CURRICULUM VITAE
Marcus Vinícius Câmara Brasileiro
[email protected]
Web page: https://lpcs.usu.edu/htm/faculty/marcus-brasiliero/
Dept. Languages, Philosophy & Communication Studies
UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
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EDUCATION
2010
Ph.D. Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures, Culture and
Linguistics
The University of Minnesota
Fields of specialization: Literature
Special research emphasis: Twentieth Century Brazilian Literature
Dissertation: Displacement and Subjectivity: the metaphor of
travel in João Gilberto Noll, Silviano Santiago and
Bernardo Carvalho
2001
M.A. Applied Linguistics to Education
PUC-SP – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
Field of specialization: Linguistics and Education
Thesis: New Technologies in Education
1995
B.A. Luso-Brazilian Linguistics and Literature
Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina (PI), Brazil
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2010-Present
2002-2010
2000-2002
2001-2001
1997-1998
Assistant Professor, Utah State University
Department of Languages, Philosophy and Speech Communication
Instructor, University of Minnesota
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Instructor, Universidade Ibirapuera, São Paulo (Brazil)
Department of Letters
Instructor, Pontificia Universidade Católica – PUC-SP (Brazil)
Department of Letters
Instructor, Universidade Federal do Piauí – UFPI (Brazil)
Department of Letters
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RESEARCH
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
IN PROGRESS:
2015
Love and Democratic Demands in Marcelino Freyre. To be
submited in the spring to the academic Journal Hispania.
PUBLISHED:
2014
Narrativas de Deslocamento e Pertencimento na Literatura
Brasileira Contemporânea. Peer-Reviewed Journal: The
Postcolonialist. Vol 2, Number 1. n.p. Online issue available at:
http://postcolonialist.com/arts/narrativas-de-deslocamento-naliteratura-brasileira-contemporanea/
2013
A dialética entre o Eu e o Outro em Viagem ao México, de
Silviano Santiago. Hispanófila, Department of Romance
Languages. The University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, pp.
119 – 134.
2011
A metáfora da viagem em João Gilberto Noll. Peer review journal
Contexto (UFES – Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil).
N.: 19 (Jan./Jun 2011). Vitoria: EUDFES: UFES, Programa de Pós
Graduação em Letras, pp. 85 – 118.
2010
Torquato Neto na Geléia Geral Brasileira. Peer review journal
Literatura e Autoritarismo, published by UFSM – Federal
University of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil/ CNPq –
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico,
Brazil. Dossiê Cultura Brasileira e Modernidade Contemporânea.
n.p.
Online
issue
available
at:
http://w3.ufsm.br/literaturaeautoritarismo/revista/dossie02/art_04.p
hp
PEER-REVIEWED BOOK CHAPTERS
IN PROGRESS:
2014
Labyrinths of Affect: Caio Fernando Abreu’s Letters. To be
submited to the peer-reviewed volume: Gender Issues in Latin
America: Identity, Power & Expression. Ed. by Tania Gomes,
Saint John’s Univerity. Due date: October 30, 2014.
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IN PRESS:
2014
Introduction (with Cacilda Rêgo) to.: Migration in Lusophone
Cinema. Palgrave UK, US, pp. 1 – 16.
PUBLISHED:
2013
Diaspora in Brazilian Cinema (With Cacilda Rêgo and Carolina
Rocha). In.: The Directory of Brazilian Cinema.. Intelect Press,
UK, pp. 169 – 184.
2012
Can the Feminine Speak? Narrating Madalena and Macabéa. In.:
The Woman in Latin American and Spanish Literature. Edited by
Eva Bueno and Maria Claudia André. McFarland, pp. 207 – 222.
2007
Signos do Interdito: Considerações sobre o Sujeito Desejante em A
Confissão de Lúcio. In: Coleção Diversidades. Edited by
Francisco de Oliveira Barros & Solimar Oliveira Lima. Ed.
Booklink, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 2007, 119-138.
BOOKS
IN PRESS:
2014
Migration in Lusophone Cinema (With Cacilda Rêgo). Palgrave
UK,US. Release date: November 26th.
