Jeremy Lehnen

Jeremy Lehnen is a Senior Lecturer in Language Studies and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University, serving as Director of Language Studies and Associate Director of the Center for Language Studies. He directs the Brazil Initiative at the Watson Institute and holds editorial roles as Executive Editor of the Journal of Lusophone Studies and Vice-President of the American Portuguese Studies Association. Previously, he served as Interim Director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and Interim Associate Director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women. He earned a PhD in Latin American Studies from the University of New Mexico (2010), alongside earlier degrees from Vanderbilt University (MA, 1998) and Gonzaga University (BA, 1996).

His research focuses on gender and sexuality—particularly masculinity—in contemporary Latin American cinema, literature, and electronic cultural production. He has authored a forthcoming book on Brazilian crime film and published in journals like Luso-Brazilian Review and Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos. His teaching spans topics including Latin American literature, film studies, gender theory, and Portuguese language instruction, with courses such as Constructing Men, Projecting Masculinity and Lusophone Cities in Literature, Film, and Music.

Lehnen’s academic leadership includes affiliations with multiple interdisciplinary programs at Brown, reflecting his commitment to bridging language education, cultural studies, and global scholarship.