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Michel Soares do Carmo

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PhD Student
Teaching Assistant of Portuguese

M.A. in Linguistics and a B.A. in Languages and Literatures with a concentration in Portuguese, both from Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG). I have extensive experience in teaching through different levels (middle and high school; university; adult education) and ages (from 12 to 71). Right before starting this PhD Program, I was a awarded a Fulbright Fellowship as Teaching Assistant of Portuguese as a Foreign Language at University Notre Dame, IN, United States, through the FLTA/Fulbright Program (2021/2022). I have experience/training in teaching and/or researching following subjects/topics: Portuguese/English, Pragmatics, Metapragmatics, Linguistics, Language Ideologies, Afro-Brazilian Literatures, Digital Ethnography, Text Revision/Editing, Development of Social/Cultural Projects. My main research interests revolve around decolonial dialogues and re-articulations of identity, language and knowledge.

Research Interests:

Amefrican Literatures, Afro-Brazilian Literatures, Digital Ethnography, Pragmatics, Metapragmatics, Linguistics, Linguistic Ideologies.

Selected Publications:

Carmo, M. S. do. (2018). Autonomous, independent and lettered subjectivation: contra-hegemonic language conceptions in written productions of black women writers. Estudos De Sociologia, 23(44). https://doi.org/10.52780/res.11026

Carmo, M. S. do. (2015). Mapping of language ideology studies in Brazil. In International Congress of Critical Applied         Linguistics        (Vol.    19,                     p.                                21).                   Available: http://www.uel.br/projetos/iccal/pages/arquivos/ANAIS/LINGUAGEM%20EPIST.%20ONTOLOGIA/MAPEAME NTO%20DOS%20ESTUDOS%20SOBRE%20IDEOLOGIA%20LINGUISTICA%20NO%20BRASIL.pdf.

Carmo, M. S.; Pinto, Joana Plaza. Linguajamentos e contra-hegemonias sobre linguagem em produções escritas de mulheres negras. In: X Congresso de pesquisa, ensino e extensão, 2013, Goiânia. Anais do CONPEEX 2013. Goiânia: UFG, 2013. V. 1.

Carmo, M. S.; Pinto, Joana Plaza. Linguajamentos e contra-hegemonias sobre linguagem em produções escritas de literatura na periferia. In: IX Congresso de pesquisa, ensino e extensão, 2012, Goiânia. Anais do CONPEEX 2012. Goiânia: UFG, 2012. V. 1. P. 3613-3622.

Education:
  • B.A. in Languages and Literatures - Portuguese, 2015, Federal University of Goiás.
  • M.A. in Letters and Linguistics, 2017, Federal University of Goiás.
  • Specialization in Proofreading and Textual Revision, 2021, Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.
Articles Featuring Michel Soares do Carmo

On October 31st, the Portuguese Flagship Program at UGA hosted Dr. Fernanda Guida (Spelman College), three students from Spelman College (Amyre Hobbs, Annis Baron, Latisha Jones), one student from Morehouse (Carleon Outlaw), and Portuguese Fulbright…

Events featuring Michel Soares do Carmo, Luana Santos
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Major Professor

Associate Professor of Portuguese

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