Kevin W. Ennis

Kevin W. Ennis serves as Lector of Portuguese at Yale University, where he cultivates communities of lifelong learners through explorations of literature, art, and cultural practices across the Lusophone world.

His academic credentials include:

• Ph.D. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies (in progress) from Brown University
• A.M. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from Brown University
• Doctoral Certificates in Hispanic Studies and Collaborative Humanities from Brown University
• B.A. in Latin American Studies and Portuguese from Yale University

Ennis specializes in Amazonian literary and cultural studies, with concentrated research on Indigenous literary and artistic practices from Latin America and cultural responses to coloniality throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. His current project analyzes extractivist dynamics in Amazonia through twentieth and twenty-first century Brazilian and Peruvian texts, emphasizing Indigenous literatures and arts as critical frameworks for understanding geocultural and social spaces.

Professionally, Ennis contributes as Assistant Editor of the Journal of Lusophone Studies and Treasurer of the Amazonia Section within the Latin American Studies Association, demonstrating active engagement in advancing scholarship on Amazonian and Lusophone cultural studies.