Student Affairs Appointments
Director, LGBTQ Student Life
September 2023 -
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Director of Diversity & Social Justice Education
October 2021 - September 2023
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL
Interim Director, First Peoples Multicultural, Trans, and Queer Support Services
July 2021 - October 2021
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Associate Director, First Peoples Multicultural, Trans, and Queer Support Services
May 2020 - July 2021
Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
Academic Appointments
Visiting Assistant Professor: January 2021 - May 2021
Reed College, Portland, OR
Department of Political Science
Visiting Assistant Professor: August 2016 - July 2020
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Department of Politics, Affiliate Faculty in Latin American Studies
Education
Ph.D. 2016
Political Science, University of Kansas
Chair: Gary M. Reich, Committee: Alesha E. Doan, Donald P. Haider-Markel, John J. Kennedy, Elizabeth A. Kuznesof
Dissertation: “Identity and Representation within the Contemporary Brazilian LGBT Movement.”
Fieldwork: January 2014 - January 2015, 12 months through Fulbright-Hays Doctoral DIssertation Research Abroad (DDRA); May 2015 - August 2015, 3 months.
M.A. 2013
Political Science, University of Kansas
Thesis: “The Role of Narrative in Constructing an Advocacy Coalition: The Case of São Paulo’s Non-discrimination Policy.”
Fieldwork: May 2011 - July 2011, 6 weeks.
Graduate Certificate: 2012
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Kansas
B.A. 2009 cum laude
Political Science, International Studies, University of Kansas
Honors Thesis: “Federalism and Gay Rights: The Case for Same-sex Civil Unions in Brazil.”
Study Abroad: 2007 - 2008, 14 months.
Ciências Sociais and Relações Internacionais, Pontífica Universidade Católica (PUC), São Paulo, Brazil.
Advanced Portuguese Language I & II, Associação Alumni, São Paulo, Brasil Intensive Intermediate I Portuguese Language, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.
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