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Leonora Souza Paula

Leonora Souza Paula
  • Assistant Professor
  • CLS Core Faculty
  • English

Biography

Leonora Souza Paula specializes in Literary Studies and Latin American Studies, with a focus on intersections of race, gender, urban culture, and memory in contemporary Afro-Brazilian and Afro-Diasporic culture. Her current research examines the role of Black spatial imagination in the process of claiming literature and culture as a form of heritage recovery and epistemic reparation. Leonora is an American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) fellow and a Campus Compact Engaged Scholar. Dr Paula is a John K. Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies and Program Award Winner and Vital Voices Visionaries Fellow. She is  the co-founder of the Black Women Shaping AfroFutures, a global platform for Black Women Leadership and Innovation.

Links

 https://directory.cal.msu.edu/paulaleo/