BOOK PROPOSAL SUBMITED:
2014
Perspectivas: Portuguese for Spanish Speakers. I have been
invited to co-author a textbook in Portuguese designed to Spanish
speakers. Working with me in this project I have Associate Prof.
Blair Bateman, from BYU and Teaching Assistant Marilena
Mattos, from the University of Minessota. The the proposal was
submited and is under consideration by Pearson.
BOOK PROPOSAL IN PROGRESS:
2014/2015
Narratives of Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary
Brazilian Culture. This project is on its initial phase of
conceptualization. Conversations are under way with Lindsey
Porambo, Assistant Editor of Lexington Book, who already
demonstrated interest in the project.
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CO-EDITOR OF PEER-REVIEWED ACADEMIC JOURNAL
PUBLISHED:
2012
“Imagens da devastação”, special issue of the academic journal
Literatura e Autoritarismo, published by UFSM – Federal
University of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This volume
was organized in collaboration with Prof. Ana Maria Domingues
(UNESP - Brazil) and Prof. Eduardo Sterzi (UNICAMP - Brazil).
Online
issue
available
at:
http://w3.ufsm.br/literaturaeautoritarismo/revista/dossie08/apresent
acao.php
BOOK REVIEW
FORTHCOMING:
2015
The triumph of Brazilian modernism: the metanarrative of
emancipation & counter-narratives, by Saulo Gouveia. To be
published at the peer review academic journal Chasqui. (Spring)
PUBLISHED:
2011
Berimbau: The Soul of Brazilian Music, by Eric A. Galm. Book
Review. Studies in Latin American Popular Culture. The
University of Texas Press, Austin, TX. Vol., 29, pp. 238 – 240.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
SUBMITED FOR PEER-REVIEW:
2015
Literature and Democratic Demands in Contemporary Brazil –
Latin America Association (LASA), San Juan - Puerto Rico. May
27 – 30.
PRESENTED:
2014
Love and Democratic Demands: Notes on Marcelino Freire’s Amar
é crime (2010) - Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), London
2014. Aug, 23 – 26..
2013
Confronting Patriarchalism in Brazilian Literature. LASA (Latin
American Studies Association), Washinghton, DC. May 30 – June
1. (paper presented on the panel Reflections on the Representations
of Women in Latin American Literature).
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2012
Dislocation and Subjectivity: Noll in Berkeley, London, and
Bellagio. MLA, Seattle. Jan. 2012 (paper presented on the panel
Unofficial Lusophone Spaces). Jan, 5 – 8.
2012
Panel Moderator: Brazilian Cinema and Diaspora. Panel on
BRASA, Brazilian Studies Association. University of Illinois,
Sept, 6 – 8.
2012
Presenter: Representations of Diasporic Experience in Jean
Charles (2009) and Embarque Imediato (2009). (paper presented at
the panel Brazilian Cinema and Diaspora). BRASA, Brazilian
Studies Association. University of Illinois, Sept, 6 – 8.
2012
Subjetivity and Displacement in Contemporary Brazilian Cinema.
ICA (International Congress of Americanists). Vienna, Austria,
July 15 - 20. (paper presented on the panel Latin American
Cinemas after Year 2000).
2011
Direitos Humanos e formação para a diversidade. MLA, Los
Angeles, Jan, 6 – 9. (Paper presented on the panel Human Rights
and Literature Today).
2008
Torquato Neto na Geléia Geral brasileira. BRASA (Brazilian
Studies Association), New Orleans, March 27 - 30.
2006
A crise é a prova dos nove: uma leitura sobre João Gilberto Noll.
APSA (American Portuguese Association), Minneapolis, October
2006.
2006
Silviano Santiago: uma narrativa Em Liberdade. ABRALIC
(Brazilian Association of Comparative Literature), Rio de Janeiro,
August 2006.
2006
Torquato Neto: o anjo maldito tropicalista. BRASA (Brazilian
Studies Association), Nashville, October 2006.
2005
Razão, (des)razão e a constituição do Estado moderno: uma leitura
de Ensaio sobre a Cegueira. Graduate Student Symposium, UMN,
Minneapolis, 2005.
2000
New Technologies Applied to Teaching Language. VII Brazilian
Congress of Portuguese Language, PUC-SP, São Paulo, April
2000.
