Department of Spanish and Portuguese

Joseph is currently a Ph.D.candidate in the Portuguese program. He received an M.A. in Portuguese (Indiana University, 2012), as well as an M.A. in Italian (Indiana University, 2008) and a B.A. (2004) and M.A. (2006) in General and Applied Linguistics from Ohio University. His research interests include Italian-language literature and the Italian diaspora in Brazil, as well as the perception of immigrants by Brazilian modernists and contemporary writers.