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.

YearNameFirst AppointmentCurrent Position
2024Kevin W. EnnisYale UniversityYale University
2023Renato Amado BarretoUniversity of ArkansasIndependent Scholar/Author
2023Torin SpanglerYale UniversityUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston 
2021Nicolás Barbosa LopezCultural Affairs Specialist, U.S. Embassy, Bogotá (Columbia)Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá (Columbia)
2021Pedro Lopes de AlmeidaBrown UniversityUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2021Jordan B. JonesBrigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University
2020Hasan ShahidMartha's Vineyard Regional High School (Oak Bluffs, MA)U.S. Military Academy (West Point)
2020Chloe HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2019Marcos CerdeiraPeace Corps (Dominican Republic)US Department of Education
2018Flora C. Thomson-DeVeauxTranslator / WriterTranslator / Writer / Director of Research, Rádio Novelo
2018Patrícia Isabel Martinho FerreiraUniversity of Massachusetts LowellBrown University
2017David M. MittelmanBrown UniversityUS Air Force Academy
2017Brianna L. MedeirosTaunton High School (MA)Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE)
2017Gabriela G. GazzinelliItamaratyBrazilian Foreign Service (Itamaraty) 
2016Ana Letícia FauriEmory UniversityUniversity of Notre Dame
2016Benjamin LeggVanderbilt UniversityVanderbilt University
2015Sarah H. AshbyUS Department of StateUS Department of State
2014Thayse Leal LimaUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Maryland*
2014Ana Catarina TeixeiraUniversity of North Carolina at AshevilleEmory University
2013Daniel SilvaMiddlebury CollegeMiddlebury College*
2013Isadora Grevan de CarvalhoOberlin CollegeRutgers University-Newark*
2013Sandra SousaUniversity of IowaUniversity of Central Florida*
2012Lamonte AidooDuke UniversityDuke University*
2012Stephen BocskayHarvard UniversityUniversity at Albany (SUNY)
2012Maria D. VillanuaUniversity of Puerto Rico – Rio PiedrasUniversity of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras*
2011Oscar PérezHarvard UniversityStrategic Coach and Spiritual Advisor, Tending the Fires, Las Cruces (NM)
2011Guilherme T. RibeiroHarvard UniversityUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais*
2010Rex P. NielsonBrigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University*
2010Sophia F. BealTulane UniversityUniversity of Minnesota*
2009Yi LiuUniversity of Beijing (China)University of Beijing (China)
2008Marília S. RibeiroMichigan State UniversityEmory University
2008Yamil Samalot-Rivera, OPUniversidad Central de BayamónUniversidad del Sagrado Corazón, PR*
2008Robert P. NewcombUniversity of California, DavisUniversity of California, Davis*
2007Alexandra MontagueSmith CollegeZuyd University of Applied Sciences* (The Netherlands)
2006Pedro S. PereiraUniversity of ChicagoOhio State University*
2004Isabel Ferreira GouldUniversity of Notre DameIndependent Scholar
2002Robert H. MoserUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia*
2000Marcus V. FreitasUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil)*
1999Mark A. LokensgardSt. Mary's University St. Mary's University *
1999Katia M. MotaUniversidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil)Universidade Estadual da Bahia (Brazil)*
1998Zélia M. BoraUniversidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil)Universidade Federal da Paraíba (Brazil)*
1997Patricia SobralHarvard UniversityBrown University
1996Christopher J. DunnTulane UniversityTulane University*
1995Marguerite I. HarrisonHarvard UniversitySmith College*
1995Naomi ParkerRhode Island CollegeWriter