Cristiane Soares

Cristiane Soares is a Senior Preceptor in Portuguese and Coordinator of the Portuguese Language Program at Harvard University's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. She holds a B.A. in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from UMass Boston, and a Ph.D. in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies and Theory from UMass Dartmouth.

Her research examines:

• Portuguese as a heritage language
• Second language pedagogy
• Brazilian immigrant communities
• Gender-neutral language innovations

As Director of the Portuguese Summer Program in São Paulo, she develops immersive language curricula. Her publications focus on inclusive language implementation across Romance languages, analyzing both pedagogical frameworks and sociopolitical resistance to linguistic change.