Yasmin Paiva de Siqueira
Biography
Education Background
M.A. in Romance Languages (University of Georgia, 2026)
Teaching Degree in Language and Literature, Major in Portuguese and English (University of São Paulo, 2021)
B.A. in Language and Literature, Major in Portuguese and English (University of São Paulo, 2018)
Biography
Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, Yasmin Siqueira is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies. She holds a master's degree in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia, as well as a bachelor's degree and teaching degree in Language and Literature (Portuguese and English) from the University of São Paulo. During the 2023-2024 academic year, she served as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant in Portuguese at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Her research interests include women's writing, Afro-Brazilian literature, the environmental humanities, life writing, and literature and cinema. Outside academia, she enjoys traveling, spending quality time with family and friends, savoring good food, exploring new places, and photography.
Publications
Articles
Siqueira, Yasmin Paiva de. “Um olhar para o ‘eu’ do passado: Mapeando a identidade pessoal e social da voz narrativa em Guia afetivo da periferia.” Opiniães, no. 27, July-Dec. 2025, pp. 296-315. Revistas USP, https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-8133.opiniaes.2025.239714.
Selected Conferences
“Educação como ferramenta de insurgência decolonial e resistência em Cartas para minha avó de Djamila Ribeiro.” 18th Congress of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. July 2026.
“Rewriting hierarchies: Women, nature, and the reimagining of Mozambican history and society in Paulina Chiziane’s short story.” 10th Chicago Graduate Conference. University of Illinois Chicago. May 2026.
“Letters from the Margins: Education, Memory, and Decolonial Resistance in Djamila Ribeiro.” Emory Graduate Conference in Hispanic and Lusophone Studies. Emory University, Atlanta, GA. May 2026.
“Motherhood as Resistance: Decolonial Reimagining of Slavery in Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa’s A Woman of Endurance.” Annual Conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA). Atlanta, GA. November 2025.
“Building the personal and social as a peripheral subject in Marcus Vinícius Faustini’s Affective Guide of the Periphery.” 29th Carolina Conference for Romance Studies. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. March 2025.
“Adapting Classroom Activities.” Fulbright Mid-Year Conference, Washington D.C. November 2023.
Teaching
Yasmin Siqueira has over fourteen years of experience teaching Portuguese and English in Brazil and the United States.
- Served as Instructor of Record and Teaching Assistant at the University of Georgia (2024-2026), teaching undergraduate Portuguese courses, tutoring students in the Portuguese Flagship Program, coordinating language support initiatives, and contributing as Content Editor of the award-winning bilingual magazine Fala Aí!
- Worked as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Spelman College (2023-2024), supporting Portuguese instruction, organizing cultural events, facilitating virtual exchanges between U.S. and Brazilian students.
- In Brazil, taught English for over a decade at Associação Cultura Inglesa São Paulo and PBF, working with learners of all ages and proficiency levels, preparing students for Cambridge English examinations, conducting placement assessments, and assuming academic leadership and school liaison responsibilities.
Awards
Recipient of the Honorable Mention Award by the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia for her article “Um olhar para o ‘eu’ do passado: Mapeando a identidade pessoal e social da voz narrativa em Guia afetivo da periferia” published in Opiniães” (2025).
Recipient of the PORT-LACSI Brazilian Studies Research Grant from the Portuguese Program and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI) at the University of Georgia (2026).
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (2023-2024).
3rd Cultura Inglesa Speaking Competition – Your Voice (Staff) - (2016).
2nd Cultura Inglesa Speaking Competition - Your Voice (Staff) - (2015).