Dr. Jordana Lobo-Pires

Jordana Lobo Pires

Dr. Jordana Lobo-Pires

Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream

Jordana is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) at the Graduate Centre for Academic Communication. She holds a PhD in English Literature from the University of Toronto, an MA in Communication and Culture from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), and an MA in English and an Honors BA in English, Biology, and Philosophy from the University of Toronto.

Jordana’s research interests include the reception of classical legal rhetoric in the early modern period, and the ways classical modes of argument continue to reverberate in current persuasive speech and writing. At the GCAC, Jordana conducts courses and workshops in oral presentation skills and graduate writing.