Marcienne Martin holds a PhD in Language Sciences, and is Associate Researcher at Oracle Laboratory at the University of Reunion Island. She is the author of a number of books, including Le pseudonyme sur Internet, une nomination situèe au carrefour de l'anonymat et de la sphére privèe (2006); Le langage sur l'Internet, un savoir-faire ancien numèrisè (2007); Des humains quasi objets et des objets quasi humains (2009); Voix ferrèes par l'ombre (2009); Dictionnaire des pictogrammes numèriques et du lexique en usage sur Internet et sur les tèlèphones portable (2010); De la communication á; travers langue et univers mèdiatiques (2011); Se nommer pour exister - L'exemple du pseudonyme sur Internet (2012); and Mots et fictions (2014). She has lectured on onomastics and ICT in Europe, Canada, and in the United States (at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)), and has also written articles related to these research areas. In addition, Marcienne has participated in several art projects, including Medio-Monte's Socialization Society (Project of the European) and FIFE 2014 (French-English Poetry Festival).
A Name to Exist : The Example of the Pseudonym on the Internet