• 1996, Ph.D. in Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Philology.
• 1992, M.A. in Linguistics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Philology.
• 1991, Post-graduate Studies in General and Applied Linguistics, University of Copenhagen and University of Aarhus (Denmark).
• 1989, BA. in Greek Philology (Major in Linguistics), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Philology.

• 2009, Sabbatical Leave, King's College London, Centre for Language, Discourse and Communication.
• 2005, Sabbatical Leave, University of Lancaster, Department of Linguistics and Modern English Language.

• Identity construction in (conversational) narratives
• Critical literacy
• Classroom discourse
• Youth discourse
• Media and political discourse
• Attitudes towards minority languages and dialects

(selected publications)

Books

• Identities, narratives and language education. Athens: Patakis [co-authored with Villy Tsakona] [in Greek] [2011]

• Language teaching and text structure. Athens: Patakis [in Greek] [2005]

• Introduction to sociolinguistic issues. Athens: Nissos [co-authored with Mariana Kondyli] (1st edition 2002) [in Greek] [3rd edition 2011]

Articles in peer reviewed journals

• "Informal talk in formal settings: Humorous narratives in Greek parliamentary debates" [co-authored with Villy Tsakona]. In V. Tsakona & D. - E. Popa (eds.), Studies in political humor: In between political critique and public entertainment. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 61-81 [2011].

• " ‘The wolf wakes up inside them, grows werewolf hair and reveals all their bullying': The representation of parliamentary discourse in Greek newspapers", [co-authored with Villy Tsakona]. Journal of Pragmatics 42/4: 912-923 [2010].

• Parliamentary discourse in newspaper articles: The integration of a critical approach to media discourse into a literacy-based language teaching program [co-authored with Villy Tsakona]. Journal of Language and Politics 8/3: 359-385 [2009].

• Τalking different heterosexualities: The permissive, the normative and the moralistic perspective: evidence from Greek storytelling" [co-authored with Sophia Lampropoulou]. Discourse and Society, 20/3: 307-326 [2009].

• "‘As for the dialect, I will now tell you how we spoke at home': On the performance of dialectal talk" [co-authored with Sophia Lampropoulou and Dimitris Papazachariou]. Journal of Greek Linguistics, 9: 3-31 [2009]. 

• "Constructing social identities through story-telling: Tracing Greekness in Greek narratives" [co-authored with Angeliki Tzanne]. Pragmatics, 19/3: 343-362 [2009]. 

• Prosodic cues of identity construction: Intensity in Greek young women's conversational narratives [co-authored with Dimitris Papazachariou]. Journal of Sociolinguistics, 12/5: 567-596 [2008]. 

• "Narrative positioning and the construction of situated identities: Evidence from conversations of a group of young people in Greece" [co-authored with Angeliki Tzanne]. Narrative Inquiry, 15/2: 267-291 [2005]. 

• "Analyzing conversational data in GTVH terms: A new approach to the issue of identity construction via humor" [co-authored with Villy Tsakona]. Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, 18/1: 41-68 [2005]. 

• "Oral elements in pupils' writings: Evidence from Greek classroom discourse" [co-authored with Dimitris Papazachariou]. In E. Nemeth (ed.) Pragmatics in 2000: Selected papers from the 7th International Pragmatics Conference, International Pragmatics Association: Antwerp, 2: 39-51 [2001]. 

• "On discourse markers: Evidence from Modern Greek". Journal of Pragmatics, 33/8: 1235-1261 [2001].