Bio
Liberato Silva dos Santos is a PhD student in the ALT program. He is also an academic writing and speaking consultant, and a Portuguese and English instructor. His research interests include language assessment and testing, assessment literacy, computer-assisted language learning and testing, and written and oral academic communication. He has presented his research at TSLL, LARC, TESOL, CALICO, and Siabralitec, among other venues, and has published in EJALTEFL. In 2018, he was a language assessment Summer intern at ETS. He holds an MA in Applied Linguistics from the University of Brasilia, and a BA in Language Teacher Education from the Catholic University of Goiás, Brazil. In his spare time, Liberato enjoys dining out with friends, going on walking tours, reading comics and graphic novels, and watching movies and TV series. He is also an enthusiastic, beginner level Muay Thai practitioner.