PhD in in Literary, Cultural, and Linguistic Studies. University of Miami, Anticipated 2021.
MA in Literary Theory. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Distinction 2012.
Teaching Degree in Portuguese and English. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), 2010.
BA in Social Communication: Journalism. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), 2009.
Teaching and Research Interests
Subaltern Studies (with an emphasis on gender representation).
Luso-Afro-Brazilian Literatures.
Postcolonialism and decolonization in the Lusophone world.
Transnational and Transatlantic relations in the cultural production of Lusophone countries (especially the African heritage in music, literature, soap operas, and cinema).
Comparative Literature.
Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, and Ideologies of Language.
Professional Experience
Distinguished Fellow, University of Miami Institute for Advanced Studies of the Americas (UMIA). August 2018 - May 2019.
Graduate Assistant, University of Miami (UM). August 2016 - Present.
English Teacher, Colégio Marista Champagnat, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2016.
Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA Program), University of Miami, August 2014 to May 2015.
CALI English Schools, teacher and coordinator of Advanced Levels, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2012 to 2014.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2011.
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2009 and 2010.
Academic Services
MLL Graduate Student Conference – Co-organizer. “Lands of Freedom? Oppressions, Subversions and Pursuits of Justice in a Changing World.” University of Miami, February 9th, 2018.
University of Miami Portuguese Program – Graduate Assistant. Responsible for organizing events to promote the study of Portuguese language and Lusophone Cultures, including the Luso-Brazilian Movie Series, the Portuguese Language Table, and tutoring.
Member of the committee responsible for organizing the V Conference of Linguistics and Literature – PUCRS.
Chair, “Language, translation and Teaching.” XI week of Language Arts and Literature – PUCRS.
President of the Board responsible for organizing the graduation ceremony of the 2010 Class of Language Arts and Literature Undergraduate students, PUCRS.
Producer and participant in a radio program in the Social Communication School, PUCRS. Responsible for organizing topics of discussion, as well as inviting guests for debates.
Leadership Roles
Graduate student liason with MLL Faculty (elected), August 2017 until May 2018.
Executive Committee, BRASA - Brazilian Studies Association(elected), 2016 to 2019.
Editorial and Peer Review
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group: reviewer of the language book, Contextos: Intermediate Portuguese Textbook. Responsible for evaluating and recommending changes to the pedagogical project, as well as appraising the feasibility of the textbook being published, 2017.
TESOL – Member of the Application Reviewers Board for the 2017 TESOL International Convention and English Language Expo, held in Seattle, Washington, from March 21st to March 24th, 2017.
Editor and writer of the newspaper “Hipertexto”, produced by the school of Social Communication, PUCRS, 2007 to 2008.
Editor and writer of the newspaper “Jornal da Manhã”, produced by the students of Social Communication, PUCRS, 2006.
Working Group Participation
UM Queer Studies Research Group - Supervisors: Brenna Munro, Gema Pérez-Sánchez, Pamela Geller, and Steven Butterman, 2016/2017.
PUCRS Mapping Multilanguage in the World Literature Study Group - Supervisor: Prof. Biagio D’Angelo, 2013.
PUCRS Working Group on Contemporary Theories: Foucault and Derrida. Supervisor: Prof. Sérgio Luiz Prado Bellei, 2011.
Honors and Awards
University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas (UMIA) and Latin American Studies Program (LASP) Distinguished Teaching Fellowship, 2018 to 2019
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures Summer Research Award, 2018
Honorific Member of the Portuguese National Honor Society, Phi Lambda Beta, at the University of Miami, received in 2018
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (Institute of International Education, IIE), 2014 to 2015
MA Fellowship (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, CAPES/CNPq), 2011 to 2012
Programa de Educação Tutoral (PET – Letras) – fellowship offered by the Brazilian Ministry of Education to undergraduate students interested in pursuing an academic career in research and teaching, 2009 to 2010
Publications
“Weaving Female Narratives in A Costa dos Murmúrios.” In: Women Rewriting History: Critical Resistance through Literature, Film, and Art. Eds. Lisa Bernstein and Tulin Ece Tosun. Accepted, in progress, 2018.
“Entre metáforas e epifanias: a (trans)formação de identidades em Sergio Y. Vai À América.” In: Journal of Lusophone Studies, Vol. 3, No 1: Special Dossier on Lusophone Masculinities, p. 148-167. Eds. Rex P. Nielson and Jeremy Lehnen, Online Database, 2018.
“Waiting So Long… Childhood Fear in the Trauma Narrative of O Ano em que Meus Pais Saíram de Férias.” In: Narrativas del Miedo: Terror en la literatura y cinema latinoamericanos del siglo XX. Eds. Marcos Ramírez, David Rozotto, Karem Langer. New York: Peter Lang, 2018.
“A Violência do Não-dizer em Nós Matámos o Cão-tinhoso, de Luis Bernardo Honwana.” In: Anais do XV Congresso Internacional da ABRALIC: Experiências Literárias, Textualidades Contemporâneas, Vol. 3, p. 5017-5024. UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Online Database, 2017.
“A vida ressurgindo das profundezas: a fragmentação autobiográfica do autor em De profundis, valsa lenta.” In: A criação da memória: rastros autobiográficos na literatura portuguesa. 1. ed. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, v. 1, Ebook ISBN 9788539703791, 2014.
“O encontro da luz com as trevas: Uma análise do pós-colonialismo através de Heart of Darkness.” In: PUCRS, Faculdade de Letras. Available online at PUCRS library, 2012.
“A representação do Eros fraterno em três tempos: A problemática da disputa entre irmãos na Literatura.” In: Anais do IX Seminário Internacional de História da Literatura. Porto Alegre: EdiPUCRS. Page 217-226, Ebook, 2012.
