Christopher Mellinger
Christopher Mellinger
Graduate Director
Spring 2025 Office Hours:
Online Only Monday 7-8PM and by appointment via Zoom
Christopher D. Mellinger is Associate 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
Associate Professor of Spanish Interpreting and Translation Studies, UNC Charlotte, 2021-present
Assistant Professor of Spanish Interpreting and Translation Studies, UNC Charlotte, 2017-2021