Megwen May Loveless

Megwen May Loveless is a Senior Professor of Practice and Director of the Basic Language Program in Portuguese at Tulane University. She has over fifteen years of experience teaching Portuguese and developing curricula, previously at Harvard and Princeton universities.

• Education: Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Harvard University (2010)

Her pedagogy integrates music, popular culture, and new media into language instruction. Key research interests include:

• Teaching culture in language classrooms
• Portuguese as a global language with African/Asian influences
• Telecollaboration and community-based learning
• Games and play in language acquisition
• Literacy in second/third languages
• African diaspora in Latin America
• Afro-Brazilian religion, dance, and music

She actively mentors graduate students and teaching assistants, focusing on program development, enrollment growth, and innovative teaching methodologies.