Advisory Board

Chairperson

Dr. Maria de Lourdes B. Serpa, Professor Emerita of Education
Lesley University, Massachusetts – USA
mserpa@lesley.edu

Board Members

• Aida Bairos, MED – Cambridge Public Schools, MA USA
• Daniel Soares, PhD – Universidade Federal PUC Brazil 
• Graça Castanho, PhD – Universidade dos Açores, Portugal 
• Graça Hammond, MEd – Cambridge Public Schools, MA USA
• Lidia A Silveira, EDD – Bridgewater State University, MA USA Co-Conveners Executive Team
• Maria de Lourdes B Serpa, EDD – Lesley University, MA USA Co-Conveners Executive Team
• Margarida Goes, MEd – Lowell Public Schools and Lesley University, MA USA
• Natalia Costa, MEd – Cambridge Public Schools, MA USA
• Natalie Ormonde Serra, MA – Parent Advisory Chair, Lowell Public Schools
• Patricia Medeiros Landurand EDD– Mary Thorp Professor, RI College (Honorary Chair)
• Silvana Watson, PhD – Wesleyan University, N Virginia

Editorial Committee

The Editorial Board promotes the mission of the Portuguese World Language Institute by reviewing manuscripts for publication.

Dr. Solange de Azambuja Lira, Professor Emerita
Lesley University, Massachusetts

Dr. Amanda Gordenstein Montes, Assistant Professor
University of Arizona, Arizona

Dr. Silvana R. Watson, Professor
Old Dominion University, Virginia