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IU McKinney Welcomes Visiting Professor Stella Emery Santana
09/27/2017
Professor Stella Emery Santana is a visiting professor from Brazil. She taught International Environmental Law during the Summer 2017 semester, and will teach a seminar in Environmental Law and Policy, and the Water Law course during the Fall 2017 semester.
Professor Santana earned her J.D. in 2000 at Faculdade de Direito de Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, and received a master’s degree in business and economics focusing on international analysis at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She then received a masters degree in law and economics from Universidade Gama Filho - Rio de Janeiro, where she wrote her thesis on the World Trade Organization and agriculture measures to promote a sustainable development in developing countries. Professor Santana completed a winter course in European Union Law in 2003 from Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, Spain, and received a Ph.D. in environmental geography Federal University of Espírito Santo. Her dissertation was on integrated river basin and coastal zone ecosystem management and governance.
A private consultant for international and environmental law issues, Professor Santana has been teaching these subjects since 2002. She has been teaching at Faculdades Integradas Espirito Santenses (FAESA) since 2006, and has been the director of the international program that sends students from FAESA to IU McKinney since 2009.
In addition, Professor Santana has been the chairperson for the Espírito Santo state bar environmental commission for two terms, and was a volunteer in this commission until June 2017. In 2016, she worked with the president of the Espírito Santo Environmental Agency as the environmental and administrative law consultant for the Samarco mining dam breakout that occurred in November 2015.
