Ana Margarida Ramos
Ana Margarida Ramos (PhD) is a Full Professor at the Department of Languages and Cultures at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, where she also serves as Head of the Department. She teaches Portuguese Children’s Literature, Literary Theory, and Reading Promotion across several graduate and post-graduate courses, and currently directs the PhD Program in Literary Studies. As a Full Researcher at the Research Centre for Languages, Literatures and Cultures, her recent work frequently explores the materiality of children’s books and nonfiction literature. Throughout her career, she has supervised numerous PhD and master’s theses in Children’s Literature. She has also maintained a strong international presence, serving as a visiting scholar at Oslo Metropolitan University in 2019 and receiving a Fellowship from the Youth International Library the same year. An active member of various research networks across Portugal, Spain, and Latin America, she has organized multiple national and international conferences, notably the 2015 “The Child and The Book” conference on fractures and disruptions in children’s literature. Additionally, her educational impact extends to co-authoring syllabi, textbooks, and teachers’ guides for secondary school literature and culture subjects in East Timor.