Expertise

Specializations

  • Portuguese and Brazilian literatures and cultures
  • Comparative approaches to Lusophone and Hispanic studies
  • Film and literature
  • Portuguese cultural history 
  • Nineteenth-century narrative

Current research projects

  • Portuguese women writers of the 19th century 
  • Women in Iberian film 
  • Machado de Assis’s female readers

Research Interests

  • Portuguese and Brazilian literatures and cultures; comparative Lusophone and Hispanic studies

Research + Teaching Interests

  • Portuguese and Brazilian literatures and cultures; comparative Lusophone and Hispanic studies


Regional Expertise

  • Brazil; Portugal

Expertise:

  • Culture
  • Film
  • Literature
  • Portugal
  • Spain

Keywords:

  • Brazilian Studies
Past Affiliations

Associate Professor, African Studies Program, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Affiliate Faculty, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

PhD Student, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington

Associate Faculty, Institute for European Studies, Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University Bloomington

Communities
European Studies, Portuguese, Chicano/a Studies, African Studies, Spanish
Degrees
PhD, Yale University, 2006
MA, University of Virginia, 2001
BA, University of Virginia, 1997