- Ph.D., Luso-Brazilian Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004
- M.A., Luso-Brazilian Literature, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001
- B.A., Letters, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 1999
- B.A., Journalism, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), 1998

Luciana Namorato
Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Resident Director of the Madrid Program 23-24
Adjunct faculty: Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies