George Damaskinidis holds a Doctorate in Education (The Open University, UK), a Master’s degree in Education (The Open University, UK), an MA in Translation Studies (Birmingham, UK) and a BA (Hons) in Humanities with English Language (The Open University, UK). He is a teaching assistant at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and at the University of Western Macedonia, in Greece. He has co-designed and co-taught language, semiotics and visual literacy courses at a post-graduate and undergraduate level. He also teaches English Military Terminology at the Hellenic Army Command and General Staff College (SDIEP). He has lectured at universities in Greece and abroad around his research interests. He holds the professional Certificate of English Language Teaching for Adults (CELTA) from Cambridge University. He is the author of Joint Military English. A Specialized Course (Athens, Tourikis Publishing) and H Ereunitiki Protasi sti Metaptixiaki kai Didaktoriki Ereuna [The Research Proposal in Master and Doctoral Research] (Thessaloniki: Epikentro). He has published articles in the areas of visual literacy, translation, and semiotics, in peer-reviewed journals, thematic volumes and proceedings of international conferences.
