Manana Rusieshvili; Rusudan Dolidze; Mariam Keburia; Sopio Totibadze

Manana Rusieshvili
Dr Manana Rusieshvili is a professor and Head of the Department of English Philology at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU). She is also President of ETAG (English Language Teachers’ Association of Georgia). Prof. Manana Rusieshvili has published more than 110 works locally and internationally and delivered papers at international conferences worldwide. Manana Rusieshvili’s research interests include Theory of Metaphor, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Critical Discourse Analysis, and Applied Linguistics.

Rusudan Dolidze
Dr Rusudan Dolidze is an associate professor at the Department of English Philology, Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. She is also the Language Centre Director at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Rusudan Dolidze does research in Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, and Semiotics.

Mariam Keburia
Dr Mariam Keburia (MA in American Studies, MA in Leadership for Sustainability, PhD in English Philology) is an assistant professor at the Department of English Philology at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Her research interests include Theory of Metaphor, Sociolinguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis.

Sopio Totibadze
Dr Sopio Totibadze is an associate professor at the Department of English Philology, Faculty of Humanities, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Currently, Sopio Totibadze is working on gender issues and hate speech in Sociolinguistics.

E-mail: manana.ruseishvili@tsu.ge rusudan.dolidze@tsu.ge sopio.totibadze@tsu.ge mariam.keburia@gmail.com