Jeanine Lino Couto

Biography

Dr. Jeanine Couto has been teaching for more than 20 years. She attended University in Brazil (English/1997) and also received a Master's Degree in Literatures of English Expression from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2001). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2006). She is qualified to teach English, Portuguese/Luso-Brazilian, and Spanish language, literature, and culture. Her languages and literatures of interest are Portuguese, Spanish, and English/English Expression. Her research project was to compare literatures written by women writers in 20th century Brazil, Spanish-speaking (Latin America), and the Caribbean world. More recently she has started teaching World Film and has been doing research on that topic. She is passionate about helping students reach their goals.