Education:

Degree in Philology - English Language and Literature – French Language and Literature (1999), Facullty of Letters abd Sciences, „Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania

M.A. in Philology – The Semiotics of Language in Mass Media and Advertising (2002)

PhD in Philology (2007), „Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iasi, with the thesis: “The Style of the Gothic Novel”

Research Interests :

• Literary srylistics
• Gothic studies
• Gender studies
• Psycholinguistics

Representative Publications:

BOOKS

Elena-Maria Rusu, “Stylistic Devices in a Vampire Story” in Horia Hulban (editor), Style in Language, Discourses and Literature, ISBN 973-86187-9-7, pp. 343-361;

Ana-Maria Fomin, Elena-Maria Rusu, Teste de limba engleză, ISBN 973-0-03251-3, 137 p.

Elena-Maria Rusu, “Gothic Style Revisited: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” in Horia Hulban (editor), Style in Language, Discourses and Literature, II, ISBN 973-766-23-6, pp. 202-220

Selected articles(2001 – 2009):

Elena-Maria Rusu (2001), “A Historical View on Gender Discourse” in 3^rd International Conference of PhD Students, University of Miskolc, Hungary, ISBN 963 661 480 6, pp. 155-159;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2001), “Maps and Their Semiotics” in Analele Universităţii „Ştefan cel Mare” Suceava, Secţiunea Geografie- Geologie, Anul VIII – 1999, pp. 141-143;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2002), “Features of Gender Discourse” în Gender Studies, vol. 1, No. 1/2002, Editura Universităţii de Vest, Timişoara, pp. 41-46;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2002), “Discursive Connections between Cartography and Literature” in Shakespereana 2001 – The Bulletin of the Students’ Seventh National Shakespeare Symposium, Editura Fundaţiei Universitare „Dunărea de Jos”, Galaţi, 2002, ISBN 973-8352-34-7, pp. 30-35;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2003), “Synthetic View on Gender Discourse” in Living in between and on Borders, Ed. Universitas XXI, Iaşi, pp.526-529;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2003), “Stylistic Devices in the Portrait of the Vampire” in 4^th International Conference of PhD Students, University of Miskolc, Hungary, ISBN 963 661 585 3, pp 249-254;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2004), “The Presence of the Gothic – from Architecture to Literature”, in Şcoala, Anul VII, nr. 1/2-2004, ISSN 1453 9063, pp. 141-144;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2004), “The Act of Interruption in Conversation” in Analele Universităţii „Ştefan cel Mare”, Lingvistică, Tomul VIII 2000-2002, Editura Universităţii Suceava, ISSN 1584-2878, pp. 176-179;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2004), Feminine “Roles” in Dracula by Bram Stoker in Gender Studies, Vol. 1, No. 3/2004, pp. 173- 178;

Elena-Maria Rusu (2004), Learning Geography Better with Graphic Representations, în Збiрник Науковых Праць. Сучаснi тенденцiï комп‘ютеризацiï процесу навчання iноземних мов Луганськ, pp. 40-44

Elena-Maria Rusu (2004), “Spaţiu şi cultură: structurile rectangulare şi conotaţiile acestora” in Analele Universităţii „Ştefan cel Mare” Suceava, Geografie, Anul XI - 2002, Editura Universităţii Suceava, ISSN 1583-1469, pp. 113-116

Elena-Maria Rusu (2005), “Enigmatic Femininity in R. L. Stevenson’s Strange Story”, in Gender Studies, Vol. 1, No. 4/2005, ISSN 1583-980X, pp. 39-46

Elena-Maria Rusu (2005), “Stylistics and the Gothic Text”, in The Fellowship of Cultural Rings, Editura Didactica si Pedagogica, R.A. Bucuresti, ISBN 973-30-1259-9, pp. 311-318

Elena-Maria Rusu (2006), “Language of Monstrosity in Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case”, in Constructions of Identity, Napoca Star, Cluj-Napoca, ISBN 973-647-355-4, pp. 431-440

Elena Maria Emandi (2007), “The Aesthetic Identity of the Gothic Literary Text” in 6^th International Conference of PhD Students, ISBN 978 963 661 783 7, ISBN 978 963 661 777 6, pp 51-58

Elena Maria Emandi (2007), “The Stylistic Identity of the Gothic Literary Text” in 6^th International Conference of PhD Students, ISBN 978 963 661 783 7, ISBN 978 963 661 777 6, pp 59-64

Elena Maria Emandi (2007), “The Gothic Spirit – From the Middle Ages to the Gothic Revival”, in Limbaje si comunicare IX (partea a doua) – Evolutia si functionarea limbii – perspective normative in noul context european, Editura Universitatii Suceava, ISSN: 1843-6714, pp. 259-265