Education

• Ph.D. in Romance Languages – University of Georgia
• Post-Graduate Studies in Philosophy – Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (UERJ)
• D.E.A. (Diplôme d’études approfondies) in Littératures et Civilisations uropéennes, Université de Nice, France
• B.A. in Romance Languages - Pontificia Universidade Católica (PUC/RJ)  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Teaching

• FRN 435 Special Topics in Francophone Culture and Literature
• FRN 412 Francophone Cinema
• FRN 410 French Translation
• FRN 326 French Civilisation
• FRN 311 French Conversation
• Other Intermediate French Courses

Research and professional interests

• Francophone Cinema and 20^th century Literature
• Luso-Brazilian Cinema and 20^th century Literature
• Francophone and Luso-Brazilian Literature and the Arts
• Medieval French Literature
• Literary Criticism