Vivaldo A Santos

Title

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies
Director of the Portuguese program

Department

SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE, DEPARTMENT OF
General profile

Portrait

Phone

202-687-5694

Fax

202-687-5712

Location

430 ICC

Office hours

MR 10:00-11:00 or by appt.

Bio

VIVALDO ANDRADE DOS SANTOS is Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. He is currently the Director of the Portuguese program. He is an expert in Brazilian literature, Latin American avant-garde poetry, and Carlos Drummond de Andrade. He teaches courses in Portuguese language, Brazilian literature, Brazilian popular music and Brazilian cinema.

Education

  • PhD (2000) University of California at Berkeley, Hispanic Languages and Literatures
  • MA (1993) University of New Mexico, Portuguese
  • BA (1991) Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto-Brazil, Letras

Languages

  • Portuguese (speak, read, write)
  • Spanish (speak, read, write)