Portuguese and Brazilian Studies

Ph.D. Program Placement Record

Here we list the first and current positions held by graduates of the Ph.D. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies.

* Indicates tenured position.

Year Name First Appointment Current Position
2023 Renato Amado Barreto University of Arkansas University of Arkansas
2023 Torin Spangler Yale University Yale University
2021 Nicolás Barbosa Lopez Cultural Affairs Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Bogotá (Columbia) Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Columbia)
2021 Pedro Lopes de Almeida Brown University University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2021 Jordan B. Jones Brigham Young University Brigham Young University
2020 Hasan Shahid Martha's Vineyard Regional High School (Oak Bluffs, MA) U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
2020 Chloe Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019 Marcos Cerdeira Peace Corps (Dominican Republic) US Department of Education
2018 Flora C. Thomson-DeVeaux Translator / Writer Translator / Writer / Director of Research, Rádio Novelo
2018 Patrícia Isabel Martinho Ferreira University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Massachusetts Amherst
2017 David M. Mittelman Brown University US Air Force Academy
2017 Brianna L. Medeiros Taunton High School (MA) Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
2017 Gabriela G. Gazzinelli Itamaraty Brazilian Foreign Service (Itamaraty) 
2016 Ana Letícia Fauri Emory University University of Notre Dame
2016 Benjamin Legg Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University
2015 Sarah H. Ashby US Department of State US Department of State
2014 Thayse Leal Lima University of Maryland University of Maryland*
2014 Ana Catarina Teixeira University of North Carolina at Asheville Emory University
2013 Daniel Silva Middlebury College Middlebury College*
2013 Isadora Grevan de Carvalho Oberlin College Rutgers University-Newark*
2013 Sandra Sousa University of Iowa University of Central Florida*
2012 Lamonte Aidoo Duke University Duke University*
2012 Stephen Bocskay Harvard University University at Albany (SUNY)
2012 Maria D. Villanua University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras*
2011 Oscar Pérez Harvard University Strategic Coach and Spiritual Advisor, Tending the Fires, Las Cruces (NM)
2011 Guilherme T. Ribeiro Harvard University Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais*
2010 Rex P. Nielson Brigham Young University Brigham Young University*
2010 Sophia F. Beal Tulane University University of Minnesota*
2009 Yi Liu University of Beijing (China) University of Beijing (China)
2008 Marília S. Ribeiro Michigan State University Emory University
2008 Yamil Samalot-Rivera, OP Universidad Central de Bayamón Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, PR*
2008 Robert P. Newcomb University of California, Davis University of California, Davis*
2007 Alexandra Montague Smith College Zuyd University of Applied Sciences* (The Netherlands)
2006 Pedro S. Pereira University of Chicago Ohio State University*
2004 Isabel L. Ferreira University of Notre Dame University of Lisbon (affiliated)
2002 Robert H. Moser University of Georgia University of Georgia*
2000 Marcus V. Freitas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil) Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)*
1999 Mark A. Lokensgard St. Mary's University  St. Mary's University *
1999 Katia M. Mota Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil) Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil)*
1998 Zélia M. Bora Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil) Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil)*
1997 Patricia Sobral Harvard University Brown University
1996 Christopher J. Dunn Tulane University Tulane University*
1995 Marguerite I. Harrison Harvard University Smith College*
1995 Naomi Parker Rhode Island College Writer