Raluca Şerban is currently Associate Professor with the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and teaches Business English and Professional Communication to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as Romanian as a foreign language. Specialized in American Studies, she has a PhD in this field, with the thesis Representations of Authorship in the Postmodern American Novel. Self-fictionalization in John Barth’s Writing. She has published articles in academic journals and has authored and co-authored several ESP textbooks. Her main research interests include American cultural studies, postmodern literature and action / practitioner research.