Orquídea Moreira Ribeiro is Full Professor at the Escola de Ciências Sociais e Humanas of the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, with Habilitation in Cultural Sciences, a PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences (Culture) in 2006 from the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, an MA in Anglo-American Studies in 1996 from the Faculty of Letras of the University of Lisbon and a degree in Modern Languages and Literatures - English and German Studies in 1989 from the Faculty of Letras of the University of Porto. She is Director of the Doctoral Programme in Cultural Sciences at UTAD, Director of the Ba in Culture and Digital Transformation and Director of the Master's Programme in Digital Cultural Heritage at UTAD. She has published over 25 articles in specialised journals, 17 book chapters and 1 book. Organised 29 events. Participated in 64 events. Supervised over 12 doctoral theses. Supervised over 35 master's dissertations. She works in the field of Social Sciences with an emphasis on Other Social Sciences. In her professional activities, she has interacted with 10 collaborators in co-authoring scientific papers. In her Ciência Vitae CV, the most frequent terms used to contextualise her scientific, technological and artistic-cultural production are: culture; identity; memory; cultural heritage; digitla culture; women; representation; colonialism; post-colonialism; cultural diversity; multiculturalism; cultural identity; African American women; Portuguese colonial empire; sustainable culture; street art.