PhD Student, Portuguese Teaching Assistant of the Portuguese Flagship Program Luana I. A. Santos is a PhD student at the Department of Romance Languages at the University of Georgia. Luana also has an MA in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia and an MEd from the Federal University of Sergipe, in Brazil. Her research interests are popular culture and literature, adaptation and intermediality, performance and identity, memory and tradition. She loves art in general, music being her favorite one as she enjoys singing and learning to play musical instruments. Research Research Areas: Brazilian & Lusophone Studies Media, Visual Culture, & Performance Studies Latin American, Iberian & Latinx Studies Research Interests: Popular culture and literature, adaptation and intermediality, performance and identity, memory and tradition. Selected Publications Selected Publications: Luana has two poems published and translated by the Translate Iowa Project, from the University of Iowa. They can be found here. Education Education: MA in Romance Languages from the University of Georgia; MEd from the Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil; B.A. in Portuguese and English Languages and Literatures from the Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil.
