GU Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2019 Member: International Gender and Language Association 2016-present Member: Lavender Languages and Linguistics Association 2018-present Member: Brazilian Association for Applied Linguistics 2011-present Member: Brazilian Association for English Studies 2011-present Member: Brazilian Association for Portuguese Studies 2011-present Member: Brazilian Association for Discourse Studies 2014-present Member: Georgetown University L

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Department of Linguistics +1 (703) 785-4697
Georgetown University fld11@georgetown.edu
1421 37th Street NW @felipezeroh
Washington, DC, USA
FELIPE LEANDRO DE JESUS
CURRICULUM VITAE • JULY 2020
employment Georgetown University
Graduate teaching/research assistant, Department of Linguistics
Aug. 2017 – present
Washington, DC
Emory University
Fulbright Visiting Instructor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Aug. 2015 – May 2016
Atlanta, Georgia
Federal University of Santa Catarina
EFL Instructor, Department of Foreign Languages
Graduate Teaching Assistant
April 2011 – July 2015
March 2017 – July 2017
Florianópolis, Brazil
education Georgetown University – Washington, DC
- Doctor of Philosophy in Sociolinguistics
In progress
Georgetown University – Washington, DC
- Master of Science in Linguistics
May 2019
Federal University of Santa Catarina – Florianópolis, Brazil
- Master of Arts in Linguistic Studies, summa cum laude
- Thesis title: Beatin’ the queer into the broadsheets: A semiotic
analysis on crimes involving queer social actors
Aug. 2015
Federal University of Santa Catarina – Florianópolis, Brazil
- Bachelor of Arts in English Language & Literature, summa cum
laude
- Thesis title: Screening the unspeakable: The construction of
gender/sex roles and same-sex role in Brokeback Mountain
Dec. 2013
publications &
presentations
Papers
JESUS, F. L. In preparation. “Oh like you’re a woman”: Representations of knowledge as
positioning devices in narratives of personal experience told by a drag queen.
JESUS, F. L. In preparation. Dialogism in the media: Heteroglossia and representations of
social actors in news reports about the Brazilian National High School Exam (ENEM).
JESUS, F. L. In preparation. The discursive construction of bisexuality as incriminating
evidence in news reports.
JESUS, F. L. & CALDAS-COULTHARD, C. R. (2018). Abjection and condemnation: Media
representations of a transgender criminal in Brazil. Gender and Language, 12(3), 372-397.

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JESUS, F. L., FIGUEIREDO, D. C. & NASCIMENTO, F. S. (2016). Screening the unspeakable:
The representation of gender/sex roles and same-sex love in Brokeback Mountain.
International Journal of Language Studies, 10(2), 33-56.
JESUS, F. L., FRANCISCO, D., GONÇALVES, M., FONSECA, M., & SOUZA, F. (2014). “A woman’s
charm is fifty percent illusion”: An analysis of Blanche DuBois’ performativity in A Streetcar
Named Desire. Interlinguagens, 5, 78-87.
Book Reviews
JESUS, F. L. (forthcoming). Book Review of Berrett, R. (2017), From drag queens to
leathermen: Language, gender, and gay male. Discourse & Society.
JESUS, F. L. (2019). Book Review of Milani, T. (ed.) (2018), Queering language, gender, and
sexuality. Gender and Language, 13(3), 1-5.
JESUS, F. L. (2019). Book review of Cashman, H. (2018), Queer, latinx, and bilingual:
Narrative resources in the negotiation of identities. Language in Society, 48(2), 317-318.
Conference Presentations
JESUS, F. L. (2021). Assessing insights and revising the client frame: On the role of question
sequences and epistemic (a)symmetries in psychiatric consultations. Paper to be presented
at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 23, Hong Kong.
JESUS, F. L. (2021). Dialogism in the media: Heteroglossia and representations of social
actors in news reports about the Brazilian National High School Exam (ENEM). Paper to be
presented at the 11th International Gender and Language Association Conference (IGALA
11), London, United Kingdom.
JESUS, F. L. (2020). “Aquenda esse Pajubá”: Sociolinguistic perceptions of queer language in
Brazil. Paper to be presented at the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and
Linguistics – Multilingualism: Global South and Global North Perspectives (GURT2020),
Washington, DC.
JESUS, F. L. (2019). “Oh like you’re a woman”: Representations of knowledge as positioning
devices in narratives of personal experience told by a drag queen. Paper presented at
Lavender Languages and Linguistics 26 (LavLang26), Gothenburg, Sweden.
JESUS, F. L. (2018). It’s like “oh, you’re still doing that?”: It’s like-enactments as positioning
in narratives by a young drag queen. Paper presented at the 10th International Gender and
Language Association Conference (IGALA 10), Gaborone, Botswana.
JESUS, F. L. (2018). Criminal sexuality: Semiotic representations of a bisexual defendant in
the media. Paper presented at the Georgetown University Round Table on Languages and
Linguistics: Approaches to Discourse (GURT2019), Washington, DC.
JESUS, F. L. (2018). Criminal sexuality: Semiotic representations of a bisexual defendant in
the media. Paper presented at Lavender Languages and Linguistics 25, Providence, RI.

