Academic Positions
London School of Economics and Political Science, January 2021 –
Research Fellow, International Inequalities Institute.
Cardiff University, January 2020 – January 2021
Lecturer in Quantitative Social Science, School of Social Sciences.
Sciences Po Paris, March 2018 – November 2019
Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre de Recherches Internationales.
Education
University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., Political Science, 2017.
Subfields: Race, Ethnicity and Politics; Political Methodology; Comparative Politics
Dissertation: The Political Psychology of Race in Comparative Perspective: Racial Identity, Attitudes, and Participation in Brazil, South Africa and the United States.
Committee: David O. Sears (chair), Lorrie Frasure-Yokley, Stanley R. Bailey, Daniel N. Posner.
M.S., Statistics, 2017.
Subfields: Applied Multivariate Analysis
Thesis: Cross-National Measurement of Trust in Institutions: A Measurement Invariance Approach.
Committee: Peter M. Bentler (chair), Li Cai, Erin Hartman, Chad Hazlett.
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
M.Phil., Political Science, 2008.
Thesis: Participation and Political Inequality: An Essay on Theory and Method.
Committee: Bruno P. W. Reis (chair), Mônica Mata Machado de Castro, Lúcio Rennó.
B.A., Social Sciences, 2005.
Thesis: Theories and Controversies: Debating the Concept of Social Capital.
Supervisor: Bruno Pinheiro Wanderley Reis.
Research Interests
Political Psychology · Political Behavior · Political Sociology · Social Capital · Race and Ethnicity · Statistical Methods · Latent Variable Modeling · Survey Research
Selected Publications
Race and Non-electoral Political Participation in Brazil, South Africa, and the United States. Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics 7 (2): 262-293, 2022.
Measuring Public Knowledge on Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold War: Dimensionality and Measurement Invariance across Eight European Countries. Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences 3 (10): 1-19, 2021.
Donald Trump Could Lose the Election by Authorizing a New Nuclear Weapons Test. The National Interest, 23 June 2020. (With Stephen Herzog and Benoît Pelopidas)
Book review of ‘The Politics of Blackness: Racial Identity and Political Behavior in Contemporary Brazil’ by Gladys L. Mitchell-Walthour. Perspectives on Politics 17 (3): 927-928, 2019.
Nagasaki’s shadows: European citizens facing nuclear weapons. The Conversation, 9 August 2019. (With Benoît Pelopidas)
Les Ombres d’Hiroshima. Les Européens face aux armes nucléaires. The Conversation, 5 August 2019. (With Benoît Pelopidas)
Is Pope Francis Really an ‘Influencer’ on Nuclear Matters? The Conversation, 26 February 2019. (With Benoît Pelopidas)
Support for Race-Targeted Affirmative Action in Brazil. Ethnicities 18 (6): 765-798, 2018. (With Stanley R. Bailey and Michelle Peria.)
How States Make Race: New Evidence From Brazil. Sociological Science 5: 722-751, 2018. (With Stanley Bailey and Mara Loveman.)
Shifting Racial Subjectivities and Ideologies in Brazil.” Socius 4: 1-12, 2018. (With Stanley R. Bailey.)
Interrogating Race: Color, Racial Categories, and Class across the Americas. American Behavioral Scientist 60 (4): 538-555, 2016. (With Stanley R. Bailey and Andrew M. Penner.)
Brazil: Public Assistance Programs. Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy, 3rd edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2015. (With Stanley R. Bailey.)
Race, Resources, and Political Participation in a Brazilian City. Latin American Research Review 44 (2): 59-83, 2009. (With Natália S. Bueno.)
The Private Motivations of Public Action: Women’s Associational Lives and Political Activism in Brazil. Advances in Gender Research 13: 203-239, 2009. (With Solange Simões, Bruno Reis, Daniel Biagioni, and Natália S. Bueno.)
