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Luana I. A. Santos is a PhD student at the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. Luana also has an MA in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia and an MEd from the Federal University of Sergipe, in Brazil. Her research interests are popular culture and literature, adaptation and intermediality, performance and identity, memory and tradition. She loves art in general, music being her favorite one as she enjoys…
I was born in São Paulo, Brazil, but have lived in Campinas from my first year of life until I came to UGA. I went to Unicamp, where I got my undergraduate major in Literature Studies, an MA in Literary Theory and History and started a Ph.D in Literary History and Theory right before I came here. During that time, I have also taught Portuguese Language Literature in Brazilian High School and have pursued a career in creative writing. My…
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…
Priscilla Scarpaci is a PhD student in French at UGA. She holds a Master's degree in French from Georgia State University, where her research delved into the diverse experiences of French-speaking communities in the United States, particularly in Louisiana and Maine. This background informs her current interest in exploring the cultural exchange between different artistic mediums and social contexts within French history, specifically 17th…
Vanessa Revheim is a Ph.D. student in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Georgia. She has been actively engaged in community-based learning, serving as a teaching assistant for SPAN/LACS 4090S: Practicum in Service Learning, where she supported students’ partnerships with Spanish-speaking communities in Athens, GA. Vanessa’s research focuses on heritage language acquisition, particularly the maintenance of Brazilian Portuguese in…
Elisa Braga has a B.A. and a Teaching Licensure in English from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), in Brazil, as well as a M.A. in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia, with a focus on comparing the literature of the Americas. They are currently a PhD Student at the University of Georgia. Their research interests include coming of age literature and the Bildungsroman, comparative humanities, gender and sexuality studies,…