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SONIA E. ALVAREZ
CURRICULUM VITA
BUSINESS ADDRESS:
Department of Political Science
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
424 Thompson Hall
200 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01003-9277
413-545-4648
[email protected]
EDUCATION:
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Connecticut.
Ph.D., Political Science.
M.Phil., Political Science.
M.A., Political Science.
SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, Massachusetts.
A.B., Government and Latin American Studies, magna cum laude.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND RELATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2005-
LEONARD J. HORWITZ PROFESSOR OF LATIN AMERICAN
POLITICS AND STUDIES,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2005-
DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR LATIN AMERICAN,
CARIBBEAN AND LATINO STUDIES
AND LATIN AMERICAN, CARIBBEAN AND LATINO STUDIES
PROGRAM,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2014
VISITING PROFESSOR, Fulbright Lecturer-Researcher, Departamento de
Ciência Política, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte,
Brazil, February-March.
2014
VISITING PROFESSOR, Fulbright Lecturer-Researcher, Núcleo de Estudos
Interdisciplinares sobre a Mulher, Universidade Federal de Bahia, Salvador,
Brazil, April-June.
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2002-2005
PROFESSOR
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Politics
1999-2000
VISITING SCHOLAR, Center for Philosophy and Human Sciences,
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
Fall 1993 to
Fall 1996
PROGRAM OFFICER
Ford Foundation-Brazil Office, Rights and Social Justice Program
Fall 1992
VISITING PROFESSOR, Fulbright-CIES Lecturer-Researcher,
Department of Political Science and Inter-Disciplinary Graduate Program in
Social Sciences, State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
1991-2001
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Politics
1987-88
VISITING SCHOLAR, Center for Latin American Studies
University of California, Berkeley, California
1986-1991
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Politics
1984-1986
ACTING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department of Politics
Spring 1981 and
1982
INSTRUCTOR
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, Department of Political Science
AREAS OF RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTEREST:
Latin American Politics and Cultures (expertise in Brazil and the Southern Cone)
Social Movements in Comparative and Transnational Perspective
Non-Governmental Organizations, Civil Society, and the Politics of the Third Sector
Protest
Feminisms and Gender Politics
Race, racism, and anti-racism in the Americas
Culture and Politics
Post-Neoliberalism and Latin America’s Left Turn
Gender, Development and Post-Development
Feminist Theories
Authoritarianism, Transitions and Democratization
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PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS
Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation and Protest in Latin America, co-edited with Jeffrey
R. Rubin, Millie Thayer, Gianpaolo Baiocchi, and Agustín Lao-Montes. Durham, NC: Duke
University Press, 2017.
Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas, coedited with Claudia de Lima Costa, Verónica Feliu, Rebecca Hester, Norma Klahn, and Millie
Thayer, with the assistance of Cruz C. Bueno. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014.
Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-visioning Latin American Social Movements, co-edited
with Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.
Translations:
Política Cultural & Cultura Política: Una Nueva Mirada sobre los Movimientos Sociales
Latinoamericanos, co-edited with Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Bogotá, Colombia:
Taurus, 2001. (Spanish-language edition, with new Preface)
Cultura e Política nos Movimentos Sociais Latino-americanos: Novas Leituras, co-edited with
Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Belo Horizonte: Universidade Federal de Minas
Gerais, 2000. (updated and abridged Portuguese-language edition, with new Preface)
The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy, and Democracy, co-edited
with Arturo Escobar. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992.
Engendering Democracy in Brazil: Women's Movements in Transition Politics. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 1990.
EDITED ISSUES OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS
Guest co-editor. “Afro-descendant Feminisms in Latin America, Part II: South and Central
America and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean,” with Kia Lilly Caldwell and Agustín Lao-Montes,
Special Issue of Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism. 14 (2), 2016.
Guest co-editor, “African Descendant Feminisms in Latin America, Part I: Brazil,” with Kia Lilly
Caldwell. Special Issue of Meridians: Feminism, Race, Transnationalism, 14 (1), 2016.
Guest co-editor, “Política Feminista de Tradução nas Américas Latinas” [Feminist Politics of
Translation in the Latin/a Américas], with Claudia de Lima Costa. Revista Estudos Feministas
(Brazil), Vol. 17, No. 3, 2009.
Editor, LASA Forum, six issues, Winter 2005-Spring 2006.
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Guest co-editor, “Dossiê Fórum Social Mundial e Feminismos [World Social Forum and Feminisms
Dossier],” with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre. Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 11, No. 2,
2003.
