Susana Costa Amaral

Bio/Description

Susana Costa Amaral joins the Department of Art and Archeology, Brazil LAB and the Lewis Center for the Arts. Her research sits at the intersections of performance and politics, critical race theory, visual arts and queer studies. She is launching a new research project examining artificial intelligence as both a visual tool and a source of extraction, focusing on its environmental impact in Latin America. Costa Amaral holds a Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese from New York University, an M.A. in performing arts and a B.A. in communication and culture, both from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is advised by Irene Small, associate professor of art and archaeology.