Cristiane Lira Home Address and Telephone: Work Address: 361 South Pope St. apt #12 University of Georgia Athens, GA 30605 Department of Romance Languages Phone: (770) 468-9301 Gilbert Hall, 322 E-mail: [email protected] Athens, GA 30602-1815 Education Ph.D. – Romance Languages, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, expected May 2016. Major Language - Portuguese, Minor Language – Spanish. Dissertation: “Memorinvenção - a representação da mulher guerrilheira em narrativas brasileiras e argentinas relacionadas às ditaduras (1964-1985): (des)afiando discursos de gênero e memória.” (English title: “The Representation of Female Guerrillas: Challenging Discourses of Gender and Memory in Brazilian and Argentine Narratives about the Dictatorships (1964-1985).”) Dissertation Director: Dr. Susan Quinlan and Dr. Betina Kaplan M.A. - Romance Languages, University of Georgia, Athens, GA., 08/2009- 05/2011. Major Language - Portuguese, Minor Language – Spanish Thesis: “Na prosa e na poesia: percursos do exílio em Ferreira Gullar.” (English title: “On Prose and on Poetry: the Routes of Exile in Ferreira Gullar’s Work.”) Thesis Director: Dr. Robert Moser Lato-sensu - Graduate course in Portuguese Language and Literature, FIEO University Center (UNIFIEO), Brazil, 2002-2004. Thesis: “Um estudo da tragédia e da comédia em O pagador de promessas e Auto da Compadecida.” (English title: “A Study of the Tragedy and Comedy in the Payer of Promises and The Rogue's Trial.”) Thesis Director: Maria Célia Rua Paulillo B.A. – Languages (Portuguese and English), FIEO University Center (UNIFIEO), Osasco, SP, Brazil, 1999-2002. Concentration in Brazilian and Portuguese Literature. Honors/Awards/ Fellowships 1. Dissertation Completion Award. The Graduate School, University of Georgia (2015-2016). 2. Summer Doctoral Research Fellowship. The Graduate School, University of Georgia (2015). 3. The University of Georgia Franklin College – University of Liverpool Doctoral Student Short- Term International Research Fellowship. The Franklin College, University of Georgia (2015). Period at the University of Liverpool from May 10th to 17th, 2015. 4. Excellence in Teaching Award. (Nominated). The Graduate School, University of Georgia (2015). 5. Graduate Student Diversity Engagement Award. (Nominated). The Graduate School, University of Georgia (2014). 6. Dolores Artau Scholarship. Romance Languages Department, University of Georgia (2014). 7. Summer Doctoral Research Fellowship. The Graduate School, University of Georgia (2014). 8. Graduate School Travel Grant. The Graduate School, University of Georgia (2014). Cristiane Lira 2 9. Graduate Student Research Grant. Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. University of Georgia (2014). 10. Janelle Padgett Knight Graduate Award. Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. The award goes to the top-ranking recipient of the Willson Center’s Graduate Research Award (2014). 11. Dean’s Award. University of Georgia (2014). 12. Research Development Award from LACSI (Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute) – with research paper entitled “Cárcere e libertação: uma leitura comparativa de Cambio de armas e A imitação da rosa,” University of Georgia (2012). 13. Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute Graduate Field Research Travel Award to go to Brazil. Objective: To conduct research at the archive “Ernani Silva Bruno” at Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (IEB) at University of São Paulo (USP) (2012). 14. Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award – University of Georgia (2011). Grants 1. National Library Foundation. Exchange Program for Brazilian Authors Award to bring Ana Maria Gonçalves to the University of Georgia. Applied with Dr. Susan Quinlan. $3000.00. (2013). Professional Development 1. Faculty Learning Community Online Language and Literature Pedagogy. The FLC consists of monthly meetings to share experiences related to online instruction, in addition to presenting and creating workshops on online language and literature pedagogy (2014-2015). 2. American Councils for International Education (AC) Three-Day Workshop for Item Writers of Hindi, Korean, Portuguese, Turkish and Urdu (2012). 3. University of Georgia Future Faculty Program (2011-2012). The purpose of this program is to prepare future faculty, document the scholarship of teaching, and to increase peer mentoring in academic departments. 