Michel Soares do Carmo

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PhD Student

Teaching Assistant of Portuguese & Spanish

PhD Student and Teaching Assistant of Portuguese/Spanish at University of Georgia, Michel Soares do Carmo holds a M.A. in Linguistics and a B.A. in Languages and Literatures with a concentration in Portuguese, both from Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). He has extensive experience in teaching through different levels (middle and high school; university; adult education) and ages (from 12 to 71). Right before starting his PhD Studies, he was a awarded a Fulbright Fellowship as Teaching Assistant of Portuguese as a Foreign Language at University Notre Dame, IN, United States, through the FLTA/Fulbright Program (2021/2022). He also has experience/training in teaching and/or researching following subjects/topics: Portuguese/English, Pragmatics, Metapragmatics, Linguistics, Language Ideologies, Afro-Brazilian Literatures, Digital Ethnography, Text Proofreading/Revision/Editing, Development of Social/Cultural Projects. His main research interests revolve around decolonial dialogues and re-articulations of identity, language and knowledge.

Research

Research Areas:

Brazilian & Lusophone Studies

Latin American, Iberian & Latinx Studies

Transatlantic & Diaspora Studies

Research Interests:

Amefrican Literatures, Afro-Brazilian Literatures, Digital Ethnography, Pragmatics, Metapragmatics, Linguistics, Linguistic Ideologies.

Selected Publications

Selected Publications:

Carmo, M. S. do. (2018). Autonomous, independent and lettered subjectivation: contra-hegemonic language conceptions in written productions of black women writers. Estudos De Sociologia, 23(44). https://doi.org/10.52780/res.11026

Carmo, M. S. do. (2015). Mapping of language ideology studies in Brazil. In International Congress of Critical Applied Linguistics (Vol. 19, p. 21). Available: http://www.uel.br/projetos/iccal/pages/arquivos/ANAIS/LINGUAGEM%20EPIST.%20ONTOLOGIA/MAPEAME NTO%20DOS%20ESTUDOS%20SOBRE%20IDEOLOGIA%20LINGUISTICA%20NO%20BRASIL.pdf.

Carmo, M. S.; Pinto, Joana Plaza. Linguajamentos e contra-hegemonias sobre linguagem em produções escritas de mulheres negras. In: X Congresso de pesquisa, ensino e extensão, 2013, Goiânia. Anais do CONPEEX 2013. Goiânia: UFG, 2013. V. 1.

Carmo, M. S.; Pinto, Joana Plaza. Linguajamentos e contra-hegemonias sobre linguagem em produções escritas de literatura na periferia. In: IX Congresso de pesquisa, ensino e extensão, 2012, Goiânia. Anais do CONPEEX 2012. Goiânia: UFG, 2012. V. 1. P. 3613-3622.

Education

Education:

B.A. in Languages and Literatures - Portuguese, 2015, Federal University of Goiás.
M.A. in Letters and Linguistics, 2017, Federal University of Goiás.

Articles Featuring Michel Soares do Carmo

Left to right: Alvaro Ley Garrido, Talita Nassur, and Michel Soares do Carmo

Six Romance Languages Graduate Students Receive 2024 Outstanding Teaching Award

Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - 3:12pm

Every year the Center for Teaching and Learning recognizes the significant contributions graduate students make to the instructional mission of the University of Georgia through Teaching Awards sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction.…

Dr. Fernanda Guida and Spelman Portuguese Program Visit Portuguese Flagship students at UGA

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 - 12:28pm

On October 31st, the Portuguese Flagship Program at UGA hosted Dr. Fernanda Guida (Spelman College), three students from Spelman College (Amyre Hobbs, Annis Baron, Latisha Jones), one student from Morehouse (Carleon Outlaw), and Portuguese Fulbright…

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