Prior to joining us at 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.