Education:

October 2015 – completion of TransFormation.doc Program and Train the Trainer Program at Ivey Business School, Western University, Ontario, Canada;

2011 – PhD in English Linguistics, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, doctoral thesis: Context-Dependent Meaning. A Cognitive Linguistic Analysis of Noun-to-Verb Conversion Phenomena in English; supervisor: Prof. Henryk Kardela;

2009 - MA in Applied Linguistics (German and English, specialisation: translation and interpreting), Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, MA dissertation: Neologismen in Science-Fiction - eine linguistisch- und translationsorientierte kontrastive Analyse des Romans "Revenge of the Sith";

2007 - BA in Applied Linguistics (German and English, specialisations: translation and interpreting, teaching), Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.

Research interests:

- cognitive linguistics (cognitive semantics; meaning construal mechanisms; neosemantisation processes; concept metamorphosis; conceptual blending theory and its applications)

- linguistics/discourse (multimodality in science communication; cognitive coherence in multimodal communication; metaphors in the language of law and their impact on legal reasoning)

- translation (translation of neologisms and wordplays; re-conceptualisation in specialised translation; application of cognitive theories in translation research, practice and didactics; cognitive aspects of interlingual and intercultural transfer in consecutive and simultaneous intepreting).

Awards and distinctions:

2017 – Individual Award of the Rector of UMCS for organisational achievements (3rd grade).

2020 - nomination to L. Petrażycki award of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the monograph: Metafory konceptualne jako narzędzia rozumowania i poznania prawniczego w świetle ich manifestacji/realizacji w polskim języku prawnym i prawniczym (2017; co-authors: S. Wojtczak, I. Witczak-Plisiecka).

Academic positions:

since 2019 – head of Postgraduate Studies in Interpreting (Department of Applied Linguistics UMCS),

2018-2020 – member of INTER-PRO UMCS Strategic Team ("Integrated UMCS" project),

2018-2021 – head of Postgraduate Studies in Law for Certified and Specialised Translators (Department of Applied Linguistics UMCS in co-operation with Lublin Translator's Society),

2016-2020 – vice-editor of the journal Annales UMCS Sectio FF (Philologiae),

since 2015 – head of Postgraduate Studies in Certified and Specialised Translation (Department of Applied Linguistics UMCS),

2013-2018 – member of Educational Quality Committee (Faculty of Humanities UMCS).

Courses taught:

- consecutive intepreting (2^nd/3^rd year MA year MAyear BA, Applied Linguistics EN);
- specialised terminology (1^st year MA, Applied Linguistics EN);
- specialised languages in theory and practice (1st year MA, Conference Interpreting EN);

- linguistic analyis of texts (2^nd year MA, Applied Linguistics EN);
- MA seminar (Applied Linguistics / Conference Interpreting EN; cognitive linguistics & translation);

- multilingualism in everyday life (2^nd year MA, Intercultural Communication);

- translation of scientific texts (postgraduate level EN);

- translation of EU-related texts (postgraduate level EN).

Conferences:

Active participation (with papers and theme sessions) in over 50 international scientific conferences, including 20 abroad in the years 2010-2020.

Organisation of 4 international conferences at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin.

Research grants and other projects:

- research grant financed by the Polish National Science Centre (as co-investigator): Placebos and nocebos for translators: A model of anticipatory cognition in translation production – project implemented in the years 2024-2027 (OPUS 26), Principal investigator: Dr hab. Mikołaj Deckert, Faculty of Philology, Uniwersity of Łódź;

-    research grant financed by the EU under Measure 1.2 Sectoral R&D programmes. Operational Programme Smart Growth 2014-2020 (as senior researcher): ISPEAK - Development of an application that will use virtual reality to teach foreign languages and to conduct experimental research; project active in the period Jan-Jun 2018 (POIR.01.02.00-00-0123/16), Beneficiary: RDLabs sp. z o.o. sp.k., Warsaw;

-    research grant financed by the Polish National Science Centre (as co-investigator): Metaphor as a mechanism to understand language of law and legal language and to experience law (quoting examples of Polish language and legal language) – project implemented in the years 2014-2017 (DEC-2013/09/B/HS5/02529), Principal investigator: Prof. Sylwia Wojtczak, Department of Law Policy, Uniwersity of Łódź;

-    research grant financed by the Ministry of Science nd Higher Eductaion, National Programme for the Development of Humanities, Module: Universals (as translator): Translation into English and publication in the series "Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives" (Peter Lang) of the monograph "Norwidianum. Studia o Norwidzie" eds. Edyta Chlebowska and Agata Brajerska-Mazur (vols. 1-4) – project implemented in the years 2017-2021 (project no. 11 21H 16 0036 84), implementing units: John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin / Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin / Coventry University, Principal investigator: Dr Edyta Chlebowska;

-    research grant financed by the Ministry of Science nd Higher Eductaion, National Programme for the Development of Humanities, Module: Internationalisation (as translator): English edition of the journal "Studia Norwidiana" 2016-2020– project implemented in the years 2016-2021 (project no. 3bH 15 0013 83), Principal investigator: Prof. Piotr Chlebowski, Institute for the Study of Cyprian Norwid's Literature, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin;

-    research grant financed by the Ministry of Science nd Higher Eductaion, National Programme for the Development of Humanities, Module: Internationalisation (as translator): English edition of the journal "Ethnolinguistics. Problems of Language and Culture" in electronic version – project implemented in the years 2016-2019 (project no. 3bH 15 0204 83), Principal investigator: Prof. Jerzy Bartmiński, Department of Polish, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin;

-    implementation of 7 small “faculty research grants” in the years 2012-2018.

