# Cristiane Soares Senior Preceptor in Portuguese ![Cristiane](/sites/g/files/omnuum8296/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-04/Screenshot%202025-04-15%20at%2010.28.54%E2%80%AFAM.jpg?itok=KyD0WYM8) location\_on Boylston 425 smartphone [(617) 496-7072]() email **Office Hours** Tuesdays 12:00pm-1:00pm and 3:00pm-4:00pm **Academic Degrees:** Ph.D. in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory, UMass- Dartmouth; M.A. in Applied Linguistics, UMass- Boston; B.A in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. **Roles:** Coordinator of the Portuguese language program and Director of the Portuguese Summer Program in São Paulo, Brazil **Research Interests:** Portuguese as a foreign and heritage language and Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition and Pedagogy; Brazilian Immigration and Community in Massachusetts; Gender Neutrality in Portuguese. --- **Dr. Cristiane Soares** has a B.A in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature, a M.A in Applied Linguistics, and a Ph.D in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory. Cristiane has fifteen years of experience teaching Portuguese as a foreign and heritage language in the United States. She is Senior Preceptor and Coordinator of the Portuguese language program and director of the Portuguese Summer Program in São Paulo, Brazil. Cristiane has taught language courses at all levels and culture courses like Brazilian music, Brazilian cinema, Brazilian folklore, Introduction to Brazilian Culture and History, and Portuguese in the Community. Her current research focuses on Portuguese pedagogy, Portuguese as a foreign and heritage language, and inclusive and non-binary language in Portuguese. Cristiane is the co-author of “[Inclusiveness Beyond the (non) Binary in Romance Languages: Research and Classroom Implementation](https://www.routledge.com/Inclusiveness-Beyond-the-Nonbinary-in-Romance-Languages-Research-and-Classroom-Implementation/Silva-Soares/p/book/9781032558783?srsltid=AfmBOor-NXcUDXaighyZOXMT60e7RcVoGlAoLpEu3yTt1pY1CpU_Y911)” (Routledge, 2024), which explores research and best practices related to inclusive language in French, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. --- **Recent Publications** **EDITED VOLUME** *Silva, G.V., & Soares, C. (Eds.) (2024). Inclusive Beyond the (Non) Binary in Romance Languages: Research and Classroom Implementation. London & New York: Routledge.* **BOOK CHAPTERS** Chagas, G., Soares, C., & Silva, G. V. (2024). Que degenerados, uma vergonha: a reação conservadora contra a linguagem não binária no discurso de posse da acadêmica Heloísa Teixeira*. ex æquo, 49,* 87-102. Chagas, G., Soares, C., & Silva, G. V. (2024). For the children: Brazilian Portuguese and the rainbow scare. In Silva, G.V., & Soares, C. (Eds.), *Inclusive Beyond the (Non) Binary in Romance Languages: Research and Classroom Implementation.* (pp. 33-49). London & New York: Routledge. Silva, G.V., Soares, C., & Viana, E. (2024). Teaching Practices of Inclusive Language in Portuguese. In Padilla, L., & Vana, R. (Eds.), *Representation, Inclusion and Social Justice in World Language Teaching: Research and Pedagogy for Inclusive Calssrooms*. (pp.51-70) London & New York: Routledge. Soares, C., & Silva, G.V. (2022). Para um ensino descomplicado do gênero gramatical em português. In Silva, K. A. , & Silva E. V. (Eds.), *O ensino de português nos Estados Unidos.* Volume 10. Campinas, SP: Mercado de Letras. **JOURNAL ARTICLES** Soares, C. (2025). “Dear, this is too hard”: The journey of a Portuguese teacher in the United States. In Domenique, N. & Bianconi, C. (Eds.), *Portuguese Language Journal- Special Edition.* [*https://portugueselanguagejournal.com/index.php/home/issue/view/19*](https://portugueselanguagejournal.com/index.php/home/issue/view/19) Silva, G.V., & Soares, C. (Eds.) (2024). Inclusive Beyond the (Non) Binary in Romance *Languages: Research and Classroom Implementation.* London & New York: Routledge. Soares, C. & Silva, G. (2022). Português para todes: Percepções de profissionais de língua portuguesa sobre o uso de linguagem inclusiva. *Portuguese Language Journal.* Volume 16.