Diana E. Popa, PhD

Diana E. Popa s a linguist, semiotician, writer, and editor whose work draws on multimodal communication, biosemiotics, and cultural heritage studies. Her interdisciplinary research examines how meaning is created, communicated, and interpreted across cultural and ecological contexts.

 

She is an affiliate of the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont and the founder and editor-in-chief of Place Imaginarium, an independent magazine exploring nature and culture through art, science, and storytelling. She is also the founder of the European Journal of Humour Research. Her work spans academic publishing, creative nonfiction, science and environmental communication, and place-based education.