Christopher Mellinger
Christopher Mellinger
Graduate Director
Christopher D. Mellinger is a Professor in the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation and is affiliate faculty for the Latin American Studies program at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Dr. Mellinger holds a Ph.D. in Translation Studies from Kent State University. He also holds certificates in Spanish-English interpreting and Spanish Translation/Localization Management from Wake Forest University. He is the co-editor of the journal Translation and Interpreting Studies. He is the co-author with Thomas A. Hanson of Quantitative Research Methods in Translation and Interpreting Studies (Routledge), co-editor with Brian Baer of Translating Texts: An Introductory Coursebook on Translation and Text Formation (Routledge), and editor of The Routledge Handbook of Interpreting and Cognition. He has co-edited special issues on community interpreting, translation, and technology (Translation and Interpreting Studies, 2018), on translation process research (Translation & Interpreting, 2015), and legal translation and interpreting in the technologized era (Revista de Llengua i Dret, Journal of Language and Law). In addition to his teaching at UNC Charlotte, Dr. Mellinger has experience teaching translation, interpreting, computer-assisted translation, and localization at the graduate and undergraduate levels at Kent State University, Wake Forest University, and Walsh University.
Education
Ph.D. 2014 – Kent State University (Translation Studies)
M.A. 2009 – Kent State University (Translation – Spanish)
B.A. 2007 – Wake Forest University (Spanish)
Appointments
Professor of Spanish Interpreting and Translation Studies, UNC Charlotte, 2025-present
Associate Professor of Spanish Interpreting and Translation Studies, UNC Charlotte, 2021-2025
Assistant Professor of Spanish Interpreting and Translation Studies, UNC Charlotte, 2017-2021