Dr Fang Wang
Academic and research departments
Centre for Translation Studies, School of Literature and Languages, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.About
Biography
I studied English Language and Literature for undergraduate degree and Applied Linguistics for MA at Henan Normal University in China, and obtained MPhil and PhD in Corpus Linguistics from the University of Birmingham, UK. My main research interests are in Corpus Linguistics, Translation Studies (Chinese-English/English-Chinese), Discourse Analysis, Second Language Teaching and Learning, Complexity Theory. I joined the Centre for Translation Studies at the University of Surrey in 2017, after having taught at the University of Essex, University of Birmingham and Henan Normal University in China. I am the program director of MA Interpreting Chinese Pathway at the Centre for Translation Studies.
I am the principle investigator of the research project "Media use of pharmaceutical promotional literature" funded by British Academy. The project investigates how pharmaceutical promotional texts, newspaper texts and medical journal articles talk about the most commonly prescribed antidepressants in Britain and China by making use of large-scale datasets. Research findings will inform the interprofessional education and training of translators and interpreters working in mental health settings. To achieve this research goal, a large English-Chinese comparable corpus on antidepressants will be built, which will be used by Chinese MA students at CTS to practise corpus-assisted medical translation and interpreting.
ResearchResearch interests
I am interested in the research in the following areas:
Corpus Linguistics;
Corpus Linguistics in Translation and Interpreting Studies (English-Chinese, Chinese-English);
Complexity Theory (complexity in translation and interpreting)
Discourse Analysis (Chinese-English comparative studies), Social Constructionism, media studies;
Corpus-based studies in Second Language Teaching and Learning
"Media use of pharmaceutical promotional literature: the case of antidepressant medication": funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grants scheme, UK.
“A research based on the authenticity of teaching materials and its implications on oral English teaching for English majors in China”: funded by the Department of Education of Henan Province, China
“COLSEC” (College Learners’ Spoken English Corpus): funded by the Chinese National Social Science Research Foundation, China
External examiner for PhD viva at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London
Peer reviewer for the Journal of Specialised Translation
Peer reviewer for the Interpreter and Translator Trainer
Peer reviewer and Expert reviewer for the International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Research interests
I am interested in the research in the following areas:
Corpus Linguistics;
Corpus Linguistics in Translation and Interpreting Studies (English-Chinese, Chinese-English);
Complexity Theory (complexity in translation and interpreting)
Discourse Analysis (Chinese-English comparative studies), Social Constructionism, media studies;
Corpus-based studies in Second Language Teaching and Learning
"Media use of pharmaceutical promotional literature: the case of antidepressant medication": funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Small Research Grants scheme, UK.
“A research based on the authenticity of teaching materials and its implications on oral English teaching for English majors in China”: funded by the Department of Education of Henan Province, China
“COLSEC” (College Learners’ Spoken English Corpus): funded by the Chinese National Social Science Research Foundation, China
External examiner for PhD viva at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London
Peer reviewer for the Journal of Specialised Translation
Peer reviewer for the Interpreter and Translator Trainer
Peer reviewer and Expert reviewer for the International Journal of Applied Linguistics
Supervision
Postgraduate research supervision
I am interested in supervising postgraduate projects in the following areas:
Corpus-based Translation Studies
Corpus-based Interpreting Studies
Complexity in Translation and Interpreting
Corpus-based Critical Discourse Analysis
Social Constructionist studies
Teaching
I teach the following postgraduate modules:
TRAM488/489 Specialist Translation I & II (Chinese, MA module)
TRAM482/483 Consecutive and Dialogue Interpreting I & II (Chinese, MA module)
TRAM449 Interpreting and Technologies (MA module)
Publications
Highlights
Wang, F., Braun, S., and Nolan, F. (2022). Media use of pharmaceutical promotional literature: the case of antidepressant medication, in Proceedings of 28th International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference, 8th - 9th September, Oxford University, St Catherine’s College, Oxford.
Krystallidou, D., Temizöz, Ö., Wang, F., de Looper, M., Di Maria, E., Gattiglia, N., Giani, S., Hieke, G., Morganti, W., Pace, C. S., Schouten, B., & Braun, S. (2024). Communication in refugee and migrant mental healthcare: A systematic rapid review on the needs, barriers and strategies of seekers and providers of mental health services. Health Policy, 139, Article 104949. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104949
Lázaro Gutiérrez, R., Valero-Garcés, C., Pena Díaz, C., Alcalde Peñalver, E., Álvaro Aranda, C., Schouten, B., Mankauskienė, D., Biernacka, A., Kalata-Zawłocka, A., Cox, A., Hollebeke, I., Kerremans, K., Hodáková, K., Gattiglia, N., Morelli, M., Ukušová, J., Buysse, L., Wang, F. (2023). MentalHealth4All: Mapping and Assessing Existing Multilingual Resources in Mental Healthcare. Onomazéin.
Wang, F. (2023). Social Construction of Antidepressants in British Newspapers and Medical Journals: A Corpus-based Study. in Proceedings of 21st China National Mental Health Research Conference Chinese Society of Psychiatry (CSP), Sep, 2023, 6th to 9th Suzhou, China.
Wang, F., Li, C., Braun, S., Geyer, R., Nolan, F. (2023) Popular and Scientific Discourse on Antidepressants in Britain and China: A Corpus-based Study, in Proceedings of 21st China National Mental Health Research Conference Chinese Society of Psychiatry (CSP), Sep, 2023, 6th to 9th Suzhou, China.
Wang, F., Braun, S., and Geyer, R. (2023). Popular and Scientific Discourse on Antidepressants in Britain and China: the case of Venlafaxine, in Proceedings of Twelfth International Conference of Corpus Linguistics, 06 July, Lancaster University, Lancaster.
Wang, F. (2023). A Corpus-Assisted Critical Discourse Analysis of Escitalopram in British and Chinese Newspapers and Medical Journals, in Proceedings of Twelfth International Conference of Corpus Linguistics, 05 July, Lancaster University, Lancaster.