Mudança Institucional e Atitudes Políticas: A Imagem Pública da Assembléia Legislativa de Minas Gerais (1993-2006). [Institutional Change and Political Attitudes: The Minas Gerais State Chamber’s Public Image]. Opinião Pública 15 (1): 82-106, 2009. (With Mario Fuks.)
As Múltiplas Definições do Conceito de Capital Social. [The Multiples Definitions of the Concept of Social Capital]. BIB: Revista Brasileira de Informação Bibliográfica em Ciências Sociais 65: 71-87, 2008.
Identidade Racial na Formação de Atores Coletivos: Alguns Problemas Teóricos com (Possíveis) Implicações Práticas. [Racial Identity in Collective Actors Formation: Theoretical Problems with (Possible) Practical implications]. Revista Três Pontos 2 (2): 15-22. (With André Drumond Mello Silva)
Capital Social: Usos e Definições do Conceito nas Ciências Sociais. [Social Capital: Conceptual Applications and Definitions in Social Sciences]. Revista Três Pontos 1(0): 31-35, 2004.
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
Seed Grant, 2021.
London School of Economics and Political Science.
Funded by the AFSEE Politics of Inequalities Research Theme.
Darlithydd Disglair (Brilliant Lecturer) Development Programme, 2020-2021.
Cardiff University.
Funded by the Cardiff University.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2018-2019.
Centre de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po.
Funded by the European Research Council.
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2018.
Centre de Recherches Internationales, Sciences Po.
Funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche.
Graduate Student Researcher, 2017.
Department of Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Diversity Initiative.
Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2016-2017.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Graduate Division.
ISPP Travel Award, 2016.
International Society of Political Psychology.
Funded by the ISPP Early Career Committee.
Summer Research Grant, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Department of Political Science.
Graduate Student Travel Scholarship, 2016.
Midwest Political Science Association.
Funded by the Harrell Rodgers Graduate Student Travel Scholarship Committee.
International Society of Political Psychology Summer Academy Fellowship, 2015.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Fellowship in Political Psychology.
Jorge Paulo Lemann Fellowship, 2013-2015.
Latin American Institute, University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the Jorge Paulo Lemann Fellowship Fund.
Advancement to Candidacy Grant, 2014.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Department of Political Science.
Travel Grant, 2012, 2013, 2016.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Department of Political Science.
Stanford Institute for Political Psychology Fellowship, 2012.
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Fellowship in Political Psychology.
Travel Grant, 2012.
Latin American Studies Association.
UCLA Fellowship for Doctoral Studies, 2011-2012.
University of California, Los Angeles.
Funded by the UCLA Department of Political Science.
Capes-Fulbright Scholarship for Doctoral Studies in the United States, 2010-2014.
Coordination for Improvement of Higher Education. [Declined.]
Small Travel Grant – First ISA Forum of Sociology, 2008.
International Sociological Association. [Declined.]
Capes Fellowship for Master’s Studies, 2006-2008.
Coordination for Improvement of Higher Education.
Research Trainee Scholarship, 2004-2005.
National Council for Scientific and Technological Development.
Undergraduate Development Program Scholarship, 2003-2004.
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). [Equivalent to Research Trainee.]
References
David O. Sears
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles
email: sears@issr.ucla.edu
Stanley R. Bailey
Professor of Sociology
University of California, Irvine
email: bailey@uci.edu
Lorrie Frasure-Yokley
Associate Professor of Political Science
University of California, Los Angeles
email: lfrasure@polisci.ucla.edu
Bruno P. W. Reis
Professor of Political Science
Federal University of Minas Gerais
email: brunoreis@ufmg.br
Luke Sloan (Former line manager)
Professor of Social Sciences
Cardiff University
email: sloanls@cardiff.ac.uk
Shailen Nandy
Reader
Cardiff University
email: nandys1@cardiff.ac.uk
Jorge Alexandre Neves
Professor of Sociology
Federal University of Minas Gerais
email: jorgeaneves@gmail.com
Sin Yi Cheung
Professor of Sociology
Cardiff University
email: cheungsy@cardiff.ac.uk
Fabrício M. Fialho 