Tulane University

Degrees

• B.A., University of Minas Gerais, Brazilian/Anglo-American Literatures, 1990
• M.A., University of North Carolina, Luso-Brazilian Literature, 1992
• Ph.D., Duke University, Spanish and Latin American Studies, 1996

Academic Experience

• Professor, Tulane University, 2005-
• Associate Professor, Tulane University, 1999-2005
• Visiting Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2001
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 1999
• Assistant Professor, University of Illinois, 1996-1999

Research & Teaching Specializations: Postdictatorial Literature and Culture; Southern Cone and Brazilian Fiction; Literary Theory; Latin American Intellectual History; Brazilian Popular Music

Related Experience

• Referee of candidacy to full professorships and of tenure cases for Georgia State University, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland, University of Wisconsin at Madison, University of Texas at Austin, Amherst College, University of Texas A & M, and University of New Mexico, 2004-2008
• Appointed Member of Modern Language Association Task Force on Promotion and Tenure, 2004-
• Appointed Member of Modern Language Association Committee on Scholarly Publishing, 2000-2003
• Advisory Board of Profession, Modern Language Association, 2000-2002
• Referee of manuscripts for Duke University Press, Luso-Brazilian Review, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos

Distinctions

• Brazilian Foreign Ministry International Award for best essay on Machado de Assis, 2006
• Chilean Ministry of Education Grant for Visiting Faculty at The University of Chile, 2005
• Rockefeller Resident Fellowship at The University of Chile, 2002
• Brazilian Ministry of Education Fellowship for Visiting Faculty at The University of Chile, 2002
• MLA Katherine Singer Kovacs prize for outstanding book in the fields of Spanish and Latin American literatures and cultures, 2000

Languages: Portuguese; Spanish; French; German; Italian

Selected Publications

• 2008. “A mídia brasileira na encruzilhada entre o golpismo e a democratização.” Revista UFG – Universidade Federal de Goiás. 10 (5): 32-36.
• 2007. “A Poetics of Discomfort: Teaching Puig with Babenco.” In Approaches to Teaching Puig’s The Kiss of the Spider Woman. Francine Masiello and Daniel Balderston, eds. New York: Modern Language Association of America. 141-149.
• 2006. "Machado de Assis on Popular Music: A Case for Cultural Studies in 19th-century Latin America." Portuguese Literary and Cultural Studies. 13/14: 161-176.
• 2004. The Letter of Violence: Essays on Narrative, Ethics, and Politics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• 1999. The Untimely Present: Postdictatorial Latin American Fiction and the Task of Mourning. Durham: Duke University Press.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: Intro to Latin American Culture; Masculinity in Spanish American and Brazilian Literature; Literary Theory; Portuguese Composition and Conversation

Number of Dissertations or Theses Supervised in the Past 5 Years: 18