He has a PhD in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), with a postdoctoral scholarship at the Federal University of Viçosa (2016-2017). Master of Literature by the Federal University of Viçosa (2012), specialist in Gender and Diversity in School by the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2016) and graduated in Letters by Faculdade Castelo Branco (2009). He was a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2014-2015) and an assistant professor at the Federal University of Viçosa (2012-2014). Currently he is also editor-in-chief of the journal Jangada: Journal for Brazilian Studies and member of the Research Group Da Rua: sujeitos e objetos (CNPq / PUC MG). He has published Driven by Eros (2016) and Homem em cena (2017), both books on gender issues in Brazilian Literature and Film.