[ https://www.portugueselanguagejournal.com/\_files/ugd/02e26d\_ff2730728687413a8abba0e513feb603.pdf](https://www.portugueselanguagejournal.com/_files/ugd/02e26d_ff2730728687413a8abba0e513feb603.pdf) ### Spring, 2026 [### PORTUG 11S - Beginning Portuguese for Spanish Speakers II: More SAMBA, less Salsa! ](/class/portug-11s-beginning-portuguese-spanish-speakers-ii-more-samba-less-salsa-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-110641/2025/spring/12212) PORTUGUESE 11S is a continuation of PORTUG 10s and keep on exploring semantic, grammatical, and phonological features of Portuguese that are most challenging for Spanish Speakers. This course will help you solidify your foundation in Portuguese by offering you opportunities... 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[### PORTUG 20 - Intermediate Portuguese I: Justice, Equity and Rights in the Lusophone world ](/class/portug-20-intermediate-portuguese-i-justice-equity-and-rights-lusophone-world-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-121934/2025/spring/14476) In this intermediate-level language course, you will explore social justice issues related to education, labor, environment and sustainability, race, gender, migration, among other topics of relevance in Lusophone countries nowadays. You will engage with a range of texts (e... [### PORTUG 30 - Upper-level Portuguese: Traditions, Culture, and Current events through Brazilian folklore ](/class/portug-30-upper-level-portuguese-traditions-culture-and-current-events-through-brazilian-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-114944/2025/spring/12441) PORTUG 30 engages students in the exploration of Brazil’s five geographic regions, while examining the role of Brazilian folklore and traditions in contemporary society. Students learn about cultural elements (as folk tales, celebrations, practices, and beliefs) peculiar to... [### PORTUG 52 - Advanced Portuguese II: Sounds of Brazil: Writing Through Music ](/class/portug-52-advanced-portuguese-ii-sounds-brazil-writing-through-music) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-222831/2025/spring/14477) Portuguese 52 explore the Brazilian music as a powerful expression of the Brazilian experience and a means of civic engagement and social change. The course presents some of the main musical styles in Brazil (as samba, baião, choro, bossa nova, rap paulista, and funk carioca... [### PORTUG 62 - Women’s voices in Brazilian culture(s) ](/class/portug-62-womens-voices-brazilian-cultures) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-220167/2025/spring/14949) In this advanced language and culture course, students learn how Brazilian women have overcome prejudice and gender bias and adopted a leading role in the Brazilian culture and society. Through a range of texts (e.g. paintings, songs, movies, short stories, novels, TV shows)... [### PORTUG 10S - Beginning Portuguese for Spanish Speakers I: Português Beyond Portuñol ](/class/portug-10s-beginning-portuguese-spanish-speakers-i-portugues-beyond-portunol-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-113806/2025/spring/12702) This beginning Portuguese course is designed for students with a strong background in Spanish (Spanish 40 or equivalent is recommended). The course presents the linguistic structures necessary for basic communication and emphasizes the most challenging features of the... [### PORTUG 11 - Beginning Portuguese II: Beyond Copacabana ](/class/portug-11-beginning-portuguese-ii-beyond-copacabana-0) **Semester:** Spring | **Year offered:** 2026 | **Link:** [Course Website](https://locator.tlt.harvard.edu/course/colgsas-127863/2025/spring/12551) PORTUG 11 is a continuation of PORTUG 10 and helps you solidify your foundation in Portuguese by offering you opportunities to improve your linguistic skills in real contexts (via Teletandem), or close to authentic interaction situations, by interpreting and producing texts... - ## Department Role [Language Faculty](/department-role/language-faculty) - ## Language [Portuguese](/language/portuguese) - ## Research Interest [Literature](/research-interest/literature) [Film](/research-interest/film) [Portuguese](/research-interest/portuguese) [Gender and Sexuality](/research-interest/gender-and-sexuality)