Ana Regina e Souza Campello is a Deaf researcher, educator, and professor associated with the Instituto Nacional de Educação de Surdos (INES) in Brazil. She is known for her scholarship in Deaf education, particularly in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), visual pedagogies, and bilingual instruction, and for her leadership roles in research groups, graduate programs, and academic societies in the field of deaf studies.
Academic Career and Positions
Ana Regina e Souza Campello holds a Doctorate in Education from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, UFSC), Brazil. [2][1] Before that, she earned undergraduate degrees in Biblioteconomia e Documentação (Librarianship and Documentation) from Universidade Santa Úrsula (1981) and in Pedagogia (Pedagogy) from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1996). [1] Her academic journey has positioned her as a prominent scholar in Brazilian deaf education and sign language studies[1][2].
Campello is a full professor (professora associada) in the Department of Ensino Superior (Higher Education Department), DESU/INES[1]. She also serves in permanent roles in several graduate programs: the Mestrado Profesional de Educação Bilíngue at DESU/INES; the course of Diversity and Inclusion (Mestrado Profissional da Diversidade e Inclusão - CMPDI) at UFF (Universidade Federal Fluminense); and in the Doctoral Program in Inclusive Science and Technology (PGCTIn) also at UFF[1]. She is leader of a research group on “Instrução em Libras como L1 e L2” (Instruction in Libras as First and Second Language)[1].
Leadership, Service, and Advocacy
Campello holds leadership positions within academic and professional societies connected to Libras and Deaf studies. She is vice-coordinator of the GT Libras (a working group for Sign Language) in the Associação Brasileira de Linguística (ABRALIN), and also of GT Libras in the Associação Nacional de Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Letras e Linguística[1]. She serves on Núcleo Docente Estruturante (NDE) in DESU/INES, and participates in associations and networks of translators and interpreters of Libras, as well as organizations fostering Deaf arts and culture[1]. As a Deaf scholar, she combines her lived experience with her research and teaching to push for greater recognition of visual modes of knowledge and bilingual/bimodal education in Brazil.
She has been instrumental in supervising student research in Libras as L1 / L2 instruction, material development for bilingual education, translation interpretation studies, and educational didactics with visual and sign language components[1].
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- ORCID. (n.d.). Ana Regina e Souza Campello (0000-0003-1464-9524).
