Dr. Josélia Neves

Dr. Joslia Neves is a Professor at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), in Qatar, where she teaches on the MA in Audiovisual Translation. She has a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures, an MA in English Studies, a PhD in Translation Studies, with a dissertation on Subtitling for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (SDH).

During her career as a university lecturer and researcher, she has led a number of collaborative projects in various fields – television, the cinema and DVD, tourism, museums, and cultural venues, the performing arts, and education – in an effort to provide access to people of all abilities. Dr. Neves is considered a world-class expert in multimodal and multisensory communication strategies and has published and given training all over the world on topics such as subtitling, audio description, audio-tactile transcreation, accessible websites, access in specific venues (schools, hospitals, museums, hotels, restaurants, etc…) and in planning for change. In Qatar, she has worked with several organizations, such as Qatar Foundation, Qatar Museums, Doha Film Institute, Sasol, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, among others. Notably, she is a member of the TransMedia Research Group, the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation (ESIST), and the European Network for Accessible Tourism (ENAT).

She has recently been appointed Associate Dean for Social Engagement and Access at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at HBKU.