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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Mark John Richard Wakefield

Citation names

  • Wakefield, Mark J. R.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
7719-DD36-96D2
ORCID iD
0000-0002-3069-8310

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures
  • Humanities - Arts
  • Humanities - Languages and Literatures - Specific Literatures
  • Social Sciences - Other Social Sciences - Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2014/10/01 - 2018/06/12
Concluded
 Doutoramento em Estudos Literarios, Culturais e Interartisticos (Doctorate)
Major in Literatura e Cultura Inglesa
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Letras, Portugal
 Aprovado
2011/09/01 - 2012/07/07
Concluded
 Mestrado em Didática do Inglês (Master's Degree)
Major in Didáctica do Inglês
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Portugal
 Muito bom
2006/09/01 - 2009/09/12
Concluded
 Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (Bachelor (1st cycle))
University College Cork, Ireland
 16 valores
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2025/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
2020/02/01 - 2025/07/31 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2019/09/01 - 2021/08/31 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2012/10/01 - 2019/08/31 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution		 Employer
2014/10/01 - Current Integrated Researcher Centre for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies, Portugal
Outputs

Publications

Book
  1. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. Successful Writing in English: A Practical Guide. Porto, Portugal: Areal Editores. 2020.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "Culture and Education: Storytelling as a reflective tool for critical thinking". International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 11 4 (2026): 102-108. https://ijels.com/detail/culture-and-education-storytelling-as-a-reflective-tool-for-critical-thinking/.
    Open access • Published
  2. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "Atomic Atrophy: Bending the Bulwarks of Freedom through the Curtains of Culture". American Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research 10 7 (2026): 46-54. https://www.ajhssr.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/H2610074654.pdf.
    Published
  3. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "Fahrenheit 451 and rising: post-modernist reverberations in the work of Ray Bradbury". American Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research 10 4 (2026): 19-29. https://www.ajhssr.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/C2610041929.pdf.
    Open access • Published
  4. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "‘Stifled sojourns in Anna Burns’ Milkman: A culture of coercion?". International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 11 2 (2026): 357-365. https://ijels.com/detail/stifled-sojourns-in-anna-burns-milkman-a-culture-of-coercion/.
    Open access • Published
  5. Mark J. R. Wakefield. "Inversion of Realms: Critical Considerations of Cultural Conundrums in the Work of Sheldon S. Wolin, Hannah Arendt and Ray Bradbury". Asian Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (2025):
    10.9734/ajl2c/2025/v8i2240
  6. Mark J. R. Wakefield. "‘Intimacy and the Insipid: Sensual proximity in the work of John McGahern’". International Journal of Language and Literature (2025): https://doi.org/10.15640/jll.v13p5.
    10.15640/jll.v13p5
  7. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "‘Creative Culture(s): Finding Freedom in The Journey(s) of Writing". International Journal of Language and Literature 13 4 (2025): 28-33. https://ijll.thebrpi.org/journals/ijll/Vol_13_2025/4.pdf.
  8. Mark J. R. Wakefield. "W. B. Yeats: Wordsmith and Political Actor". Canadian Journal of Language and Literature Studies (2025):
    https://doi.org/10.53103/cjlls.v5i3.218
  9. Mark J. R. Wakefield. "English As a Vehicle for Communication: Commerce and Civilisation". Canadian Journal of Language and Literature Studies (2025): https://cjlls.ca/index.php/cjlls/article/view/216.
    https://doi.org/10.53103/cjlls.v5i3.216
  10. Mark J. R. Wakefield. "Culture and Citizenship, the Role of Law and Literature in Critical Thinking in Society: English language and Wider Society". Canadian Journal of Language and Literature Studies (2025):
    https://doi.org/10.53103/cjlls.v5i3.217
  11. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "Narratives of Political and Literary Freedom: Portugal and the Constitution of Liberty Post-25 April". Literature & Aesthetics 34 3 (2025): 56-71. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LA/article/view/20756.
    Open access • Published
  12. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "Cultural implications of the liberties and guarantees bourn of Magna Carta". International Journal of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences Vol. 9 10 (2024): 1-9. https://ijhassnet.com/news-details.php?id=121.
    Open access • Published
  13. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "Literature, Rhetorical Devices, and Juridical Imagination: A Symbiotic Dynamic". Literature & Aesthetics 33 1 (2023): 68-81. https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LA/article/view/17606.
