Senior Professor at the Postgraduate Program in Linguistic and Literary Studies in English, Department of Modern Letters, Faculty of Philosophy, Letters and Humanities. Organizer of the Research Group Historical-Critical and Dialectic Studies of American and Brazilian Theater (CNPq). Her research work deals with Letters and Performing Arts with emphasis on Theater Studies (focus on Dramaturgy), and particularly on the following areas: Modern and Contemporary U.S. Theater, Modern and Contemporary Brazilian Theater, Comparative Drama (United States-Brazil).
Some publications
Papa Highirte, de Oduvaldo Vianna Filho: apontamentos de análise dramatúrgica.
O impulso e o salto: Boal em Nova Iorque (1953-1955).