Vander VianaVander Viana is a PhD candidate at Queen’s University Belfast. He holds an MA in Language Studies from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and a BA in English Language and Literature from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. He has been the tudent representative at the International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature (IGEL) since 2008. He is a member of the editorial board of seven international journals in Colombia, South Korea, and the United States. His main research interests and publications focus on Corpus Linguistics, English Language, Applied Linguistics, Distance Learning and Teacher Development. In addition to several published chapters, he has also been in charge of editing a number of books. Acting and Connecting: Cultural Approaches to Language and Literature , edited in collaboration with Sonia Zyngier and Anna Chesnokova is among his latest publications. Read More Read Less