada sobre caracoles, bivalvos y chitones de las aguas intermareales y someras de las islas Galápagos
Hickman Jr., Cleveland P., Finet, Yves and Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (1999). Guía de campo de los moluscos marinos de Galápagos: guía de campo ilustrada sobre caracoles, bivalvos y chitones de las aguas intermareales y someras de las islas Galápagos. Lexington, VA, USA: Sugar Spring Press.
1999
Book
El Reino Del Galapago: Volviendo A Su Edad De Oro
Merlen, Godfrey and Rojas-Lizana, Isolda (1999). El Reino Del Galapago: Volviendo A Su Edad De Oro. Quito, Ecuador: Fundación Charles Darwin.
1998
Book
Guía de campo sobre estrellas de mar y otros equinodermos de Galápagos
Hickman, Cleveland P. and Rojas Lizana, Isolda (1998). Guía de campo sobre estrellas de mar y otros equinodermos de Galápagos. Lexington, VA, USA: Sugar Spring Press.
1997
Book
Galapagos: Una Historia Natural
Jackson, Michael H. and Rojas Lizana, Isolda (1997). Galapagos: Una Historia Natural. Calgary, AB, Canada: University of Calgary Press.
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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The discourse of perceived discrimination of stigmatised identities
Perceived Discrimination (PD) is the study of discrimination that centres on the victims' experience through the analysis of their accounts. PD emerged in the areas of social psychology, psychiatry, migrant studies as quantitative research. PD in the area of Discourse Studies is qualitative research that looks at the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of PD discourse. It uses content and discourse analysis (CDA, Cognitive Linguistics, Discursive Psychology) to analyse the data. I am available to supervise projects on PD in the area of Discourse Studies working with the following identities: international students, ageism, neurodivergent people, blind people, deaf people, or other stigmatised identities. Please read the book The discourse of perceived discrimination: Perspectives from contemporary Australian society (Routledge, 2020) before contacting me.
I am available to supervise in the fields of Trauma and Memory Studies and Decolonial Thought.
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
The discourse of Perceived Discrimination in non-Japanese and mixed-race Japanese people in Japan
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lucy Fraser
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Doctor Philosophy
20th century Western discourses in Martín Gusinde and José Emperaire's monographs on the Kawésqar world and southern Chile: A decolonial reading
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Amy Hubbell
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Master Philosophy
An interdisciplinary study of transgenerational trauma in Russia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Anna Mikhaylova, Associate Professor Amy Hubbell
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The concept of Vivir Bien (Living Well) and the constitutional recognition of indigenous epistemologies: Towards a decolonising legal project
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Roberto Esposto, Associate Professor Sally Babidge
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Medium of instruction and the discourses of "Self" and "Other" in print and social media in Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Min Jung Jee
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Deconstruction of Cultural Knowledge and Ideologies in Saudi Arabia Secondary School English Language Textbook Series
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Isaac Lee
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Building belonging through everyday otherness and conviviality: A study of people from African backgrounds and long-term residents in the community of Moorooka, Brisbane
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adriana Diaz
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
ZNeo-caudillismo in Argentine political literature: Crónicas on Carlos Saúl Menem and Néstor Carlos Kirchner
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Roberto Esposto
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Language and culture maintenance among Bangladeshi migrants in Southeast Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
An Interactional Sociolinguistic Analysis of Kanto and Kansai Listening Behaviours
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kayoko Hashimoto
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Ideologies and power relations in a global commercial English language textbook used in South Korean universities: A critical image and a critical discourse analysis
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Isaac Lee
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Legitimation of violence against women in Colombia: A feminist critical discourse analytic study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Roland Sussex
Media
Enquiries
Contact Dr Sol Rojas-Lizana directly for media enquiries about:
- Discourse analysis
- Discrimination research
- English to Spanish
- Second language teaching
- Spanish
- Translation (English to Spanish)
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