John Tofik Karam Author & Editor

John Tofik Karam is acting director of the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he is an associate professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese as well. Funded by the Fulbright program and the NEH, his work won awards from the Arab American National Museum and the Brazilian Studies Association, and was translated into Arabic and Portuguese.