Guest co-editor, “Dossiê Advocacy Feminista [Feminist Advocacy Dossier],” with Marlene
Libardoni and Vera Soares. Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2000.
ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
“Translations across Black Feminist Diasporas,” with Kia Lilly Caldwell and Agustín Lao-Montes.
Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism 14 (2); Part II of special issue on Afro-descendant
Feminisms in Latin America: South and Central America and the Spanish-Speaking Caribbean,
guest edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Kia Lilly Caldwell, and Agustín Lao-Montes. 2016.
“Promoting Feminist Amefricanidade: Bridging Black Feminist Cultures and Politics in the
Americas,” with Kia Lilly Caldwell. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism. 14 (1). Part I of
Special Issue on Afro-descendant Feminisms in Latin America: Brazil, guest edited by Sonia E.
Alvarez and Kia Lilly Caldwell. 2016.
“Feminisms and Anti-racism: Intersections and Barriers. An Interview with Luiza Bairros, former
Minister of the Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR),” with Luiza
Bairros. Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism. 14 (1). Part I of Special Issue on Afrodescendant Feminisms in Latin America: Brazil, guest edited by Sonia E. Alvarez and Kia Lilly
Caldwell. 2016.
“Vem Marchar com a Gente/Come March with Us.” Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism.
Part I of Special Issue on Afro-descendant Feminisms in Latin America: Brazil, guest edited by
Sonia E. Alvarez and Kia Lilly Caldwell. 2016.
“Engajamentos Ambivalentes, Efeitos Paradoxais: Movimentos Feminista e de Mulheres na
América Latina e/em/contra o desenvolvimento.” Revista Feminismos Vol. 2, No. 1 (Brazil), Fall
2014.
“Para Além da Sociedade Civil: Reflexões do Campo Feminista” [Beyond Civil Society:
Reflections from the Feminist Field]. Cadernos Pagú 43 (Brazil), Jan-June 2014.
“Dislocating the Sign: Towards a Translocal Feminist Politics of Translation,” with Claudia de
Lima Costa (lead author). Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Signs, Vol. 39, No. 3
(Spring 2014), pp. 557-563.
Translation: A circulação das teorias feministas e os desafios da tradução. Revista Estudos
Feministas., Ago 2013, vol.21, no.2, p.579-586.
“Feminismos e Antirracismo: Entraves e Intersecções. Uma Entrevista com a Ministra Luiza
Bairros, Ministra da Secretaria de Políticas de Promoção da Igualdade Racial (Seppir)”
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[Feminisms and Anti-racism: Obstacles and Intersections: An Interview with Luiza Bairros,
Minister for the Secretariat of Policies for the Promotion of Racial Equality, Brazil]. Revista
Estudos Feministas 20, 2 (Sept./Dec. 2012).
“Decentering Latin American Studies,” with Arturo Arias and Charles R. Hale. Cultural
Anthropology, 26, 2 (May 2011): 225-246.
Reprint/revised version:
“Decentering Latin American Studies in the United States” Journal of Iberian and Latin
American Research, 17, 2 (December 2011), pp. 131-145. [revised edition].
“Translocalidades: Por uma política feminista da tradução” [Translocalities: Towards a Feminist
Politics of Translation], with Claudia de Lima Costa. Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 17,
No. 3, 2009.
“Constituindo uma Política Feminista Translocal de Tradução ” [Enacting a Translocal Feminist
Politics of Translation], Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 17, No. 3, 2009.
“Beyond NGOization? Reflections on Latin America.” Development 52, 2. June 2009.
“Introdução: Um Outro Mundo [Também Feminista...] É Possível: Construindo Espaços
Transnacionais e Alternativas Globais desde os Movimentos” [Introduction: Another World (also
Feminist...) is Possible: Movements Building Transnational Spaces and Global Alternatives],”
Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 11, No. 2, 2003.
Reprint:
“Another (Also Feminist) World is Possible,” with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre. In World
Social Forum: Challenging Empires, edited by Jai Sen and Peter Waterman. Second
edition. 2008. Montreal: Blackrose Books.
Translations:
“Another (Also Feminist) World is Possible,” with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre. In World
Social Forum: Challenging Empires, edited by Jai Sen, Anita Anand, Arturo Escobar,
and Peter Waterman. New Delhi: The Viveka Foundation, 2004 [revised and abridged
edition]
“Eine andere (auch feministische) Welt ist möglich,” with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre. In
Eine andere Welt Das Weltsozialforum, edited by Jai Sen, Anita Anand, Arturo Escobar,
and Peter Waterman. Berlin: Karl Dietz Verlag, 2004.
