Oleksandra Romaniuk

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna

Research interests
Sociolinguistics
Gender Studies
Persuasive Communication
Courtship Behaviour

Academic education
September 2011 – February 2015: Doctor of Philosophy in German Philology & Applied Linguistics. South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University
September 2006 – July 2008: Master of Arts in German Philology & Applied Linguistics. Foreign Literature. South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University
September 2002 – July 2006: Master of Arts in Ukrainian Philology & Applied Linguistics. South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University

Further professional activities
2021: Quality Assurance Agency, United Kingdom. "International Review Methodologies for Programme Accreditation" Professional Development Seminar for Experienced NAQA Accreditation Experts
2021: International Internship: Module 1 "University 4.0. Digital Transformation"; Module 2 "Digital competence of a teacher"
2020 – 2021: London School of English. Professional training course in English (Proficiency)
2018 – present: Reviewer of the peer-reviewed academic journal "Analele Universităţii din Craiova. Seria Ştiinţe Filologice. Lingvistică" (Scopus)
2018 – 2021: Reviewer of the peer-reviewed academic journals The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) in the Journal of Education; International Journal of Language and Linguistics (IJLL)
2018 – present: Member of the Linguistic Society of Europe "The Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE)"

Scholarship
April 2022: Joint Excellence in Science and Humanities, the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)   

Publications

  • Romaniuk O. (2016). Comparative analysis of the morphological features of the male and female corpora based on the American dating show "The Bachelor US" contestants’ speech. Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica, 1-2, 96–105.
  • Romaniuk O. (2017). Basic universal units and components of romantic discourse based on the dating show patterns of dyadic interaction. Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica, 1-2, 370–380.
  • Romaniuk O. (2018). Feminine contact-establishing communicative tactic within the framework of romantic discourse. Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica, 1-2, 170-181.
  • Romaniuk O. (2019). Effective Self-Disclosure within the Masculine Romantic Discourse: Variable Communicative Moves. Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica, 1-2, 139-156.
  • Romaniuk O. (2019). Strategic Self-Disclosure: Interpersonal Competence of Female Romantic Communication in American Media Dating Culture. Pragmalingüística, 27, 308-327.
  • Romaniuk O. (2020). The first impression matters: the art of male romantic communication in American media dating culture. Discourse and Interaction, 13(1), 65-89. https://doi.org/10.5817/DI2020-1-67.
  • Romaniuk O. (2020). Arousing interest and curiosity in initial dyadic interactions: verbal and nonverbal behaviours in a contemporary media dating context. Challenges and achievements of European countries in the area of philological research: Collective Monograph Vol. 2., Riga, Latvia: "Baltija Publishing", 165-181. https://doi.org/10.30525/978-9934-26-027-8-28. 
  • Romaniuk O., Stupak I. (2020). Small Talk in American and Ukrainian dating cultures: a cross-cultural analysis of female nonverbal communication. 53rd Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea, 156-158.
  • Romaniuk O. (2021). Relational Dimensions of Dominance–Submission in Romantic Encounters (gender aspect). Problems of humanities: a collection of scientific works of Ivan Franko Drohobych State Pedagogical University. Series "Philology", 46, 104-110. https://doi.org/10.24919/2522-4565.2021.46.13.
  • Romaniuk O. (2021). Communicative Behaviour Congruence: Verbal Correlation and Interpretation of Gestures in Romantic Encounters. Transcarpathian Philological Studies, 17, 172-177. https://doi.org/10.32782/tps2663-4880/2021.17-1.34. 
  • Romaniuk O. (2021). Effect of female verbal behaviour on first impression outcome: binary logit model. Multidisciplinary academic research and innovation: The XXVII International Science Conference, Netherlands, Amsterdam, 25–28 May 2021, 510-512. 12.
  • Romaniuk O. (2021). Effect of male verbal behaviour on first impression outcome: binary logit model. Trends in the development of modern scientific: The XXXI International Science Conference, Vancouver, Canada, June 22–25 2021, 368-370.
  • Romaniuk O., Terán L. (2021). First Impression Sexual Scripts of Romantic Encounters: Effect of Gender on Verbal and Nonverbal Immediacy Behaviors in American Media Dating Culture. Journal of Social and Personal Relationship, 39(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075211033036.
  • Romaniuk O. (2021). Expression and Interpretation of Attraction and Interpersonal Intimacy: A Comparative Study of Female Nonverbal Behaviour. Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica, 1-2, 220-237.
  • Romaniuk O. (2022). Complimenting Behavior in Young Adults’ First Impression Scripts. Analele Universităţii din Craiova, Seria Stiinte Filologice, Lingvistica. (in print)