Marina Machado de Oliveira

Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature, admitted Autumn 2021
2020: B.A., Portuguese and Ancient Greek, University of Sao Paulo (USP)

Welcome! Born and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Marina is a Ph.D. Candidate in Comparative Literature at Stanford University working on her dissertation. Her academic interests include Brazilian and American literatures, literary theory, Black Studies, Native studies, racial mixing, nationality and philosophical approaches to literature. Her dissertation is titled "Mestiçagem and the (un)making of the nation: Literature, Nationality and Racial Mixing in Brazil and the United States".

2024 - 2025 Graduate Scholar-in-Residence at El Centro Chicano y Latino, Stanford University.

Marina is a 2021 recipient of the EDGE (Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education) fellowship for outstanding incoming students. She is also a co-founder and President of the Afro-Brazilian Collective at Stanford.

 

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