“Otro mundo (también feminista) es possible,” with Nalu Faria and Miriam Nobre. In El
Foro Social Mundial: Desafiando Imperios. Málaga, Spain: El Viejo Topo, 2005.
“Encountering Latin American Feminisms,” Lead/coordinating author in collaborative article with
Elisabeth Jay Friedman, Ericka Beckman, Maylei Blackwell, Norma Chinchilla, Nathalie Lebon,
Marysa Navarro, and Marcela Ríos-Tobar. Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society Vol.
28, No. 2 (Winter 2003).
Translation: Alvarez, Sonia E., Elisabeth Jay Friedman, Ericka Beckman, Maylei Blackwell,
Norma Chinchilla, Nathalie Lebon, Marysa Navarro, e Marcela Ríos-Tobar. 2003.
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Encontrando os feminismos latino-americanos e caribenhos.” Revista Estudos
Feministas 11, 2
“Os Movimentos Sociais, a Sociedade Civil e o 'Terceiro Setor' na América Latina: Reflexões
Teóricas e Novas Perspectivas [Social Movements, Civil Society, and the 'Third Sector' in Latin
America: Theoretical Reflections and New Perspectives],” with Evelina Dagnino. Primeira Versão
(Brazil), Unicamp-IFCH. October 2001.
“Introdução: Dossiê Advocacy Feminista [Introduction: Feminist Advocacy Dossier],” with
Marlene Libardoni and Vera Soares. Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil), Vol. 8, No. 2, 2000.
“Translating the Global: Effects of Transnational Organizing on Latin American Feminist
Discourses and Practices.” Meridians: A Journal of Feminisms, Race, Transnationalism, Vol. 1, No.
1, 2000.
Translation: “Traduciendo lo Global: Efectos Locales de las Lógicas Feministas
Transnacionales [Translating the Global: Local Effects of Transnational Feminist
Logics]” Revista Mora (Argentina), October 2001. [revised and abridged version]
Reprint/excerpt in Women, Gender, and Politics: A Reader, ed. Mona Lena Krook and Sarah
Childs. Oxford University Press, 2010.
“En Qué Estado está el Feminismo? Reflexiones Teóricas y Perspectivas Comparativas [What State
Is Feminism In? Theoretical Reflections and Comparative Perspectives].” Estudios
Latinoamericanos (México), vol. 12, 1999-2000.
“Advocating Feminism: The Latin American Feminist NGO 'Boom'.” International Feminist
Journal of Politics, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1999.
Translation: “Der 'Boom' feministischer NGOs in Lateinamerika.” In Lateinamerika.
Analysen und Berichte, 24 Geschlecht und Macht, edited by Karin Gabbert, et al.
Münster, Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2000.
Reprint in Feminist Politics, Activism & Vision: Local and Global Challenges, ed. Luciana
Ricciutelli, Angela Miles, and Margaret H. McFadden. Toronto/New York: Inanna
Publications and Education Inc./Zed Books, 2004.
Reprint in Feminism and Neoliberalism, ed. Aynur Özuğurlu, Istanbul: Notebene Press,
2012.
“Feminismos Latinoamericanos [Latin American Feminisms].” Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil),
vol. 6, no. 2, 1998.
Reprint: “Feminismos Latinoamericanos: Reflexiones Teóricas y Perspectivas Comparativas
[Latin American Feminisms: Theoretical Reflections and Comparative Perspectives].” In
Feminismos en Chile y América Latina, edited by Marcela Ríos. Santiago de Chile:
Centro de Estudios de la Mujer and Programa Integrado de Estudios de Género,
Universidad de Chile, 1998.
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“Articulación y Transnacionalización de los Feminismos Latinoamericanos [The Articulation and
Transnationalization of Latin American Feminisms].” Debate Feminista (México), Año 8, vol. 15,
April 1997.
“Feminisms in Latin America: from Bogota to San Bernardo,” with Nancy Saporta Sternbach,
Patricia Chuchryk, and Marysa Navarro, Signs: A Journal of Women in Culture and Society, Vol.
17, no. 2, Dec.1992-Feb. 1993.
Translations:
“Feminismo(s) na América Latina: de Bogotá a San Bernardo.” Revista Estudos Feministas
(Brazil), vol. 2, no. 2, 1994.