    Open access • Published
  14. Mark Wakefield. "McGahern". Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal (2023): https://doi.org/10.31273/eirj.v10i3.1182.
    10.31273/eirj.v10i3.1182
  15. Wakefield, Mark J. R.. "The Policing of Private Conscience". (2021): https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/VP/article/view/10628.
  16. Marques, Jorge; Wakefield, Mark J. R.. Corresponding author: Marques, Jorge. "The impact of tourism in the form of an animated film: Asterix: the Mansion of Gods". Tourism Culture & Communication 21 2 (2021): 163-166. Marques, J., & Wakefield, M. J. R. (2021). The impact of tourism in the form of an animated film: Asterix: the Mansion of Gods. Tourism Culture & Communication, 21(2), 163-166. Disponível no Repositório UPT, em http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3838.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.3727/109830421X16191799472042
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Mark John Richard Wakefield. "Saints, scholars and sinners: from dystopian vibrations to secular security in John McGahern's novels". PhD, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10216/112456.
  2. Wakefield, Mark John Richard. "Interculturality in the Primary EFL Classroom: Increasing Tolerance through (Inter) Cultural Awareness". Master, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/7907.
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role		 Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/01/01 - 2025/12 BELF and Logistics Management in a Motorcycle Distributor: The case of Multimoto Motor Portugal
Supervisor of Daniela Oliveira Durães
Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/01 - 2025/12 The Role of Language and Culture in International Trade: Internship Report at Bolseira-Embalagens, S.A.
Supervisor of Inês Ferreira Azevedo
Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2025/01 - 2025/12 The Role of the After-Sales Services and Customer Retention – CFPT – Accesórios e Veículos
Supervisor of Rafaela Ramos Aguiar
Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/01 - 2025/07 O Papel das Curtas-Metragens no Desenvolvimento do Pensamento Crítico na Aprendizagem de Línguas Estrangeiras
Co-supervisor of Inês Perdigão de Andrade e Sousa
Mestrado em Ensino de Inglês e de Língua Estrangeira no 3.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico e no Ensino Secundário (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Línguas Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/11 The Intersection of Languages and Cultures in International Business: Internship Report at Aleluia Cerâmicas, S. A
Supervisor of Margarida Antunes Cordeiro
Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/10 Organisational Culture and Safety Policy at na international firm: the case of PLASTAZE – PLÁSTICOS DE AZEMÉIS
Supervisor of Ana Filipa Estrela Ascenção
 Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2024/01 - 2024/08 Foreign Language Use in Business Process Management: Internship in an International SME
Supervisor of Alice Alexandra Pinto de Almeida Pinho da Silva
Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2023/01 - 2023/10 The Future of Nearshoring – Ubiwhere
Supervisor of Luís Miguel Rodrigues Vieira
Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Degree)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
2021/01 - 2021/12 Language Assessment for Multilingual Positions in Multinational Companies
Supervisor of Sanaz Mohammadi Darabi
Mestrado em Línguas e Relações Empresariais (Master)
Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role		 Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2026/01 Exploring narrative texts to promote intercultural communicative competence in the EFL classroom
(Thesis) Arguer
 Tiago Manuel de Sousa Ventura Alves (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Línguas Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Portugal
2025/11 Exploring narrative texts to promote intercultural communicative competence in the EFL classroom
(Thesis) Arguer
 Tiago Manuel de Sousa Ventura Alves (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Línguas Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Portugal
2025/03 Poetry as a learning resource in the EFL classroom
(Thesis) Arguer
 Rafael Paulo Ferreira Teixeira (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Línguas Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Portugal
2024/11 Multimodal texts and the development of Multiple Intelligences in EFL
(Thesis) Arguer
 Marta Maria Rocha Abrantes (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Línguas Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Portugal
2023/12 Promoting Competences for Democratic Culture Through Structured Reactive Writing Tasks
(Thesis) Arguer
 José Miguel Pelaio (Master)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Línguas Culturas e Literaturas Modernas, Portugal
2022/10 I, too, am America": Richard Wright's literary pursuit of justice
(Thesis) Arguer
 Bruno Rafael Pereira de Sousa Teixeira (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Estudos Ingleses e Norte Americanos, Portugal
2022/10 The Biographical Novel: The Search for Identity in James Baldwin's Novels
(Thesis) Arguer
 Simão Pedro Rodrigues Machado (Master)
Universidade do Minho Departamento de Estudos Ingleses e Norte Americanos, Portugal