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Recent Graduates
Daiane Geremias Goulart daianeg2@illinois.edu
Before joining CLACS, Daiane received her BA in History from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. She also completed graduate courses in comparative history at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. CLACS attracted Daiane because the Center's interdisciplinary nature allows her flexibility in taking courses and enables a broader lens with which to approach her research. She studies the period of democratization of Brazil (1988-1992), late dictatorship in Brazil, cultural history, social history, race and the history of Brazilian funk.
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Otavio Barros otavio2@illinois.edu
Otavio is originally from Piauí, Brazil, and recently earned his M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With over a decade of experience in education, he has taught English and Portuguese in Brazil, Chile, and the U.S., and worked in teacher training, academic consultancy, and bilingual school implementation. His interdisciplinary work focuses on race, gender, and public education policy.
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Beatriz Carvalho bc22@illinois.edu
Political Scientist and M.A. in Latin American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Research Fellow at the Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies (2022-23). Interested in women in politics and mixed methods.
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Larissa Miggoto larissa5@illinois.edu
Larissa Migotto Brandolt earned her M.A. in Latin American & Caribbean Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2022. Her research focuses on neoliberal think tanks and their role in Brazilian politics. Larissa is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois.
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Lorena Chica lchica2@illinois.edu
Lorena Chica is pursuing her M.A. in Latin American & Caribbean Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She holds a B.A. in History with minors in Women & Gender Studies and Sociology from Bradley University. Her research focuses on El Salvador, gendered violence, and state-sanctioned violence. She joined CLACS in 2021 and currently teaches discussion sections of LAST 170: Introduction to Latin America.
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Leonardo E Silva Ventura lev4@illinois.edu
Leonardo earned his M.A. in Latin American & Caribbean Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on Black liberation movements and the political thought of Amílcar Cabral and Abdias Nascimento. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History, with areas of study in African Diaspora, Black Studies, Afro-Brazilian Studies, and Afro-Brazilian intellectual history.