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Visiting Professor Stella Emery Santana will present a lecture at the American Portuguese Studies Association's 11th International Conference at the University of Michigan. The event takes place October 18-20 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The event theme is "Democracy in Question: What Does and What Can Culture Accomplish." Professor Santana will be part of a panel that will discuss "Ecology and Injustice in Brazil." She will present a talk titled "The Right to Have a Cultural Balanced Environment in Brazil and Its Legal Framework: What to Protect in Times of Economic Crisis?" Her panel discussion will take place on October 18.

Professor Santana earned her J.D. in 2000 at Faculdade de Direito de Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, and received a master’s degree in International Analysis at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She then received a master’s 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 at 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 FAESA-Centro Universitario since 2006, and has been the director of the international program that sends students from FAESA-Centro Universitario 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.

At IU McKinney, Professor Santana teaches a seminar in Environmental Policy and Law, and International Environmental Law.