Inês is a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, where she works comparatively on literary spaces of Iberian colonial and migrant influence. Her research examines multimodal approaches to literature as well as the construction of individual and collective senses of self through authorship, with a particular emphasis on literary experiences affected by the Portuguese colonial project. Other interests include art historiography, cultural-linguistic translation, theories of the body, and the relationship between literature and musical performance. Inés is also passionate about methodological approaches to language acquisition and accessibility.
Prior to coming to Yale, Inês spent three years as an educator in her hometown of Lisbon, Portugal. She holds a B.A. in English and Comparative Literature from Kenyon College and an M.A. in Comparative Studies from the University of Lisbon.