People
Isabel A. Ferreira Gould
Assistant Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies
Degrees
B.A., Rhode Island College; Faculdade de Letras/Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Research Profile
Ferreira Gould specializes in contemporary Portuguese writing. She
is presently working on a book project that examines the interconnections
between family and the politics of empire in post-revolutionary fiction.
Her research and teaching interests include colonial cultures, war,
torture, dictatorship, family, genealogy, race and gender relations
in Lusophone literatures and cinema. Her publications appear in Atlântida,
Letras de Hoje, Lusografias, Luso-Brazilian Review, PL&CS,
and other journals. Ferreira Gould is a Fellow of The Helen Kellogg
Institute for International Studies and of the Nanovic Institute for
European Studies. She was recipient of a fellowship from FLAD during
the academic year 2007-2008.
Contact Information
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
574-631-0460
Ferreira.5@nd.edu
