Vânia Castro: Investigating Emerging Technologies, AI, and More

Castro completed her Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, in May 2021.

Tell us about your previous academic experience.

I held the Werner Baer Postdoctoral Fellow position at the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 2022 to 2023. Additionally, I was a visiting scholar with the CAPES/PrInt program at UIUC in 2019 and 2020, where I developed part of my doctoral study. My investigation centered on leveraging mobile devices to provide support to educators and students in underserved regions of Brazil. I was also a Fulbright scholar at Florida State University from 2015-2016.

What are the areas of your scholarship?

My current research interests include emerging technologies in education, mobile learning, multiliteracies, teacher education, and artificial intelligence.