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Michele Saraiva Carilo is a Teaching Fellow in Language Education at the University of Edinburgh, where she serves as the co-Programme Director for the MSc in Language Intercultural Communication and is the Deputy Head of the Institute of Language Education. She joined the University in September 2022 after previously serving as a Lecturer and Portuguese Coordinator at Ohio State University from 2019 to 2022, where she developed a curriculum focusing on Critical Intercultural Pedagogies. Michele's research interests lie primarily in Applied Linguistics, Intercultural Language Education, Language Teacher Education, and Critical Pedagogies, with a focus on Romance Languages, particularly Brazilian Portuguese. She is actively involved in several research groups and associations, including the AILA and ACTFL. Michele has supervised multiple PhD candidates in related fields and has published work on aspects of language education, curriculum design, and pedagogical approaches within the context of multilingual education. Her professional background includes reviews for international journals and contributions as co-editor for academic publications.
University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh
Teaching in Language Education and overseeing the MSc in Language Intercultural Communication.
Ohio State University • Ohio
Developed curricula based on Critical Intercultural Pedagogies.
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