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Academic biography

A career devoted to language and education

University professor with a PhD and a master’s degree in Letters from USP and postdoctoral research at UnB and Fiocruz. Here is the path, from the countryside of São Paulo to the public university in Goiás.

Marcos Costa in a graduation gown and blue sash in front of a USP building, holding his cap
graduation at USP

Biography

Professor, researcher and author

My full name is Marcos Rogério Martins Costa. I was born in Birigui, in the countryside of São Paulo state, a city known as the Pérola do Noroeste (Pearl of the Northwest).

My path is interdisciplinary and runs through Letters, Education, Linguistics and technologies applied to the production of knowledge.

I am a tenured professor at Universidade Estadual de Goiás (UEG), on an exclusive full-time contract, at Câmpus Nordeste, Sede Formosa. There I work in Linguistics, Portuguese Language and teaching in the Letters program.

Here I present my public work from the perspective of teaching and research.

Education

Education, step by step

  1. 2012

    Undergraduate degree in Letters

    Portuguese and Linguistics

    Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

  2. 2014

    Undergraduate degree in Pedagogy

    Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA)

  3. 2014

    Master's degree in Letters

    Semiotics and General Linguistics

    Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

  4. 2018

    Doctorate in Letters

    Semiotics and General Linguistics

    Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

  5. 2021

    Postdoctoral research

    Scientific Literacy

    Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

  6. 2026

    Postdoctoral research

    Scientific Literacy and Artificial Intelligence

    Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)

  7. Today

    Tenured professor at UEG

    Câmpus Nordeste, Sede Formosa. Letters program.

Areas of interest and research

What drives my research

  • Discourse semiotics
  • Bakhtin Circle studies
  • Linguistics and discourse analysis
  • Reading and writing processes
  • Teacher education
  • Scientific literacy
  • Digital technologies
  • Artificial intelligence and ethics in education
  • Authorship and the production of knowledge

Teaching, outreach and science communication

The classroom as a laboratory of meaning

I carry out teaching and research in the Language Sciences, in educational methodologies and in the critical use of artificial intelligence.

This includes talks, projects and initiatives that share academic knowledge. The Lattes CV lists supervisions, technical production, participation in committees and projects.

Marcos Costa writing in a notebook at his desk, with books and a laptop

Recognition

Academies and distinctions

My CV records memberships in literary academies, among them the Academia Contemporânea de Letras and the Academia Nacional de Ciências, Letras e Artes, as well as literary recognition and honorary distinctions throughout my career.

The detailed and up-to-date list is in the Lattes CV, which is the main documentary source.

Previous experience, 2020 to 2026

Escrita com Ciência

I was a co-founder of Escrita com Ciência from 2020 to 2026, a stage that is part of my history of innovation and of scientific training initiatives.

This reference is biographical only. There is no offer of services, advertising, commercial recommendation or current representation of the organization.

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