He holds a BA in Communications from the University of California, Davis, and a PhD in Hispanic Languages and Literatures from the University of California, Los Angeles. Professor Carter’s research focuses broadly on Brazilian culture(s) with an emphasis on television and popular culture. His first book, Reimagining Brazilian Television: Luiz Fernando Carvalho’s Contemporary Vision, was published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in April 2018. Professor Carter is currently working on his second book, Brazil Reframed: Television and Internet Fiction Post-2011, under contract with the University Press of Florida.