Name: PÎRNUŢĂ Oana-Andreea
Didactic and academic titles: Lecturer Ph.D.
Phone/e-mail address: 0040-766-520875; andreea.pirnuta@gmail.com
Short bio:
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1993-1997: BA “TRANSILVANIA” University of Brasov – Faculty of Sciences.
Field: Philology. Specialization: English Language & Literature – French Language &
Literature. BA Project Supervisor: Senior Lecturer Gabriela Chefneux
1997-1998: MA “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu – Faculty of Letters, History &
Journalism. Field: Philology. Specialization: Theory and Practice of Translation.
English Language. MA Dissertation Supervisor: Professor Mihai Zdrenghea
1999-2005: Ph.D. “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu. Field: Philology.
Doctoral Thesis Supervisor: Professor Mircea Tomuş
2010-2012: MA “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu - Faculty of Political Sciences,
International Relations & European Studies. Field: Political Sciences. Specialization:
International Relations. Security Systems. MA Dissertation Supervisor: Professor
Eugen Bădălan
Doctoral thesis:
 The Universe of Modern Poetry Before Eminescu
 “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu – 2005
 Doctoral Thesis Supervisor: Professor Mircea Tomuş
 The doctoral thesis is focused on modern poetry acting as a bridge across English,
French and Romanian Pre-Romanticism and Romanticism.
Selected articles:
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2014 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Bădulescu, Anca – Constructing Round Female
vs Flat Male Characters: Louise Erdrich and the Pattern of the Ojibwa Culture,
10th Conference on British and American Studies – Crossing Boundaries:
Approaches to the Contemporary Multicultural Discourse’, Edited by Marinela Burada
& Oana Tatu, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, ISBN (10): 1-4438-5359-3, ISBN (13):
978-1-4438-5359-0;
2013 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea – The Security Environment and the
Phenomenon of Globalization: Dimensions and Processes, Review of the Air
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Force Academy. The Scientific Informative Review. Vol. XI, No 2 (24) 2013, pp. 6774, ISSN 1842-9238;
2012 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Bădulescu, Anca – The Clash Between Two
Worlds: Past, Tradition, Myths vs. Present, Modernity, Hopes, 2nd International
Conference ’Redefining Community in Intercultural Context’, RCIC’12, 14-16 June
2012, Braşov, ’Henri Coandă’ Air Force Academy, pp. 117-120, ISSN, ISSN-L 22852689;
2012 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Bădulescu, Anca – Poetry and Art: Rethinking
Symbolism and Impressionism According to Semiotic Interferences, the 14th
International Conference Scientific Research and Education in the Air Force’,
AFASES 2012, 24-26 May 2012, Braşov, ’Henri Coandă’ Air Force Academy, ISSN,
ISSN-L 2247-3173;
2012 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Bădulescu, Anca – Narrative Weaving of Native
American Voices in ’The Antelope Wife’, the 14th International Conference
Scientific Research and Education in the Air Force’, AFASES 2012, 24-26 May 2012,
Braşov, ’Henri Coandă’ Air Force Academy, ISSN, ISSN-L 2247-3173.
2011 – PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Boşcoianu, Mircea – The Cultural Effort of
Information Sharing in the Knowledge-Based Society, The 13th International
Conference Scientific Research and Education in the Air Force, AFASES 2011
organized by HENRI COANDA Air Force Academy, AIRTEC Germany and General
M. R. Stefanik Armed Forces Academy of the Slovak Republic, 26th -28th May 2011,
Brasov, Romania, Conference Proceedings – Section: Management, Marketing,
Finance, pp. 178-183, ISSN: 2247-3173, ISSN-L: 2247-3173;
2011 – PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Boşcoianu, Mircea – International Security
Repatterned by Globalization, International Conference Security, Management and
Society 2011 held as part of CATE 2011 organized by the University of Defence/
Czech Republic, 11th -12th May 2011, Brno, Czech Republic, Conference Proceedings
published by University of Defence in Brno, pp. 453-458, ISBN 978-80-7231-790-5;
2010 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea – Hemingway and the Spanish Bullfighting
Tradition, The 8th Conference on British and American Studies: Global Homogeneity,
Local Identity, 16-17 April 2010, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures,
TRANSILVANIA University Press, Braşov, pp. 273-286, ISSN 1844-7481;
2010 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Arseni, A.-A. – The African American Vernacular
English in All Its Cultural Uniqueness, AFASES – 2010, The 12th International
Conference: Research and Education in the Air Force, ”Henri Coanda” Air Force
Academy, AIRTEC Germany & General Milan Rastislav Stefanik Armed Forces
Academy Slovak Republic, 27-29 May 2010, Braşov, pp. 152-159, ISBN 978-9738415-76-8;
2009 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea – The Scarlet Letter: Emblem of the Puritan
New England Society, The 6th Conference on British and American Studies, Faculty
of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Department of Foreign Languages and
Literatures, TRANSILVANIA University Press, Braşov, pp. 193-206, ISSN 18447481;
2009 – PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Dinescu, I. M. – Teaching EFL in a Global
World, International Conference Foreign Language Competence as an Integral
Component of the University Graduate Profile II, 23-24 September 2009, University of
Defence in Brno, Czech Republic, ISBN 978-80-7231-664-9;
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2009 – PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Tudorache, A., Dinescu, I. M. – Cultural
