Andrei Soares

Experience:
August 2000 – Present
Language Teacher, City University of New York
•	Teaching Composition and Portuguese in various CUNY campuses. 

July 2000 – Present
Free-Lance Journalist and Translator, Various
•	Submitting articles on Literature, Politics and US Affairs to papers in the US and Brazil.

May 2000 – July 2000
Correspondent in New York City, Correio Braziliense
•	Covered cultural, political and scientific issues. 

November 1998 – May 2000
Syndicated Translator and Writer, Foreign News Section, Correio Braziliense
•	Published, designed and edited over 130 translations, articles and features.
•	Received the Society for News Design’s (SND’s) Prize in Graphic Excellence for editing a feature on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. February 1999.

June 1996 – November 1998
Translator and Reporter, Foreign News Section, Correio Braziliense
•	Published over 200 translations.

August 1995 – June 1996
Press liaisons for Brazilian Congressman José Fritsch
•	Developed and implemented the Congressman’s communications strategy.

August 1994 – August 1995
Research Assistant, University of Brasilia 
•	Investigated the coverage given to Latin American issues by the Brazilian press.

January 1995 – August 1995
Part-time English teacher and tutor at the Number One Language School, Brasilia.
•	Taught Berlitz-style, repetition-based classes.

Recent Publications:

January 2001
•	Published five poems in publications edited in Edinburgh and São Paulo.

April 2000
•	Translated into English the 130-page catalogue for the Brasilia International Film Festival.

March 2000
•	Translated the pamphlet Women Make News into English for the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Education, Conferences and Special Courses:

City University of New York, Graduate Center
“Examining Perspective Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference”; December, 2001
•	Chaired the panel “Towards a Philosophy of Truth”, with speakers from Yale, UCLA and CUNY.

City University of New York, Graduate Center
Workshop on Language Teaching; March and April, 2001
•	Completed the six hour workshop.

Baruch College 
Rassias Method Workshop, November 2000
•	Completed the 25-hour workshop.

City University of New York Graduate Center
Masters in Comparative Literature, September 2002 (expected)
•	Enrolled at CUNY’s Comparative Literature Program, meeting all non-thesis requirements for the Master’s Degree with a GPA of 3.96. Thesis in progress. 

University of Brasilia
BA in Journalism, November 1998. 
•	Ranked top 7% among Brazilian Journalism graduates.

Folha de São Paulo 
Special Training Program, August 1995
•	Successfully completed the one-month course, which was offered by Brazil's largest daily to seven journalists.

Independent British Institute
Special Teacher Training Course, February 1991
•	Successfully completed the two-month course by British pedagogue Jim Wingate.

References:

•	William Coleman
Chair, Graduate Center Department of Comparative Literature
212 817 8169			billvige@aol.com 

•	Paulo Rossi
Former World News Editor (and current Sports Editor), Correio Braziliense 
(55) 061 342 1100			prossi@correioweb.com.br

•	Paul Burdett
Director, College of Staten Island English Language Institute
718 982 2090			burdett@postbox.csi.cuny.edu