Anca M. Cuptor, Teacher, Professor, Paralegal
Anca M. Cuptor, Ph.D.(Anca Adumitroaie)
EDUCATION
ABA-Approved Paralegal Certi?cate 2020
University of California Irvine (UCI)
Doctor of Philosophy 2002
Philology
Al.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Master of Arts 1995
English (minor, Italian)
Al.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Bachelor of Arts 1994
English (minor, French)
University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Bachelor of Arts 1994
English (minor, Italian)
Al.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania (Valedictorian)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Part Time Paralegal 11/2020 -Present
Amervisa Immigration Law Of?ce, Culver City, CA
Part Time Paralegal
Radcliff Mayes LLP, Los Angeles, CA 09/2020-Present
Part Time Intern and Volunteer 12/2019-Present
Andrei Immigration Law Of?ce, Newport Beach, CA
News Journalist and Writer 09/2019 -Present
Apollonia TV , Iasi, Romania
Guest Lecturer 06/2013 � 2019
UCLA Slavic Languages and Literatures Department,
Romanian Studies
Mentor 01/2013 - Present
Blue Heron Charitable Foundation
Italian teacher 09/2010 � 06/2012
Oxford Preparatory Academy, Chino, CA
Interpreter 01/2007 � Present
Italian Trade Commission, Los Angeles, CA
Cultural Director and Press Secretary 01/2007 � 10/2015
�Viitorul Roman� Cultural & Aid Non-Pro?t Society
HR P ar t T im e Cons ultant
05/2005 � 01/2008
CrossTurn Consulting Group, Inc., Chino Hills, CA
ELD/ESL Teacher 08/2006 � 11/2006
Kraemer Middle School, Placentia, CA
Assistant Professor 09/1998 � 09/2006
Foreign Languages Department
Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Teaching Assistant 09/1995 � 08/1998
Foreign Languages Department
Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Translator and interpreter for public and private sectors 01/1991 � 11/2000
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Publications
�Shakespeare in the Mirror of Translation. The Case of Romeo and Juliet �, Ph.D.
Thesis, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, 2002.
�Viata Alaturi de Stress� (�Living with Stress�), Contact International Press, ISBN
973-97233-3-0, translation from Italian �Convivere con lo stress� B. L.-Plozza, U.Pozzi,
T. Carlevaro, ISBN 88-7640-258-6, 1997 ( in Romanian ).
Journal Articles
�A Translational Challenge: Wordplay in the Sampson and Gregory Scene,� Acta
Iassyensia Comparationis, nr. 2, �Europa: Identitate si Alteritate,� Universitas XXI
Publishing House, Iasi, 2004.
�Personajul-Simbol: Blanche Du Bois� (�The Symbolic Personage: Blanche Du Bois�),
Analele stiinti?ce ale Universitatii Al.I.Cuza din Iasi, tome XLII, 1996 (in Romanian).
�Calamburul la William Shakespeare. Romeo si Julieta: Traduceri Frantuzesti ale
Prologului� (�Shakespeare�s Pun. Romeo and Juliet: French Translations of the
Prologue�), Comunicari de limba si literatura, Al. I. Cuza University Publishing House,
Iasi, 1995 (in Romanian).
�Pathos as Human Passion and Suffering. Canto V from Dante�s Hell�, Analele Stiinti?ce
ale Universitatii A. I. Cuza din Iasi, tome XLI, 1995.
Conference Sessions
�A Stylistic Analysis of Several Shakespearean Plays,� The Third Biennial Conference of
the Romanian Society for English and American Studies, British Council at the Ovidius
University, Constanta, Romania. May, 1996
�Vasile Parvan e l�Italia,� Le Giornate Italo-Romene di Gastroenterologia, Arte e Cultura
Conference, Naples, Italy (in Italian). May, 1996
�Pathos and Humanity in Dante�s Inferno,� Zilele Universitatii Al. I. Cuza, Iasi, Romania.
October, 1995
�William Shakespeare�s Pun. Romeo and Juliet: French Translations of the Prologue,�
Zilele Universitatii Al I. Cuza, Iasi, Romania. October, 1994
�Puns and Oxymorons in Shakespeare�s Romeo and Juliet,� Language and Culture
Awareness, Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania. October, 1992
�Eminescu�s Poems: Translations,� Mihai Eminescu Students� National Symposium, Iasi,
Romania. June, 1992
Grants and Awards
Graduate Research Foreign Languages Department, University of Bari, Italy.
(March � June, 2000)
Graduate Research Albert-Ludwig Universit�t, Freiburg, Germany. (June �
September, 1999)
Graduate Research Foreign Languages Department, Istituto Universitario
Orientale and �Federico II� University, Naples, Italy.
(November, 1996 � September, 1997)
Master�s Degree Tempus scholarship, English Department, University of
Poitiers, France. M.A. in English and American literature.
