Biography
Dr Catalina ‘Caty’ Ribas Segura is a Lecturer in the Languages Department at CESAG (Centro de Enseñanza Superior Alberta Giménez), affiliated with Comillas Pontifical University, Spain. She holds a PhD in English Studies from the University of Barcelona, Spain. Her education also includes studies at La Trobe University and Southern Cross University, Australia.
Dr Ribas Segura began working at CESAG in 2006, teaching English for specific purposes in various degrees, including the school’s Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Audiovisual Communication, Advertising and Public Relations, and Sports Science programmes. She has been invited to teach classes and masterclasses at a number of other universities, including the University of Barcelona, the University of the Balearic Islands, and Thammasat University, Thailand.
Her research focuses on immigrant literature and crime fiction in Australia, with an emphasis on the construction of identities and on Greek and Chinese migration in Australia. She was the coordinator of the Postcolonial and Decolonial Studies section of the Spanish Association for Anglo-American Studies (AEDEAN) from 2020 to 2024 and is currently a member of the TRANSLIT research group. She has published over 20 texts and participated in 40 conferences worldwide.