Ana Catarina Teixeira

Ana Catarina Teixeira is Associate Teaching Professor of Portuguese and Director of Emory's Portuguese Program. Her research examines postcolonial identity in Angolan narratives and cultural connections across the Luso-Afro-Brazilian triangle. As Core Faculty in African Studies, she teaches interdisciplinary courses on Lusophone cultures.

Scholarly interests encompass resistance literature, gender/race discourses, and decolonial approaches to cultural production. Pedagogical work focuses on arts-integrated language instruction and best practices for second-language acquisition.

Administrative leadership includes advising Lusophone Studies minors and developing programs supporting first-generation college students through Emory's Empowering First initiative.