Neda Bezerra
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | I was a college professor of English as a Foreign Language and Second Language and also of Anthropology for many years. Now I run my family´s business: http://www.booking.com/hotel/br/jardim.html |
| Location | Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | Neda Bezerra holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Florida (2002) and a Master's degree in English from Millersville University of Pennsylvania (1992). She taught English as a Second Language at the English Language Institute (ELI) at the University of Florida (1992-1994) and later Portuguese as a Foreign Language at the University of Florida (1994-2001). She taught Anthropology and Brazilian History and Culture at the University of Fortaleza (2003-2009). She was a Scholar In-Residence at Millersville University of Pennsylvania (2008), and a visiting scholar at Campbellsville University and Cottey College (2009). In 2010 she worked as a researcher at Idaho State University in a project entitled “Understanding social networks within complex, nonlinear systems: geographically-integrated history and dynamics GIS” [acronym: SOCNET], funded by the National Science Foundation Office of Cyberinfrastructure. In the past, Dr. Bezerra wrote on religion in Brazil, especially on the reasons that lead so many Brazilians to seek Spiritism as their religion of choice. |
| Interests | Reading History, Anthropology, Religion, Autobiographies. Favorite Poet: Amy Lowell Music: Many (I tell later) Traveling. |
| Favorite movies | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNXTCs8-M1s |
| Favorite music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-fWDrZSiZs |