University degrees, diplomas and academic public assessments

2003 - PhD in American Literature, The Act and the Bow in Robert Duncan: First Passages for a Re-Writing of Passion, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra

1991-1999 - Periodic participation in the Poetics Program, English Department, State University of New York (SUNY at Buffalo, USA)

1986 - MA in Anglo-American Studies, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra

1981 - BA in Modern Languages and Literatures (English and German), School of Arts and Humanities, University of Coimbra

Field of specialisation

Literatura Norte-Americana

Poética

Other fields

Poesia da emigração portuguesa (Brasil, EUA)