Carmen Maíz-Arévalo
Carmen Maíz-Arévalo obtained her PhD in Linguistics in 2001. In 2006, she joined the department of English Studies: Linguistics and Literature at the Complutense University in Madrid, when she became Associate Professor in 2018. Her research focuses on pragmatics, humour and intercultural pragmatics. For the past few years, she has combined this interest in pragmatics with digital communication. She has published numerous articles on these issues in journals such as Computer Assisted Language Learning; Journal of Politeness Research, Journal of Pragmatics, Discourse Studies and Intercultural Pragmatics; and taken part in many congresses, both national and international. Since January 2020, she has been the Head of the Complutense Centre of Foreign Languages.