Associations (membership):

- International Cognitive Linguistics Association,

- International Association for Cognitive Semiotics,

- Polish Cognitive Linguistics Association.

Monographs:

• Wojtczak, S.; Witczak-Plisiecka, I. & Augustyn, R. 2017. Metafory konceptualne jako narzędzia rozumowania i poznania prawniczego w świetle ich manifestacji/realizacji w polskim języku prawnym i prawniczym [Conceptual Metaphors as a Tool of Legal Reasoning and Cognising in the Light of their Manifestations in the Polish Language of Law and Legal Language]. Warszawa: Wolters Kluwer.

Edited volumes:

• Augustyn, R.; Mierzwińska-Hajnos, A. (eds.) 2018. New Insights into the Language and Cognition Interface. Newcastle u. Thyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Selected articles:

• Deckert, M. & Augustyn, R. 2022. "From film reception to translation production: Suboptimal visual-verbal coding." Translation & Intepreting 14(2): 84-102; DOI: 10.12807/ti.114202.2022.a06.
• Prażmo, E. & Augustyn, R. 2022. "The Racist Pandemic: A Semantico-Pragmatic Study of the Anti-Asian Overtones in COVID-19-related Twitter Discourse." Lingue e Linguaggi 47, 209-226; DOI: 10.1285/i22390359v47p209.
• Augustyn, R. & Prażmo, E. 2020. "The Spread of 'Chinese Virus' in the Internet Discourse: A Cognitive Semantic Analysis." GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies 20(4): 209-227; DOI: 10.17576/gema-2020-2004-12.
• Prażmo, E. & Augustyn, R. 2020. "Parasites, Herbivores and Dried Fish: Dehumanising Metaphorical Blends in Japanese." GEMA Online Journal of Language Studies 20(2): 148-167; DOI: 10.17576/gema-2020-2002-09.
• Augustyn, R. 2017. "Deciphering novel expressions: A proposal for an integrated cognitive meaning construction analysis" [in]: Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska Sectio Philologiae 35 (2), pp. 192-206.
• Augustyn, R. 2016. “Polysemy in legal translation: A cognitive approach” [in]: Bierwiaczonek, B./Paszenda, J. (eds.): Polysemy in Language and Translation, Katowice: WSZOP, pp. 197-212.
• Augustyn, R. 2014. “Kognitive Basis der Nomen-Verb-Konversionen im Englischen und Deutschen” [in]: Żebrowska, E./Jaworska, M./Steinhoff, D. (Hrsg.), Materialität und Medialität der sprachlichen Kommunikation. Materiality and Mediality of Linguistic Communication, Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, pp. 35-46.
• Augustyn, R. & Knieja, J. 2014. “Kritische Bemerkungen zur deutschen und polnischen Übersetzung der Eigennamen im Comic-Band Astérix en Corse – eine kognitive Perspektive” [in]: Germanica Wratislaviensia 139, Kategorien und Konzepte, pp. 197-212.
• Augustyn, R. 2013. “Discourse-driven meaning construction in neosemantic noun-to-verb conversions” [in]: Research in Language 11 (2), pp. 141-161.
• Augustyn, R. 2013. “Meaning extension in English noun-to-verb conversions – a cognitive account” [in]: Lachout, M. (Hrsg.): Aktuelle Tendenzen der Sprachwissenschaft. PHILOLOGIA – Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse, Band 176, Hamburg: Kovač, pp. 245-259.
• Augustyn, R. 2012. “Discourse-Guided Neosemantization in Novel Noun-to-Verb Conversions”, [in]: Głaz, A./Kowalewski, H./Weremczuk, A. (eds.), What's in a Text? Inquiries into the Textual Cornucopia, Newcastle u. Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 230-247.  
• Augustyn, R. & Gniecka, A. 2011. “Irony behind diminutives: a cognitive linguistic analysis of popular technical terms”, [in]: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature 35, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, pp. 31-49.
• Augustyn, R. 2010. “Neologismen in Science-Fiction - eine kontrastive Analyse der Übersetzungsverfahren am Beispiel des Romans Revenge of the Sith”, [in]: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature 34, Lublin: Wydawnictwo UMCS, pp. 35-50.