Lorena B Ellis
she/her
Lorena B. Ellis, M.A., M.A, Ph.D., originally from the south of Brazil, attended Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil where she received a B.A. Degree in Portuguese, German and English Literature. She attended graduate school at New York University (NYU), where she received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in German Literature. In 2004 she obtained a second M.A. in Spanish and Portuguese with concentration in Latin America. Lorena B. Ellis has taught German language at Deutsches Haus at New York University, Brothers College at Drew University, and Portuguese at SCPS-NYU. From 1996 to 2021 she was a fulltime faculty member at Queensborough Community College/CUNY as instructor and coordinator of the German program. Since 2008 she also has been teaching Latin-American and Caribbean Cultures in the CUNY SPS BA-online program. She has presented papers at regional, national, and international conferences on various topics related to German language and Latin American Cultures.
As a previous QCC/CUNY faculty member and a current CUNY BA-Online faculty member and a ex-member of the AATG Community College Committee, a member of the QCC Study Abroad Advisory Committee, and a QCC representative at the CUNY Council on World Language Study, she co-organized regional workshops for faculty development. She published articles in reference journals and a book: Brecht’s Reception in Brazil, Peter Lang in 1995. Her translation of O ImperialismoSedutorde Antonio Pedro Tota was published in 2009 with the title The Seduction of Brazil(University of Texas Press). Her translation of O Amigo Americano, Nelson Rockefeller e o Brasil was published by Underline Publishing in 2021 with the title The American “Amigo”, Rockefeller and Brazil.See review at CUNY Open Ed Website. Her recent articles “Anchieta’s XVI Century” and “Feijoadas Novayokinas” were published by Underline Publishing in 2024, and 2025 respectively in the Anthology Words from Overseas, Vol.1, and Vol.2.
For the dedication to her field she has received awards such as: AATG/Goethe Institut Certificate of Merit Award in 2012; the DUDEN Award, in recognition of outstanding effort and achievement in German instruction, from Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG, AATG Metro New York Chapter in 2010; the Queensborough Community College Excellence in Faculty Scholarship Award in 2002.
Education
- Lorena B. Ellis, M.A., M.A, Ph.D., originally from the south of Brazil, attended Universidade de São Paulo (USP) in Brazil where she received a B.A. Degree in Portuguese, German and English Literature. She attended graduate school at New York University (NYU), where she received an M.A. and a Ph.D. in German Literature. In 2004 she obtained a second M.A. in Spanish and Portuguese with concentration in Latin America.
Publications
Brecht’s Reception in Brazil, Peter Lang in 1995; her translation of O Imperialismo Sedutor de Antonio Pedro Tota was published in 2009 with the title The Seduction of Brazil(University of Texas Press); her translation of O Amigo Americano, Nelson Rockefeller e o Brasil was published by Underline Publishing in 2021 with the title The American “Amigo”, Rockefeller and Brazil.
See review at CUNY Open Ed Website. Her recent articles “Anchieta’s XVI Century” and “Feijoadas Novayokinas” were published by Underline Publishing in 2024, and 2025 respectively in the Anthology Words from Overseas, Vol.1, and Vol.2.
Positions
Projects
- Revise Master thesis on Jose de Anchieta for publication
Grants
| Partial Stipend from the Austrian Culture Ministry (Österreichisches Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur and the Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten: Workshop for Teachers of German, supported by AATG: “Klischee und Vorurteil” (Cliches and Prejudice), July 7-19, 2014 |
| Partial Stipend from the Austrian Culture Ministry: Workshop for Teachers of German, supported by the AATG (American Association of Teachers of German), “Austrian Seminar: Von der Donau an die Weichsel: Wien und Krakau” July 11-23, 2011. TraiNDaF stipend from AATG through a grant from the Federal Republic of Germany: 1) Washington, DC (4-11 to 4-14-02); 2) Two-week seminar in Germany summer 2002; 3) AATG Annual Meeting at the Annual ACTFL Conference in Salt Lake City, UT, 11-21 to 11-24-02; 4) ACTFL conference in Chicago, 11- 18 to 11-21-04. PSC CUNY grant PSC CUNY Fall 2001 / 2002, release time for one course. Scholarship from the Goethe Institute’s Central Headquarters, July 30-August 12, 2002, München, Germany. Foreign Language in the Workplace a FIPSE (Hunter College) 1 of 10 CUNY faculty, Fall 1998-Spring 2000 (release time for 4 courses and OPI training at the ACTFL conference 1998, Chicago) Scholarship from the Goethe Institute’s Central Headquarters, July 30-August 12, 2000, Weimar, Germany. Scholarship from the Goethe Institute’s Central Headquarters, June 25-July 7, 1995, Düsseldorf, Germany. New York University: University Scholarship for graduate studies, Fall 1982 to Spring 1987. Scholarship from the German Ministry of Culture to attend vocational school in Berlin: Landeslehranstalt für Mediznische Technische Assistenten, 1968-1970 |
Academic Interests
Latin American cultures and literatures: Social critical theatre influenced by B.Brecht and Nueva Cancion.
