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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