4. Teaching Portfolio Certification Program, UGA Graduate School (2012). The purpose of this program is to document my skills, experience and development as a teacher. Work Experience Graduate Teaching Assistant, Romance Languages Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. (June 2010 – May 2015). Courses taught – Elementary: PORT1001 (also hybrid version) and PORT1002; Intermediate: PORT2001 and PORT2002, Intensive Accelerated Portuguese: PORT2600, Introduction to Language, Literature, and Culture of the Portuguese-Speaking World: PORT3010; Latino Literature: ROML2550 (discussion leader). Author of the Book Column at the Top View Magazine. Top View Magazine, RIC Group, Curitiba, PR, Brazil. (June 2013 – March 2015). American Council for International Education Consultant. Item Writer and Item Reviewer for Portuguese Reading and Listening Assessment Materials. (2012-2014). Tutor – Portuguese Flagship Program (2012-2013). 2 Cristiane Lira 3 Portuguese Instructor. Foreign Service Language Academy, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, GA. (June 2013). FSLA is a three-week residential program for students who are interested in an immersion intensive language experience. Laboratory Assistant. Romance Languages Department, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Activities: helping teachers and students to use the learning resource center; creating a project of how to use the LRC facilities, etc. (August 2009-May2010). Família Stella Middle and High School. Osasco, SP, Brazil. (January 2001 - December 2007). Teacher of Portuguese Language, Grammar, Literature, and Composition. Activities: Teacher of Grammar and Literature of Portuguese Language for high school students, and teacher of Composition and Portuguese Language for elementary school students. Publications Journals 1. Lira, Cristiane B. “Cárcere e Libertação: uma leitura comparativa de Cambio de armas e A imitação da rosa”. Revista Mulheres e Literatura. Vol. 14. 2015. 2. Lira, Cristiane B. “Josefina Báez não está de brincadeira: negociando o seu espaço através do sagrado e da delicadeza” (English Title: “Josefina Báez Ain’t Playing: Finding One’s Space Through The Delicate and the Sacred”). Karpa, Dissident Theatricalities, Visual Arts and Culture. No.6. California State University, Los Angeles, 2013. Web. (Peer-reviewed). 3. Lira, Cristiane B. “Vislumbres do exílio na poesia de Cecília Meireles e Florbela Espanca.” (English Title: “Glimpses of Exile in Cecilia Meireles and Florbela Espanca’s Poetry”). The Proceedings of the UCLA Department of Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Conference. Vol. 1. No. 1. 2012. Print. (Peer-reviewed). 4. Lira, Cristiane B. “O quarto fechado e a mente desnuda: desvendando a narrativa.” (English Title: “The Island of the Dead and the Nude Mind: Unmasking the Narrative”). Revista Carandá, Mato Grosso do Sul, n.4, p.196-208, Nov. 2011. Web. (Peer-reviewed). 5. Lira, Cristiane B. “Iracema e Farida: diálogos.” (English Title: “Iracema and Farida: a dialogue”). Revista Crioula, São Paulo, n.9, May 2011.Web. (Peer-reviewed). 6. Lira, Cristiane B. “Encontros com a tragédia e a comédia em O pagador de promessas e Auto da Compadecida”. (English Title: “A Study of the Tragedy and Comedy in the Payer of Promises and The Rogue's Trial”). Revista da Pós Graduação, Osasco, v.3, n.5, p.133-151, Jun. 2009. Web. 7. Lira, Cristiane B. “Uma comédia em três atos ou ironia em pauta: o foco narrativo do conto machadiano 'O Enfermeiro'.” Revista da Pós Graduação, Osasco, v.2, n.4, p.180-188, Dec. 2008. Web. 8. Lira, Cristiane B. “Nelson Rodrigues: uma flor de obsessão desvendada pela lingüística.” UNIFIEO - Revista PIBIC, 2. 2005. Print. Chapter in an edited volume 1. Lira, Cristiane B. “Tatuagens da colonização portuguesa: uma proposta de leitura comparativa dos romances Iracema de José de Alencar e Terra Sonâmbula de Mia Couto” in Descentramentos críticos nas literaturas de língua portuguesa. Organização Moizeis Sobreira de Sousa, Sinei Sales, Tatiana de Fátima Alves Moysés. – 1. ed. – Rio de Janeiro: Letra Capital, 2014. Print. 3 Cristiane Lira 4 Abstracts published in Conference Proceedings: 1. Lira, Cristiane B. “Nelson Rodrigues: uma flor de obsessão desvendada pela lingüística.” In: I SEMIC (Undergraduate Research Seminar), Osasco, Brazil, 2002. Print. Translations 1. Lira, Cristiane B. Translation of the review by Jorge Polanco Salinas. La última broma de Juan Luis Martínez << No solo ser otro sino escribir la obra de otro>> by Scott Weintraub. Santiago de Chile: Cuarto Propio, 2014. In: Terra roxa e outras terras: Revista de estudos literários. Vol. 28. Londrina, Paraná. (December 2014). 2. Lira, Cristiane B. Camarada Plenitude não tá de brincadeira. Translation of Comrade Bliss Ain’t Playing by Josefina Báez. Blurb. (2012). Book Reviews 1. “A Lembrança e Seu Colorido Ecoar”. Review of O Que Não Existe Mais (2015) by Krishna Monteiro. Top View Magazine, pg. 36. Curitiba, Paraná. Print. March, 2015. 2. “Contos em Tom Maior”. Review of Vou te Contar: 20 Histórias ao Som de Tom Jobim (2014) organized by Celina Portocarrero. Top View Magazine, pg. 18. Curitiba, Paraná. Print. February, 2015. 3. “Por Um Mundo Mais Feliz”. Review of Sejamos Todos Feministas (2014)