“Feminismos en América Latina: de Bogotá a San Bernardo,” with Nancy Saporta
Sternbach, Marysa Navarro Aranguren, and Patricia Chuchryk. In Mujeres y
Participación Política: Avances y Desafios en América Latina, editado por Magdalena
León. Bogotá, Colombia: Editora Tercer Mundo, 1994.
Reprints:
“Feminisms in Latin America: from Bogota to San Bernardo,” with Nancy Saporta
Sternbach, Patricia Chuchryk, and Marysa Navarro. In The Making of Social Movements
in Latin America, edited by Arturo Escobar and Sonia E. Alvarez. Boulder, CO:
Westview Press, 1992.
Updated edition published in Rethinking the Political: Gender, Resistance, and the State,
edited by Barbara Laslett, Johanna Brenner and Yesim Arat. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 1995.
“Women's Participation in the Brazilian 'People's Church': A Critical Appraisal,” Feminist Studies,
vol. 16, no. 1, Summer 1990.
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
“Turning to Feminisms: Re-visioning Cultures, Power, and Politics in Latin America,” with Claudia
de Lima Costa. In Twenty-Five Years of Latin American Studies in Culture, Power and Politics,
edited by Juan Poblete. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. In press.
“A Cross-Disciplinary Roundtable on the Feminist Politics of Translation,” with Richa Nagar,
Kathy Davis, Judith Butler, AnaLouise Keating, Claudia De Lima Costa, and Ayşe Gül Altınay.
Feminist Translation Studies: Local and Transnational Perspectives, ed. Olga Castro and Emek
Ergun. Feminist Translation Studies: Local and Transnational Perspectives, Emek Ergun and Olga
Castro, eds. London/New York: Routledge, 2017.
“Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda, Reassessing Uncivic Political Activism:
An Introduction,” with Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Agustín Lao-Montes, Jeffrey R. Rubin, and Millie
Thayer. In Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation and Protest Latin America, ed. Sonia E.
Alvarez, Jeffrey R. Rubin, Millie Thayer, Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Agustín Lao-Montes. Durham,
NC: Duke University Press, 2017.
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“Beyond the Civil Society Agenda? Civic Participation and Practices of Governance, Governability
and Governmentality.” In Beyond Civil Society: Activism, Participation and Protest in Latin
America, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Jeffrey R. Rubin, Millie Thayer, Gianpaolo Baiocchi and
Agustín Lao-Montes. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017.
“Des engagements ambivalents et des résultats paradoxaux. Les mouvements feminists e le
developpement.” In Sous le développement, le genre, edited by Isabelle Guérin, Hélène Guétat, and
Christine Verschuur. Marseille: IRD Éditions, 2015.
English-language edition: “Ambivalent Engagements, Paradoxical Effects: Latin American
Feminist and Women’s Movements and/in/against Development.” In Under
Development: Gender, edited by Isabelle Guérin, Hélène Guétat, and Christine
Verschuur. NY: Palgrave, 2014.
Portuguese expanded version:
Engajamentos ambivalentes, efeitos paradoxais: Movimentos feminista e de mulheres na
América Latina e/em/contra o desenvolvimento. Revista Feminismos 4 (Brasil), Fall
2014.
“Enacting a Feminist Politics of Translation.” In Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist
Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Claudia de Lima Costa,
Verónica Feliu, Rebecca Hester, Norma Klahn, and Millie Thayer, with the assistance of Cruz C.
Bueno. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2014.
“Beyond the NGO Boom? Reflections from Latin America.” In Theorizing NGOs: Feminist
Struggles, States and Neoliberalism, edited by Victoria Bernal and Inderpal Grewal. Durham, NC:
Duke University Press, 2014.
“Globalised Localisms: The Travels and Translations of the World Social Forum Process”. World
Social Forum: Critical Explorations, edited by Jai Sen and Peter Waterman. Volume 3–
Challenging Empires series. New Delhi : OpenWord Books, 2013.
“Los Viajes de los Feminismos hacia Otros Movimientos Sociales,” with Equipo ‘Sidestreaming
Feminisms’. In Movimientos Sociales: Entre la Crisis y Otros Saberes, edited by Gina Vargas,
Raphael Hoetmer, and Mar Quintanilla. Lima: Programa Democracia y Transformación Global;
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2012.
“Disciplinamento ou radicalização dos feminismos no século XXI: Experiências Latino-americana”
[Disciplining or Radicalization of Feminisms in the 21st Century: Latin American Experiences]. In
Actas Congresso Feminista 2008, edited by Maria José Magalhães. Lisbon, Portugal, 2010.
