Bio

Curriculum Vitae

Olá!!

I am a researcher and consultant in public policies, affirmative action, and institutional changes. I received a Ph.D. in Political Science at the Institute for Social and Political Studies – IESP of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) in 2019. In April 2020, my doctoral dissertation won the Best Dissertation in Political Science prize defended in 2019 at the “IESP-UERJ Best Dissertation Contest". 

I also hold a Master’s degree in Public Law (2014) and a BA in Law (2010), both from the University of São Paulo (USP)

I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning – CEBRAP’s International Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Program – IPP (2019 and 2022) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Sociology Department of the University of São Paulo – USP (2022-2023).

In 2017, I was a Visiting Fellow and full-time research student at Harvard University, affiliated with the Government Department and under Professor Jennifer L. Hochschild’s supervision. In 2022 I was a visiting postdoctoral researcher at the Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC) at Sciences Po Paris.

I was a research coordinator at Afro-Cebrap (Research and Training Center on Race, Gender, and Racial Justice) and the Center for Analysis of Liberty and Authoritarianism (LAUT). Also, I was associated with the Group for the Multidisciplinary Study of Affirmative Action (GEMAA).

Since 2020, I have taught courses on interviews and analysis of qualitative data at NVivo at Cebrap.lab and other institutions. I received the Mark Claster Mamolen Fellowship from the Afro-Latin American Research Institute (ALARI) at Harvard University (2018). I received the Diversity and Inclusion Grant for Early Career Scholars from the American Political Science Association (APSA) and the Small Research Grants Program from the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP). I was also a member of the Gender, Race, and Sexuality Committee of the Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP) for the 2020-2022 term. 

I am a Harvard Alumni Club of Brazil (HACB) board member.

In 2021, I became a grantee of Instituto Serrapilheira. 

In 2023, I worked as Director of Affirmative Action Policies at Brazil’s Ministry of Racial Equality. I was responsible for developing fundamental public policies to promote racial equity in the Brazilian public service and education. The department dealt with affirmative action in several areas, such as education (elementary education, higher education – undergraduate and graduate studies), work (private sector and public service), political positions (affirmative action in Congress), and cultural policies, among others. 

My research interests lie at the intersections of affirmative action and public policies, race, ethnicity, gender, and institutional change, focusing on Brazil, United States, and Latin America. I use mixed methods in my research projects, including primary surveys and in-depth qualitative interviews.

My research has been published or is forthcoming at the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, the Revista de Administração Pública, Novos Estudos Cebrap, Cadernos de Pesquisa – FCC, among others. You can also read more about my ongoing projects here.

I value public engagement and have discussed the research results at several webinars and talks (here) and analyzed affirmative action and higher education policies for several media outlets (here).

I coordinate the Observatory of Affirmative Action in Graduate Studies (obaap). I am the founder of a social company named Pluraliza, whose objective is to assist public and private organizations develop and implement affirmative action and diversity policies. 

Education

  PhD in Political Science, 2019
  State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Brazil

  Master in Public Law, 2014
  University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

   BA in Law, 2010
   University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil

Post-Doctoral Fellowships

Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning – CEBRAP (2019-2022)

Postdoctoral Fellow  – International Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Program (IPP)

 

Sociology Department, University of São Paulo – USP (2022-2023)

Postdoctoral Fellow

Awards

  • The Observatory of Affirmative Action in Graduate Studies, created by me, received an honorable mention in the 3rd ANPOCS Prize for Scientific Dissemination in Social Sciences at the 47th ANPOCS Annual Meeting, held between October 18th and 27th, 2023.
  • Award for the Best Dissertation of Political Science, Contest for Best Doctoral Dissertation defended in 2019, IESP-UERJ (Institute of Social and Political, Rio de Janeiro State University).

Grants

2022: Grant given by Instituto Serrapilheira to support the Observatory of Affirmative Action in Graduate Studies (obaap).

2021: APSA Diversity and Inclusion AGR Grant for Early Career Scholars.

2021: Small grant given by Instituto Serrapilheira and Instituto Ibirapitanga to support the research about affirmative action in graduate education.

2021: Small Research Grants programme, Brazilian Political Science Association (ABCP)

2018: Mark Claster Mamolen Fellowship. The Mark Claster Mamolen Dissertation Workshop on Afro-Latin American Studies organized by the Afro-Latin American Research Institute at the Hutchins Center, Harvard University. 

2016-2019: doctoral scholarship from FAPERJ (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro).

Research Experience

  • 2022-2023: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Sociology Department of the University of São Paulo. 
  • 2022: Visiting post-doctoral fellow at Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC), Sciences Po.
  • 2020-2022: Researcher at the Center for Analysis of Liberty and Authoritarianism (LAUT)
  • 2019-2022: Research coordinator at AFRO-Cebrap (Research and Training Center on Race, Gender and Racial Justice).
  • 2019-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning – CEBRAP‘s International Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Program (IPP).
  • 2017-2018: Associate researcher at the Law, Gender, and Identity Center of the São Paulo Law School of Getulio Vargas Foundation (DIREITO SP).
  • 2017: Visiting Fellow and full-time researcher at Harvard University.
  • 2015-2019: Ph.D. candidate and researcher at IESP-UERJ.
  • 2015-2021: Associate researcher at Group for the Multidisciplinary Study of Affirmative Action (GEMAA).

Interests

  • Affirmative Action
  • Public Policies
  • Institutional change
  • Comparative politics
  • Afro-Latin American Studies