"A apropriação pós-colonial de 'A Tempestade': Caliban como ícone representativo do bravo novo mundo.” In: Anais Eletrônicos do 2o CIELLI - Colóquio Internacional de Estudos Linguísticos e Literários. Maringá: Universidade de Maringá, 2012.
“Uma viagem pelo Olimpo no século XXI: a saga Percy Jackson e a mitologia grega fascinando jovens leitores.” In: III Congresso Internacional de Leitura e Literatura Infantil e Juvenil. Porto Alegre: EdiPUCRS, Ebook, 2012.
“A problemática da tradução exemplificada no texto de John Barth.” In: XI Semana de Letras: O Cotidiano das Letras. Porto Alegre: EdiPUCRS, Ebook, 2011.
“Reflexões sobre a arte através de Machado de Assis.” In: IX Semana de Letras: cultura e diferença. Porto Alegre: EdiPUCRS, p. 222-232, 2010.
“Literatura atual relê os clássicos.” In: Jornal Hipertexto. Porto Alegre, p. 06, June 2007. (Awarded Best Printed News Article, 20º Set Universitário PUCRS, September 2007).
“Ufa!” In: FAMECOS. Porto Alegre. (Award of Best Printed Publishing / Experimental Project, 20º Set Universitário PUCRS, September 2007).
“O retrato do caseiro que derrubou o ministro.” In: Jornal da Manhã. Porto Alegre, p. 24, July 2006. (Awarded Best Article, 19º Set Universitário PUCRS, September 2006).
Conferences and Presentation
American Portuguese Association. Presentation of: “Inheriting the Fractured Past: Emotionality in the Bilingual Discourse of Terra Sonâmbula”. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from October 17th to October 20th, 2018.
Brazilian Studies Association XIV. Presentation of: “Quero ficar no teu corpo feito tatuagem: marcas da ditadura na luta pela liberdade no filme Tatuagem.” PUC-RJ, Rio de Janeiro, from July 25th to July 28th, 2018.
Modern Languages Association. Presentation of: “Among Metaphors and Epiphanies: The (Trans)Formation of Identity Through Immigration in Sergio Y.” New York City, from January 4th to January 7th, 2018.
XV Congresso Internacional da ABRALIC: Experiências Literárias, Textualidades Contemporâneas. Presentation of: “A Violência do Não-dizer em Nós Matámos o Cão-tinhoso, de Luis Bernardo Honwana.” UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, from August 7th to August 11th, 2017.
African Roots: An essential part of American & Brazilian Cultures. Presentation of: African-American Literary Giants of Brazil and the U.S: Machado de Assis (1839 – 1908) & James Baldwin (1924 – 1987). Event promoted by the CCBU (Centro Cultural Brasil – USA) at Books & Books, Coral Gables, on March 30th, 2017.
Eleventh English Department Graduate Symposium: Writing Our Future, Writing Our Past. Presentation of: “Boarding the Nação Crioula: Colonialist explorations of the Portuguese empire”. University of Miami, Coral Gables, on March 29th, 2017.
UGA Crossroads: Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference. Presentation of: “Every Paddy Wagon has a bit of slave ship: marginalization of blackness in Brazilian culture”. University of Georgia, Athens, from February 10th to February 11th, 2017.
XII Semana de Letras (Letras: uma Babel em sintonia). Presentation of: “Montjoie, mon herós! A exaltação patriótica como parte do discurso histórico em A Canção de Rolando.” PUCRS, Porto Alegre, on September 26th, 2012.
2º Cielli - Colóquio Internacional de Estudos Linguísticos e Literários. Presentation of: “Ni ange ni bête – As Três Marias e As Meninas como personificação da mulher através do olhar feminino no século XX” and “A apropriação pós-colonial de A Tempestade: Caliban como ícone representativo do ‘Bravo Novo Mundo’”. Universidade de Maringá, Maringá, from June 13th to June 15th, 2012.
VI EnELLE (Letras Estrangeiras em suas Interfaces). Presentation of: “A vida ressurgindo das profundezas: a fragmentação autobiográfica do autor em De profundis, valsa lenta.” PUCRS, Porto Alegre, from May 22nd to May 23rd, 2012.
III Congresso Internacional de Leitura e Literatura Infantil e Juvenil. Presentation of: “Uma viagem através do Olimpo no século XXI: a saga Percy Jackson e a mitologia grega fascinando novos leitores.” PUCRS, Porto Alegre, from May 9th to May 11th, 2012.
IX Seminário Internacional de História da Literatura. Presentation of: “A representação do Eros fraterno em três tempos: a problemática da disputa entre irmãos na literatura.” PUCRS, Porto Alegre, from October 4th to October 6th, 2011.
XI Semana de Letras: o cotidiano das Letras. Presentation of: “A problemática da tradução exemplificada no texto de John Barth.” PUCRS, Porto Alegre, on September 28th, 2011.
V Enelle (Línguas e Literaturas: Multidisciplinariedade e Internacionalização). Presentation of: “Apropriação pós-colonial da peça A Tempestade.” PUCRS, Porto Alegre, from May 25th to May 27th, 2011.
IX Semana de Letras (Letras: Cultura e Diferença). Presentation of: “Reflexões sobre a arte através de Machado de Assis”. PUCRS, Porto Alegre, on September 24th, 2009.
O Duplo na Literatura (200 anos de Nicolai Gogol e Edgar Allan Poe). Presentation of: “O Duplo nos contos de Nicolai Gogol.” PUCRS, Porto Alegre, on May 14th, 2009.