Instructor, Spanish; Faculty Fellow, Center for International Stabilization and Recovery
geromesc@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Office
Gabbin Hall G6
Fall 2026 Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30–2:00 PM, by appointment
Education
Ph.D., Translation and Intercultural Mediation
Universidad de Salamanca, Spain, 2023 — Sobresaliente Cum Laude
M.A., Spanish Translation and Interpreting
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2018
University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2018
M.S.Ed., Human Resource Development/Management
James Madison University, 2004
James Madison University, 2004
B.A., International Affairs and Spanish
James Madison University, 1998
James Madison University, 1998
Teaching & Research Interests
Global Education & International Engagement
Spanish Language Teaching & Acquisition
Translation & Interpreting Pedagogy
Intercultural Communication
Legal & Institutional Communication
Experiential Language Learning
AI-Assisted Translation
International Experience & Fellowships
CISR Faculty Fellow, James Madison University | 2025 & 2026
INU Researcher Mobility Award, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain | 2026
Co-Director, Study Abroad Program, Alcalá de Henares, Spain | 2025
Resident Director, Project GO, Fez, Morocco | 2024
International Business Experience | 15 years, including professional work involving Mexico, Argentina, and other international markets.
Selected Scholarship
Gerome, Stephen. Metaphors of Money Laundering: Teaching Specialized Text Translation with Corpus-Based Methods. Ethics Press, 2025.
Gerome, Stephen, and Daniel Linder. “Launching a Translation Course for a U.S. University's Study Abroad Program in Spain.” Traducción y Sostenibilidad Cultural II. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, 2024.
Research presented internationally at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain, and the University of Geneva, Switzerland, on translation, legal and institutional communication, financial crime, and the evolving analytical role of translators.
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