Tulane University

Contact Info
agibson3@tulane.edu

Degrees

• B.A., Dartmouth College, Spanish and Latino Studies; Portuguese minor, 2003
• M.A., Tulane University, Latin American Studies, 2007
• Ph.D., Tulane University, Latin American Studies, 2010

Academic Experience

• Administrative Assistant Professor, Department of Global Education, Tulane University, 2015-
• Professor of Practice, Tulane University, 2012-
• Zemurray Stone Post Doc Teaching Fellow, Tulane University, 2012-
• Instructor, Tulane University, 2006-2011

Related Experience

• Coordinator, CIAPA, Tulane University, 2012-
• On Site Coordinator, Payson Center in Cuba, 2013-2014
• On Site Director, Tulane Semester Abroad Program in Cuba, 2011, 2014
• On Site Director, Rassias Institute, Spain, 2011
• On Site Director, Tulane Summer Abroad Program in Costa Rica, 2010, 2012
• Princeton Day School, Spanish Teacher, 2003-2005

Research & Teaching Specializations: Cuban and Brazilian performance cultures; Brazilian immigration to the United States

Distinctions

• National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Grant, 2013
• Fellowship for Research on the Global South, Tulane University, 2009
• Graduate Student of the Year, Tulane University, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, 2008
• William J. Griffith Latin American Studies Instructor of the Year, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, 2008
• Donald Robertson Award for best graduate paper in the Humanities written on Latin American Content: "Brazuca in NOLA: A Cultural Analysis of Brazilian Immigration to New Orleans Post-
  Katrina," 2007
• Tinker Fellowship Research Grant, awarded for thesis research in Cuba, Tulane University, 2007

Languages: Spanish; Portuguese

Selected Publications

• 2015. "PerformingCultural Visibility:Brazilian Immigrants,MardiGras,and NewOrleans." In PerformingBrazil: Essays on Culture, Identity and Performing Arts.
• 2015. “The Hispanic and Latino New Orleans: Immigration and Identity Since the Eighteenth Century.”
• 2013. “Sambando New Orleans: Dancing Race, Gender, and Place with Casa Samba.” Studies in Latin American Popular Culture 31.
• 2012. Post-Katrina Brazucas: Brazilian Immigrants in New Orleans. The University of New Orleans Press.
• 2012. "Parading Brazil Through New Orleans: Brazilian Immigrant Interaction with Casa Samba of New Orleans." Latin American Music Review.
• 2010. "Voz, Narrativa e Sexo: O Brasil de Nélida Piñon em República dos Sonhos." Brasil/Brazil [Brown University] 23 (2010): 37-53.
• 2009. "Vencendo Confins: A Voz Resistente Na Narrativa de Kehinde em Um Defeito de Cor." Pterodactilo 7 http://pterodactilo.com/numero7/?p=1063.
• 2008. "Brazuca in NOLA: A Cultural Analysis of Brazilian Immigration to New Orleans Post-Katrina." Latin American Journal of Popular Culture 27: 103-128.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: Brazilian Film; Introduction to Brazilian Literature; Ethnography of Latin American Dance; Mindful Traveler: Cultural Critiques of Tourism; Latin American Architecture and Urban Development in Costa Rica; Contemporary Costa Rican Culture