Regina Felix
Professor
Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, I hold a Ph.D. in Brazilian Literature (with minors in Women's Studies and Postcolonial Theory) from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor's degree with a triple major in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo. Across decades of university teaching, I have served on the faculties of the University of Illinois, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Georgia before joining UNCW. As a Professor of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, I guide students through the rich language, culture, film, literature, music, and current events of the Portuguese-speaking world. Beyond the classroom, I am the author of a book on 19th-century Brazilian women writers and co-author of a volume on cultural exchanges between Brazil and France across the centuries. My international presentations and publications examine Brazilian literature and cinema through feminist, Indigenous, and philosophical frameworks.
Education
PhD. in Brazilian Literature, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.A. in Social Sciences, University of São Paulo
Specialization in Teaching
Second Language Acquisition: Portuguese Language
Interest in Movies, Videos, and Social Media in Second Language Teaching
Research Interests
Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Literature and Intellectual History and Culture
Feminist and Contracolonial Theories
Indigenous Studies
Brazilian Cinema