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INVITED LECTURES
2008
Afirmative Action in Brazil. Grupo La Raza. University of
Minnesota.
2012
Introduction to Brazilian Identity and Culture. Survey of Latin
American Culture. Departmnet of Political Science, at Utah State
University.
2012
“Bus 174” and the Sociology of Brazilian Culture. Jonh Hutsman
School of Business, at Utah State University.
2013
Notes on Brazilian Culture. Jonh Hutsman School of Business, at
Utah State University.
2013
Can the Femine Speak: representing Madalena and Macabéa.
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, at University of
Minnesota.
CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014
Participant. Writing Grant Proposals for The Arts and Humanities.
Office of Research and Graduate Studies. Utah State University.
2014
Participant. OPI - Oral Profissiance Interview Assessment
Workshop. American Concil on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages. Univesity of Utah.
2012
Session Organizer and Chair, Diaspora and Brazilian Cinema.
BRASA (Brazilian Studies Association), University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, USA.
2012
Panel Moderator: The Seventh Annual Student Research
Symposium. Department of
Languages, Philosophy and Speech
Communication.
2011
Panel Organizer: The Sixth Annual Student Research Symposium.
Department
of
Languages,
Philosophy
and
Speech
Communication.
2009
CARLA Workshop: Online Tools for Digital Storytelling.
University of Minnesota.
2009
CARLA Workshop: A Classroom NewsWiki: Using Wikis for
Group Projects. University of Minnesota.
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2006
10th Annual Graduate Symposium in Romance Languages: Reason,
Unreason and the Constitution of the State. University of
Minnesota.
2005
Writing Center Workshop: Teaching with Writing. University of
Minnesota.
TRANSLATIONS
IN PROGRESS:
2015
In Other Words: Brazilian Short Stories in Translation: My plan is
to organize a bilingual edition of Brazilian short stories. This
project will be the second phase of the Port 3540 course offered
during Fall 2013. Currently the project is in the editing phase.
2014
Alameda Santos, by Ivana Arruada Leite. The project is being
conducted in collaboration with Dr. Bonnie Wasserman
(University of Arizona).
2014
Post-Katrina Brazucas: Brazilian Immigrants in New Orleans, by
Annie McNeil Gibson. University of New Orleans Press.
PUBLISHED:
2006
Translation from English of Young, Robert J.C. “O Atlântico
lusotropical: Gilberto Freyre e a transformacão do hibridismo”. In.:
Gilberto Freyre e os estudos latino-americanos. Lund, Joshua &
McNee, Malcolm, eds. Série Criticas. Instituto Internacional de
Literatura Iberoamericana. University of Pittsburgh, 2006. 99 –
121.
2006
Translation from English of Burke, Peter. “Gilberto Freyre e a
história cultural”. In.: Gilberto Freyre e os estudos latinoamericanos . Lund, Joshua & McNee, Malcolm, eds. Série
Criticas. Instituto Internacional de Literatura Iberoamericana.
University of Pittsburgh, 2006. 335 – 350.
TEACHING
COURSE SUPERVISION
Fall 2014
Port 1020 - Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Fernanda Tonelli
(Fulbright TA). Utah State University.
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Fall 2014
Port 2010 – Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Nicolas William.
Utah State University.
Spring 2014
Port 1020 - Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Newton Neto
(Fulbright TA). Utah State University.
Spring 2014
Port 2020 – Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Nicolas William.
Utah State University.
Fall 2013
Port 2010 - Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Nicolas William.
Utah State University.
Fall 2013
Port 1010 - Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Newton Neto
(Fulbright TA). Utah State University.
Spring 2013
Port 1020 - Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Marcela Silva
(Fulbright TA). Utah State University.
Fall 2012
Port 1010 – Beggining Portuguese. Instructor: Marcela Silva
(Fulbright TA). Utah State University.
COURSES TAUGHT
2014
Survey of Brazilian Literature. Utah State University (Spring).
2014
Adavanced Grammar and Composition. Utah State University
(Spring).
2013
Translation Studies in Portuguese. Utah State University (Fall).
2013
Adavanced Grammar and Composition. Utah State University
(Fall).