“Repensando la Dimensión Política y Cultural desde los Movimientos Sociales Latinoamericanos:
Algunas Aproximaciones Teóricas” [Rethinking the Cultural and the Poltical in Latin American
Social Movements: Some Theoretical Reflections]. In Repensar la Política desde América Latina:
Cultura, Estado y Movimientos Sociales, edited by Raphael Hoetmer. Lima: Programa Democracia
y Transformación Global; Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, 2009.
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“Afterword: The Politics of Place, the Place of Politics.” In Women and the Politics of Place,
edited by Wendy Harcourt and Arturo Escobar. London: Kumarian Press, 2005.
Translation:
“Epílogo: La política del lugar, el lugar de la política: algunas reflexiones hacia el futuro,”
eds. Wendy Harcourt and Arturo Escobar. México, D.F.: Univerisidad Nacional
Autónoma de México, Programa Universitario de Estudios de Género, 2007.
“Introduction: The Cultural and the Political in Latin American Social Movements,” with Evelina
Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. In Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-visioning Latin
American Social Movements, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.
Translations:
“Kultur und Politik in sozilen Bewegungen Lateinamerikas,” with Dagnino and Escobar. In
Neoliberalismus – Autonomie – Widerstand: Soziale Bewegungen in Lateinamerika,
edited by Olaf Kaltmeier, Jens Kastner, and Elisabeth Tuider. Westfalisches
Dampfboot. 2004.
“Introducción: lo Cultural y lo Político en los Movimientos Sociales Latinoamericanos,”
with Dagnino and Escobar. In Política Cultural & Cultura Política: Una Nueva Mirada
sobre los Movimientos Sociales Latinoamericanos, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina
Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Bogotá, Colombia: Taurus, 2001.
“Introdução: o Cultural e o Político nos Movimentos Sociais Latino-americanos,” with
Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. In Cultura e Política nos Movimentos Sociais
Latino-americanos: Novas Leituras, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino and
Arturo Escobar. Belo Horizonte: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2000.
“Latin American Feminisms 'Go Global': Trends of the 1990s, Challenges for the New
Millennium.” In Cultures of Politics/Politics of Cultures: Re-visioning Latin American Social
Movements, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Boulder, CO:
Westview Press, 1998.
Translations:
“La Globalización de los Feminismos Latinoarmericanos: Tendencias de los 90 y Desafios
para el Nuevo Milenio.” In Política Cultural & Cultura Política: Una Nueva Mirada
sobre los Movimientos Sociales Latinoamericanos, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina
Dagnino and Arturo Escobar. Bogotá, Colombia: Taurus, 2001.
“A 'Globalização' dos Feminismos Latino-americanos: Tendências dos Anos 90 e Desafios
para o Novo Milênio.” In Cultura e Política nos Movimentos Sociais Latinoamericanos: Novas Leituras, edited by Sonia E. Alvarez, Evelina Dagnino and Arturo
Escobar. Belo Horizonte: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2000.
“Los Feminismos Latinoamericanos 'Se Globalizan': Tendencias de los Años Noventa y
Retos para el Nuevo Milenio.” In Género, Poder, y Participación en América Latina,
edited by Maria Luisa Tarrés. México, D.F.: Colégio de México, 1998.
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“Reweaving the Fabric of Collective Action: Social Movements and Challenges to 'Actually
Existing Democracy' in Brazil.” In Between Resistance and Revolution: Cultural Politics and Social
Protest, edited by Richard Fox and Orin Starn. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
“Para uma 'Coreografia' Democrática: Cultura, Política e Cidadania [Towards a Democratic
Coreography: Culture, Politics and Citizenship].” In Trabalho, Cultura e Cidadania: Um Balanço
da História Social Brasileira, edited by Angela M. C. Araújo. São Paulo: Scritta, 1997.
“'Redrawing' the Parameters of Gender Struggle: Concluding Reflections.” In Emergences: Latin
American: Women's Struggles for a Livelihood, edited by John Freidman, Rebecca Abers and Lilian
Autler. Los Angeles: Center for Latin American Studies, 1996.
“The Trans/formation of Feminism(s) and Gender Politics in Democratizing Brazil.” In The
Women's Movement in Latin America: Participation and Democracy, edited by Jane S. Jaquette.
Revised, updated 2nd edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994.
Translation: “La (Trans)formación del (los) Feminismo(s) y a Política de Género en la
Democratización del Brasil.” In Mujeres y Participación Política: Avances y Desafios en
América Latina, edited by Magdalena León. Bogotá, Colombia: Editora Tercer Mundo,
1994.
