Biography

Jorge Correia Orfão has a BA in Modern Languages and Literature (English and Spanish Studies) from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra (FLUC-Portugal). He wrote his MA dissertation in Feminist Studies (Anglo-American Literature). He holds relevant certification in tools to prevent and combat violence against LGBTI+ Children and Youth and Teaching Young Learners & Teenagers. Jorge is also an active member of the VIP Teacher global online platform as an English Teacher part of the Teacher Advisory Council, just as involved in several private and public teaching projects worldwide. He is writing his Ph.D. dissertation in the Discourses: Culture, History, and Society Doctoral Program at the Centre for Social Studies of the University of Coimbra (CES-Portugal). His discourse analysis is based on Literary Studies, the Sociology of Culture and Language, the History of Ideas, Masculinity Studies, and Queer Theory. His academic research aims to theoretically understand 'the violence of language' within hegemonic discourses based on gender, sex, and sexuality.