Luis Gonçalves holds a Ph.D. in Romance Languages – Portuguese, with a Minor in Communication Studies and certification in Cultural Studies, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught Portuguese and Spanish at Princeton University since 2010 and is also the director of the Middlebury Portuguese Language School. Professor Gonçalves has published articles, edited books, and organized conferences on Lusophone Cultures and the teaching of Portuguese as a Foreign Language. He is part of the Editorial Board of the Portuguese Language Journal, the executive director of the International Conference on the Teaching Portuguese, and president of the American Organization of Teachers of Portuguese.