Alessandra Ferreira di Roma

Ph.D. in Education from UNESP (Marília, Brazil) and in Language Sciences from Université Paris VIII (France, 20172021), with a Masters degree in Science Education (UNESP, 2015) and a Bachelors degree in Pedagogy (UNESP, 2012). Completed a Scientific Initiation project with support from FAPESP in 2012. Researcher in the following groups: ENCINE (Science Education and School Inclusion UNESP/Bauru), LALIS (Language and Deafness UNESP/Marília), and SFL (Structures Formelles du Langage Université Paris VIII). Her work focuses on higher education for deaf students in Brazil and France.She has experience teaching in higher education, elementary and early childhood education, distance learning, and pedagogical coordination. She has worked as a teaching fellow at UNESP, public school teacher in the cities of Bauru and Agudos (Brazil), and as a specialized educator and education coordinator in France. Currently, she serves as Head of the Validation of Acquired Experience Department at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam, France) and as a Capstone Advisor in the Education Department at MUST University (USA). She has organized books and published journal articles, book chapters, and academic papers in national and international conferences. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)