Is a lecturer at the English Department, Faculty of Letters, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Romania. A teacher and a translator, she is the author of an Introduction to African-American Travel Literature (2013), published numerous academic articles and book chapters, and co-edited several volumes. She gave lectures in countries from the UK and Spain to South Korea and has directed intercultural research and exchange projects such as East-North Travel and Intercultural Communication in Europe (ENTICE) and ROK Center for Korean Studies. Her research interests cover literary, cultural and translation studies, with a focus on travel studies.