Marcelo Nogueira

Marcelo Nogueira is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Johns Hopkins University. He holds affiliations with the Center for Advanced Media Studies and the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies program. His office is located in San Martin Center 265, and he holds office hours on Thursdays from 2-4 PM by appointment.

Dr. Nogueira's research focuses on modern/contemporary Latin American poetry, popular music, and sonic/visual cultures, with a primary emphasis on Brazil. His work integrates literary history, media theory, sound studies, and ethnomusicology to analyze avant-gardes, modernism, concrete poetry, and songwriting. He is currently developing a book manuscript titled Brazilian Sound Matters: Poetry, Popular Music, and Art, examining sonic materialities in Brazilian cultural production from mid-20th century to present.

He earned his PhD in Romance Studies from Duke University in 2022. His research interests include:

• Media theory applications to literary analysis
• Sonic aesthetics in Latin American avant-garde movements
• Intersections of poetry and popular music
• Materiality of sound in artistic practices