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JESUS, F. L. (2017). International language promotion policies: An overview of Portuguese
in North-American higher education. Paper presented at the Languages and Literature
Week, Florianópolis, Brazil.
JESUS, F. L. (2017). The Fulbright FLTA Program and the experience with the teaching of
Portuguese as an Additional/Foreign Language in the USA. Paper presented at the
Languages and Literature Week, Florianópolis, Brazil.
JESUS, F. L. (2017). The use of video projects as a tool for the teaching and learning of
Portuguese as an Additional/Foreign Language. Paper presented at the Languages and
Literature Week, Florianópolis, Brazil.
JESUS, F. L. (2016). Beatin' the queer into the broadsheets: Representations of queers in
news reports of crimes. Paper presented at the 9th International Gender and Language
Association Conference (IGALA 9), Hong Kong.
JESUS, F. L. (2016). The use of video projects as a tool in the teaching of languages. Paper
presented at the II Workshop of Brazilian FLTAs, Atlanta, GA.
JESUS, F. L. (2015). The visual representation of queer social actors in news reports of
crimes: A preliminary analysis. Paper presented at the International Conference on
Language Studies / VIII Cycle of Language Studies, Ponta Grossa, Brazil.
JESUS, F. L. (2015). “Best thing she never had”: Blue Ivy’s “bad hair” and the reiteration of
prejudice. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language Studies / VIII Cycle
of Language Studies, Ponta Grossa, Brazil.
JESUS, F. L. (2015). Identity, gender and the body: Contributions from studies in Discourse
Analysis. Paper presented at the International Conference on Language Studies / VIII Cycle
of Language Studies, Ponta Grossa, Brazil.
JESUS, F. L. (2014). Screening the unspeakable: The construction of gender/sex roles and
same-sex love in Brokeback Mountain. Paper presented at the International Systemic
Functional Congress / X Latin American Systemic Functional Linguistics Congress, Mendoza,
Argentina.
JESUS, F. L. (2014). Beatin’ the queer into the broadsheets: A semiotic analysis of news
reports on homosexuality. Paper presented at the Graduate Students Research Festival,
Florianópolis, Brazil, 2014.
JESUS, F. L. (2014). Beyond the binary: An analysis of non-normative sexualities in HBO’s
Game of Thrones. Paper presented at Queer Perspectives in Debate, Florianópolis, Brazil.
JESUS, F. L. (2013). Top or bottom: A matter of transitivity in Ang Lee’s Brokeback
Mountain. Paper present at TCC on the Move, Florianópolis, Brazil.
teaching &
service
As Coordinator
Coordinator for the multi-section course LING 001: Introduction to
Language (Georgetown, undergraduate)
Fall 2019 –
Spring 2020

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As Instructor of Record
LING 001: Introduction to Language (Georgetown, undergraduate)
Fall 2019
PORT 110: Portuguese for Spanish Speakers (Emory,
undergraduate)
Spring 2016
PORT 101: Elementary Portuguese I (Emory, undergraduate)
Fall 2015
EFL classes at college-level across six different levels; 30+ sections
taught (UFSC)
Spring 2011 –
Spring 2017
As Teaching Assistant
LING 001: Introduction to Language (Georgetown, undergraduate)
- Teaching Assistant for Dr. Alison Biggs
- Guest lecture: Discourse Analysis
Spring 2019
LING 571: Sociolinguistic Field Methods (Georgetown, graduate)
- Teaching Assistant for Dr. Cynthia Gordon
- Guest lecture: ELAN; transcription; learning how to look and listen
Fall 2018
LLE 7497: English VII: Academic Writing (UFSC, undergraduate)
- Teaching Assistant for Dr. Débora Figueiredo
- Guest lectures: style guides, citation, plagiarism, the structure of
academic papers
Spring 2014
As Research Assistant
Research Assistant for Dr. Jennifer Nycz
- Second Dialect Acquisition and Stylistic Variation
- Transcription and style coding
Spring & Summer
2020
Research Assistant for Dr. Heidi Hamilton Fall 2020
skills - Languages: Brazilian Portuguese (native), English (fluent), Japanese (intermediate),
Spanish (listening and reading comprehension), German (basic), French (basic)
- Programming: HTML/CSS
- Tools: ELAN, SPSS, R, PRAAT
awards, honors &
grants
- National Science Foundation: Travel Award to attend IGALA 10
2018
- GU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Graduate Student Travel
Award
2019, 2020
- GU Department of Linguistics: Graduate Student Travel Award
2018, 2019
- GU Graduate Fellowship
2017-2022
- Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological
Development (CNPq): PhD Fellowship
2017

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- Emory University: Conference Organization Grant
2016
- Fulbright Commission: Foreign Language Teaching Assistantship
recipient
2015-2016
- UFSC Graduate School: Graduate Student Travel Grant
2014, 2015
- Brazilian Coordination for the Development of Higher Education
Personnel (CAPES): M.A. Fellowship
2014-2015
- UFSC: Recognition of Outstanding Academic Performance
2011, 2012, 2013
membership &
service
Co-organizer: GU Round Table on Languages and Linguistics 2018
Organizing committee: Language and the Law Conference 2013
Member of the International Gender and Language Association since 2016