Sana RICHA CHOUCAIR

Instructor

Faculty of Humanities – Chargé de Cours

Higher Institute of Speech and Language Therapy – Chargé de Cours

01/421 000 sana.richa@usj.edu.lb

Passionate about languages, Sana Richa Choucair holds a PhDin French Language and Literature, is a researcher in discourse analysis and ajournalist, with an initial diploma in speech therapy. After fifteen years ofteaching French at school level, she is currently a lecturer at Saint-JosephUniversity in Beirut. She shares with different generations the art of reading,writing and communicating, as well as the eternal curiosity of scientificresearch.


Education

Degree University Country Year
Doctor in French Language and Literature Université Libanaise (UL) Lebanon 2020
DEA in French Language and Literature Université Saint-Esprit- Kaslik (USEK) Lebanon 2012
Teaching Diploma in French Language and Literature Université Libanaise (UL) Lebanon 2003
Bachelor in Speech Therapy Université Libanaise (UL) Lebanon 2003

Teaching at USJ

Intoduction to Linguistics

Writing for the press and digital platforms

University teaching outside USJ

University teaching outside USJ Country Institution Start date End date
Head of Preschool and Primary Education Lebanon Lebanese German University 01/09/2022 31/08/2023

Professional experience outside USJ

Professional experience Organisation Start date End date
Journalist Ici Beyrouth 01/09/2023
Training academics on writing Op-eds, project lead by Prof. Sari Hanafi American University of Beirut 01/09/2021 31/08/2022
French teacher Collège Saint Joseph-Antoura 01/01/2007 30/12/2021
Speech Therapist-private practice Private clinic 01/09/2003 31/08/2022
Speech Therapist Learning Center for the Deaf 01/07/2003 31/08/2007

Areas of expertise

Art, Humanities, Religious Sciences

Research themes

Argumentation in discourse
Media discourse analysis
Analysis of French-speaking Lebanese discourse
Analysis of native digital discourse on social networks
Humor strategies

Publications and communications

-         L’argumentation dans le courrier des lecteurs libanais-Le cas de lapresse francophone, Éditions l’Harmattan,Paris, août 2023.

-         « Stratégies humoristiques en contexte culturel libanais - Lesréseaux sociaux et les évènements d’octobre 2019 », revue LiCArC(Littérature et Culture Arabes Contemporaines), no 9, décembre 2021, ÉditionsClassiques Garnier.

-         « Représentations du sexisme dans les médias : drague ou harcèlement? », dans Réflexion sur la frontiérité, Actes du colloque dirigé par Prof.Dima Hamdan, École Doctorale des Lettres et Sciences Humaines, Université Libanaise, 15-16 novembre 2018.

-         Métamorphoses, Recueil de poésie, ÉditionsOser Dire, Bruxelles-Beyrouth, 2023.

-         Caméléon sacré, Recueilde poésie, Édilivre Paris, 2020.