João Nemi Neto

Residency: Columbia Global Center Rio

Research: Inclusive Language Teaching Practices, Technology, and Identities

João Nemi Neto (he, ele, él) has a Ph.D. in Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages from the Graduate Center, CUNY. João is a senior lecturer in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University in New York, where he teaches courses in Portuguese language, Brazilian and Lusophone cultures, queer theories, and gender identities.

His research focuses on queer theory, queer pedagogy, Brazilian culture, and visual media. His latest book is Cannibalizing Queer: Brazilian Cinema between 1970 and 2015 (Wayne State University Press, 2022). He is currently working on a new book about inclusive language and gender identities in the classroom. He has also published articles on Queer Cinema, Queer Pedagogy, and Brazilian telenovelas. 

His latest publication, Queer Pedagogy: Approaches to Inclusive Teaching, deals with LGBTQA+ inclusion in the foreign language classroom. He has also published articles on foreign language textbooks, the representation of effeminacy in Brazilian telenovelas, and activist, writer, and literary critic Herbert Daniel. 

His writing deals with sexuality, effeminophobia, and LGBTQAI+ representation on television and cinema. He also studies queer pedagogy, language, and gender identities in foreign language teaching. 

João is also a writer and translator. His latest novel is Os dois piores anos da minha vida, published in 2021 in Brazil (Quase Oito Editorial). His most recent translation is In the Name of Desire by João Silvério Trevisan (Sundial, 2023) with Ben De Witte. He has also contributed to poetry collections in Brazil, Chile, and the U.S.