Educational Background & Specialties
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Educational Background

  • Ph.D (Expected May 2016): Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics, Minor: History, University of Minnesota
  • BA: Educational Cultures and Spanish, Portuguese and English Literatures, University of Minnesota, 2009 -
  • Coursework: Latin American Literature, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, 2004-2006 -
  • MA: Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics, University of Minnesota, 2012 -

Specialties

  • Portuguese, Brazilian, and Lusophone African literary and cultural studies
  • Black/African Diaspora Studies
  • Postcolonial and transnational approaches to literary and cultural texts
  • Latin American cultural theory and intellectual history