Globalisation and Linguistic Imperialism, 21st International Conference NAVMAR-EDU 2009, “Mircea cel Bătrân” Naval Academy - Constanţa, 12-14 November
2009, Foreign Languages, pp. 1129-1138, ISSN-1843-6749;
2008 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Americans vs Europeans in Henry James’s
“Portrait of a Lady”, The 14th International Conference The Knowledge Based
Organization, Foreign Language. English, Conference Proceedings 9, Sibiu, 27th-29th
November 2008, “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Ministry of Defence,
Land Forces Academy Publishing House, pp.76-82, ISSN 1843-6722;
2008 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Multicultural America. Ethnical Adaptation to
American Culture, Review of the Air Force Academy, The Scientific Informative
Review No. 2/ 2008, The Air Force Academy ”Henri Coandă” Printing House,
December 2008, Braşov, pp. 67-72, ISSN: 1842-9238;
2007 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, The Transatlantic Theme in Henry James’s
“The Ambassadors”, The 13th International Conference The Knowledge Based
Organization, Foreign Language. English, Conference Proceedings 12, Sibiu, 22nd 25th November 2007, “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Ministry of Defence,
Land Forces Academy Publishing House, pp.400-408, ISSN 1843-6722;
2007 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Is There a Women’s Language, Univerzita
Obrany, Centrum Jazykové Přípravy, University of Defence, Brno, Czech Republic,
International Conference Foreign Language Competence as an Integral Component
of a University Graduate Profile, Kompetence v Cizích Jazycích Jako Důležitá
Součást Profilu Absolventa Vysoké Školy, Sborník příspěvků z mezinárodní
conference konané 13.-14. září 2007 v Brně, Brno 13th-14th September 2007, pp.
191-196, ISBN 978-80-7231-261-0;
2007 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, The Experience of War in Hemingway’s ”A
Farewell to Arms”, Review of the Air Force Academy, The Scientific Informative
Review No. 2/ 2007, The Air Force Academy ”Henri Coandă” Printing House,
December 2007, Braşov, pp. 55-59, ISSN: 1842-9238;
2006 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, The Individual Search for Relationships in ‘The
Catcher in the Rye’, XIth International Conference - Man in the Knowledge Based
Organization, “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Conference Proceedings XI,
Sibiu, 23-25, November, 2006, Land Forces Academy Publishing House, pp. 63-67,
ISBN 973-7809-51-3, 978-973-7809-51-3;
Selected books:
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2012 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea – Multifarious Aspects of Globalization
and Security: Repatterning a New World Order. ”Henri Coanda” Air Force
Academy Publishing House, 164 pag, ISBN 978-606-8356-09-9;
2012 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea – Military English Acquisition: WordBuilding Skills. ”Henri Coanda” Air Force Academy Publishing House, 175 pag,
ISBN 978-606-8356-11-2;
2011 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Bădulescu, Anca – An Outline of Native
American Literature, Transilvania University Press of Brasov, 150 pag, ISBN 978606-19-0011-4;
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2010 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Bădulescu, Anca - English for Specific
Purposes: Content Language Acquisition. Transilvania University Press of Brasov,
161 pag., ISBN 978-973-598-760-8;
2010 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Sibişan Taraş, Aura – An Outline of XIXth
and XXth Century American Literature. Transilvania University Press of Brasov,
192 pag, ISBN 978-973-598-750-9;
2009 - PÎRNUŢĂ, Oana-Andreea, Bădulescu, Anca – An Outline of Early
XXth Century English Literature. Transilvania University Press of Brasov, 124 pag,
ISBN 978-973-598-544-8.
Current research interests:
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Cultural Studies: American Civilization, American Popular Culture, US
Geography, US History
Literary Studies: Literature of Ethnic Minorities, 19th & 20th Century American
Literature
Political Sciences & Security Systems: US Foreign Policy, EU Political
Environment, Globalization and the Contemporary International Security
Environment
Other academic achievements:
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Study visit & research activities at Strasbourg – France: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
COUNCIL OF EUROPE and EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS (December
2012) together with 3 students from the American Studies Program;
Research activities at Universidade do Algarve - Faro - Portugal within the framework
of LeViS International Grant: Learning via Subtitling – Development of Language
Tools and Materials, nr. 229954-CP-1-2006-1-GR-LINGUA-L2PP (May 2007);
Research activities at the Research Academic Computer Technolgy Institute (CTI)
Greece & at the Hellenic Open University (HOU) (December 2006);
Socrates/Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility at Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni
Culturali di Ravenna – Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna – Sede di
Ravenna – Dipartimento di Storie e Metodi per la Conservazione dei Beni Culturali,
Italy (September 2003);
SOCRATES/Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility at Danmarks Biblioteksskole/ Royal
School of Library and Information Science - Aalborg, Denmark (May 2003);
Socrates/Erasmus Teaching Staff Mobility at Université de Bourgogne: IUT de Dijon France (September 2002) ;
Teaching & research activities at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (June 2001,
June 1999);
Courses taught at the American Studies Program:
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US Geography
US History
US Foreign Policy
Introduction to American Civilization
American Popular Culture
Literature of Ethnic Minorities