Education 2021 - PhD, Portuguese & Brazilian Studies, Brown University
Dissertation: “Affective Crossings: Mapping Empathy and Human Rights in Literature of the Americas.”
2021 - MA, Hispanic Studies, Brown University 2021 - MA, Portuguese & Brazilian Studies, Brown University 2017 - MS Education, Secondary English, Johns Hopkins University 2015 - MA, Luso-Brazilian Literatures, Brigham Young University
Languages English, native Portuguese, near-native (language sample: clip from paper presentation about Machado de Assis and the fantastic) Spanish, advanced high (language sample: clip from paper presentation comparing Cuban novel Francisco and Uncle Tom's Cabin) Relevant Coursework Inter-American & Literary Studies (selection): Brazilian Women Writers | Environmental Humanities | Human Rights & Contemporary Brazilian Lit. | Literary Theory | Música Popular Brasileira | Rosa, Faulkner, and Rulfo | Fernando Pessoa & Co. | Romanticism in Latin America | Deconstructing Portuguese Colonialism in Lit. | Don Quixote | Medieval and Renaissance Portuguese Lit. | 19th-Century Portuguese Novels | Poetics of the Avant-Garde in Latin America | Afro-Brazilians & the Brazilian Polity
Pedagogy: Methods of Portuguese Teaching | Directed Teaching - Portuguese | Portuguese Pedagogy and Online Learning | Teaching Oral & Literacy Skills Seminar in Transformational Leadership and Teaching (Parts 1–3) | Classroom Management (Parts 1–2) | Effective Practices for Teaching and Learning (Parts 1–2) Teaching Reading in Content Areas: Part 2 | Portfolio Development, Part 1: Teacher Growth | Teaching for Transformation 1: Secondary Content
Translation & Interpretation: Intro to Translation | Translation Theory & Latin American Literature | Translation: Theory/Practice
Linguistics: Intro to Modern Linguistics | Survey of Luso-Brazilian Linguistics | Advanced Portuguese Grammar
Editing: Modern American Usage | Grammar of English | Basic Editing Skills