American Studies Over_Seas 1: Narrating Multiple America(s)

Edgardo Medeiros da Silva, PhD, is Assistant Professor of English at the School of Social and Political Sciences of Universidade de Lisboa and a researcher in American Studies with ULICES—ULisboa Centre for English Studies. Margarida Vale de Gato, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the areas of translation and U.S. literature in the School of Arts and Humanities of Universidade de Lisboa, where she coordinates the American Studies program. Mário Avelar, PhD, is Professor at the School of Arts and Humanities of Universidade de Lisboa, where he is the head of the English Department and director of the PhD and MA programs in this field. Irene Maria F. Blayer, PhD, is Full Professor at Brock University. Her research includes comparative Romance linguistics, linguistic ethnography, diaspora studies, im/migrant narrative discourse, and identity construction. Dulce Maria Scott, PhD, is Full Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Anderson University. Her research has focused on immigration, race, and ethnicity in the United States, including immigrant women, Hispanic ethnic entrepreneurship in central Indiana, and Portuguese Americans. Tony McGowan, PhD, is Associate Professor of English at West Point, where he co-directs the Diversity and Inclusion minor. He teaches American literature and critical theory, and his most recent publication on Melville appeared in Leviathan: A Journal of Melville Studies.