(November, 1993 � June, 1994)
English Studies Institute for Applied Language Studies, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland. (October, 1993)
Italian Language/Culture Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy. (August, 1992)
Italian Language/Culture Universita per gli Stranieri, Perugia, Italy. (August, 1991)
CERTIFICATIONS
Teaching Literature in University, The British Council Romania (1998)
California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) (2006)
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Professional expertise English, Italian, French, Romanian
Scholarly use Spanish
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and other systems and platforms
Legal Research: Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Internet
Anca M. Cuptor, Ph.D.(Anca Adumitroaie)
EDUCATION
ABA-Approved Paralegal Certi?cate 2020
University of California Irvine (UCI)
Doctor of Philosophy 2002
Philology
Al.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Master of Arts 1995
English (minor, Italian)
Al.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Bachelor of Arts 1994
English (minor, French)
University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France
Bachelor of Arts 1994
English (minor, Italian)
Al.I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania (Valedictorian)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Part Time Paralegal 11/2020 -Present
Amervisa Immigration Law Of?ce, Culver City, CA
Part Time Paralegal
Radcliff Mayes LLP, Los Angeles, CA 09/2020-Present
Part Time Intern and Volunteer 12/2019-Present
Andrei Immigration Law Of?ce, Newport Beach, CA
News Journalist and Writer 09/2019 -Present
Apollonia TV , Iasi, Romania
Guest Lecturer 06/2013 � 2019
UCLA Slavic Languages and Literatures Department,
Romanian Studies
Mentor 01/2013 - Present
Blue Heron Charitable Foundation
Italian teacher 09/2010 � 06/2012
Oxford Preparatory Academy, Chino, CA
Interpreter 01/2007 � Present
Italian Trade Commission, Los Angeles, CA
Cultural Director and Press Secretary 01/2007 � 10/2015
�Viitorul Roman� Cultural & Aid Non-Pro?t Society
HR P ar t T im e Cons ultant
05/2005 � 01/2008
CrossTurn Consulting Group, Inc., Chino Hills, CA
ELD/ESL Teacher 08/2006 � 11/2006
Kraemer Middle School, Placentia, CA
Assistant Professor 09/1998 � 09/2006
Foreign Languages Department
Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Teaching Assistant 09/1995 � 08/1998
Foreign Languages Department
Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania
Translator and interpreter for public and private sectors 01/1991 � 11/2000
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Publications
�Shakespeare in the Mirror of Translation. The Case of Romeo and Juliet �, Ph.D.
Thesis, Al. I. Cuza University of Iasi, 2002.
�Viata Alaturi de Stress� (�Living with Stress�), Contact International Press, ISBN
973-97233-3-0, translation from Italian �Convivere con lo stress� B. L.-Plozza, U.Pozzi,
T. Carlevaro, ISBN 88-7640-258-6, 1997 ( in Romanian ).
Journal Articles
�A Translational Challenge: Wordplay in the Sampson and Gregory Scene,� Acta
Iassyensia Comparationis, nr. 2, �Europa: Identitate si Alteritate,� Universitas XXI
Publishing House, Iasi, 2004.
�Personajul-Simbol: Blanche Du Bois� (�The Symbolic Personage: Blanche Du Bois�),
Analele stiinti?ce ale Universitatii Al.I.Cuza din Iasi, tome XLII, 1996 (in Romanian).
�Calamburul la William Shakespeare. Romeo si Julieta: Traduceri Frantuzesti ale
Prologului� (�Shakespeare�s Pun. Romeo and Juliet: French Translations of the
Prologue�), Comunicari de limba si literatura, Al. I. Cuza University Publishing House,
Iasi, 1995 (in Romanian).
�Pathos as Human Passion and Suffering. Canto V from Dante�s Hell�, Analele Stiinti?ce
ale Universitatii A. I. Cuza din Iasi, tome XLI, 1995.
Conference Sessions
�A Stylistic Analysis of Several Shakespearean Plays,� The Third Biennial Conference of
the Romanian Society for English and American Studies, British Council at the Ovidius
University, Constanta, Romania. May, 1996
�Vasile Parvan e l�Italia,� Le Giornate Italo-Romene di Gastroenterologia, Arte e Cultura
Conference, Naples, Italy (in Italian). May, 1996
�Pathos and Humanity in Dante�s Inferno,� Zilele Universitatii Al. I. Cuza, Iasi, Romania.
October, 1995
�William Shakespeare�s Pun. Romeo and Juliet: French Translations of the Prologue,�
Zilele Universitatii Al I. Cuza, Iasi, Romania. October, 1994
�Puns and Oxymorons in Shakespeare�s Romeo and Juliet,� Language and Culture
Awareness, Al. I. Cuza University, Iasi, Romania. October, 1992
�Eminescu�s Poems: Translations,� Mihai Eminescu Students� National Symposium, Iasi,
Romania. June, 1992
Grants and Awards
Graduate Research Foreign Languages Department, University of Bari, Italy.
(March � June, 2000)
Graduate Research Albert-Ludwig Universit�t, Freiburg, Germany. (June �
September, 1999)
Graduate Research Foreign Languages Department, Istituto Universitario
Orientale and �Federico II� University, Naples, Italy.
(November, 1996 � September, 1997)
Master�s Degree Tempus scholarship, English Department, University of
Poitiers, France. M.A. in English and American literature.
(November, 1993 � June, 1994)
English Studies Institute for Applied Language Studies, University of
Edinburgh, Scotland. (October, 1993)
Italian Language/Culture Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy. (August, 1992)
Italian Language/Culture Universita per gli Stranieri, Perugia, Italy. (August, 1991)
CERTIFICATIONS
Teaching Literature in University, The British Council Romania (1998)
California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) (2006)
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Professional expertise English, Italian, French, Romanian
Scholarly use Spanish
COMPUTER PROGRAMS
Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and other systems and platforms
Legal Research: Westlaw, Lexis-Nexis, Internet