2013
Survey of Brazilian Literatura. Utah State University. (Spring).
2013
Adavanced Grammar and Composition. Utah State University
(Spring).
2012
Music in the Portuguese Speaking World. Utah State University
(Fall).
2011
Survey of Brazilian Literature. Utah State University (Fall).
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2011
Advanced Grammar and Composition. Utah State University
(Fall).
2010
Survey of Brazilian Literature. Utah State University (Fall).
2010
Advanced Grammar and Composition.
(Fall).
2009
Span 1022 – Alternate Second-Semester Spanish. University of
Minnesota (Fall).
2008
Portuguese 3001 – Portuguese for Spanish Speakers. University of
Minnesota (Fall).
2007
Portuguese 3502 – Foundations of Brazilian Literature and
Culture. University of Minnesota (Spring).
2007
Portuguese 3003 – Advanced Composition and Communication.
University of Minnesota (Fall).
2006
Portuguese 3800 – Film Studies in Portuguese. University of
Minnesota (Fall).
2005
Portuguese 1101 – Beginning Portuguese. University of Minnesota
(Fall).
2000
Portuguese College Level: Journalism and Law School. PUC-SP
(Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Brazil).
1997
Theory of Communication. UFPI (Universidade Federal do Piauí,
Brazil).
Utah State University
NEW FACULTY TEACHING ACADEMY
2012 – 2013
Teaching Mentor for Erin Hofmann, Assistant Professor of
Sociology (CHASS, at Utah State University).
AWARDS AND HONORS
2013
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities. Research
Fellowship for the Summer Seminar: Urban Culture in
Contemporary Brazilian Literature. Director: Prof. David Foster.
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2012/2015
Fulbright Foreign Language Grant. Committee Member. This
grant brought Utah State University language teaching assistants
to teach lower-division language courses. Funding agency paid for
FLTAs airfare, health insurance, and some living expenses. In
exchange, USU offered the FLTA's the opportunity to audit 2
classes per semester.
2013
Nominee: Girafe Award. CHASS – College of Humanities and
Social Cience, at Utah State University.
2011-2012
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor – 2011/2012 (LPSC
– Utah State University).
2010
Nominee: Nomination to be member of the MLA Executive
Committee: Discussion Group on Lusophone Literatures and
Cultures outside Portugal and Brazil.
2007
Research Fellowship from European Studies Institute at University
of Minnesota. “Technology Project for Portuguese”. Summer
2007.
1998-2000
Research Fellowship from CAPES – Coordenação de
Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior. (Brazil) 1998 –
2000.
SERVICE
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2014/20125
Chair, Portuguese Lecturer Search Committee, LPCS, Utah State
University.
2014
Course Supervision: Port 1020 and Port 2020, Spring 2014.
2012/2014
Graduate Committee Member for Arden Nicholl. Department of
Political Science.
2012/2015
Superviser – Fulbright Fellow Program at the LPCS, at Utah State
University.
2013
Superviser: Language Tutoring Supervisor for Jacob E. Harris.
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2014
Book Endorsement: Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media:
Culture, Politcs, and Nationalism on the World Stage, by Naomi P.
Wood (ed.), published by Lexington Book, 2014.
2012/2013
Mentor: New Faculty Academy – Utah State University.
2012/2015
Faculty Senator – CHaSS, Utah State University.
2011/2012
Member, German
University.
Search
Committee,
LPCS,
Utah
State
2011
Member, German
University.
Search
Committee,
LPCS,
Utah
State
2008
Facilitator: Basic Portuguese. Study Abroad Program.
“Understanding
Contemporary Brazil: History, Culture and
Politics”. University of Minnesota.
2008
Facilitator: Spanish and Portuguese Alumni Reunion. University
of Minnesota.
2005
Facilitator: Complete Scholar Workshop. College of Continuing
Education. University of Minnesota.
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC ASSOCIATIONS
MLA - Modern Language Association (USA)
LASA - Latin American Studies Association (USA)
ABRALIC – Associação Brasileira de Literatura Comparada (BRAZIL)
BRASA – Brazilian Studies Association (USA)
APSA – American Portuguese Studies Association (USA)
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