“'Deepening Democracy'“: Social Movement Networks, Constitutional Reform, and Radical Urban
Regimes in Brazil.” In Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in a Global Era, edited by Robert
Fischer and Joseph Kling. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications, 1993.
“Introduction: Theory and Protest in Latin America Today,” with Arturo Escobar. In The Making of
Social Movements in Latin America: Identity, Strategy, and Democracy, edited by Arturo Escobar
and Sonia E. Alvarez. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992.
“Conclusion-Social Movements in Contemporary Latin America: Theoretical and Political Horizons
of Change,” with Arturo Escobar. In The Making of Social Movements in Latin America: Identity,
Strategy and Democracy. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1992.
“Contradictions of a 'Women's Space' within a Male-Dominant State: The Political Role of the
Commissions on the Status of Women in Brazil.” In Women, International Development, and
Politics: The Bureaucratic Mire, edited by Kathleen Staudt. Philadelphia: Temple University Press,
1990; second edition, 1997.
“Women's Movements and Gender Politics in the Brazilian Transition.” In The Women's Movement
in Latin America: Feminism and the Transition to Democracy, edited by Jane Jaquette. Boston:
Unwin Hyman, 1989.
“Politicizing Gender and Engendering Democracy.” In Democratizing Brazil, edited by Alfred
Stepan. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
Translation: “A Politização do Gênero e a Democratização.” In Democratizando o Brazil,
edited by Alfred Stepan. São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 1988.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“Neoliberalismos y Trajectorias de los Feminismos Latinoamericanos.” Revista América Latina en
Movimiento (Ecuador), no. 489, October 2013.
Video Interview. “Women Activists Speak about the UN Women's Conferences, 1975-1995.”
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600-2000 Web Portal.
http://womhist.alexanderstreet.com/berks/index.html. 30 September 2011.
“Presentación” [Foreword]. In Movimientos Sociales: Entre la Crisis y Otros Saberes, edited by
Raphael Hoetmer. Lima: Programa Democracia y Transformación Global; Universidad Nacional
Mayor de San Marcos, 2011.
“Dilma e os anteparos do poder” [Dilma and the Barricades of Power] (interview), Estado de São
Paulo (Brazil’s second-largest circulation newspaper), 6 novembro 2010.
“Disciplinamento ou radicalização dos feminismos no século XXI: Experiências Latinoamericana.” Actas Congresso Feminista 2008 [Proceedings of the II Congresso Feminista], Lisbon,
Portugal.
“Foreword.” In Women in Movement in Latin America and the Caribbean, edited by Nathalie
Lebon and Elizabeth Maier. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2010.
“Democracy, Gender and Governance,” Proceedings of the One-Hundred-First Meeting of the
American Society for International Law, March 2007.
“President’s Report.” LASA Forum, Vol. 35, No. 4 through Vol. 37, Issue 2, 2005-2006.
“Apresentação [Foreword].” In Mulheres e Movimentos, edited by Claudia Ferreiera and Claudia
Bonan. Rio de Janeiro: Aeroplano Editora, 2005.
“Falas do Estado ou o Estado das falas sobre as mulheres nas administrações democráticopopulares” [State Discourses or the State of Discourses about Women in Popular-Democratic
Administrations]. In Políticas Públicas e Igualdade de Gênero, edited by Tatau Godinho and
Maria Lúcia da Silveira. São Paulo: Coordenadoria Especial da Mulher, Secretaria do Governo
Municipal, Prefeitura do Município de São Paulo, and Fundção Friedrich Ebert, 2004.
“A Política e o Político na Tecitura dos Movimentos Feministas no Brasil e na América Latina
[Politics and the Political in the Fabric of Feminist Movements in Brazil and Latin America].” In
Desigualdades de Gênero no Brasil: Reflexões e Experiências, edited by Eliane Gonçalvez.
Goiania: Transas do Corpo, 2004.
“Presentación [Foreword].” In El Nuevo Silencio Feminista?, by Marcela Ríos Tobar, Lorena
Godoy Catalán, and Elizabeth Guerrero Caviedes. Santiago de Chile: Centro de Estudios de la
Mujer; Editorial Cuarto Proprio, 2004.
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“Apresentação [Foreword].” In Identidades em Construção: As Organizações NãoGovernamentais no Processo Brasileiro de Democratização, by Ana Claudia Chaves Teixeira.
Campinas: Unicamp, 2003.
“Prefácio [Foreword].” In Sociedade Civil e Espaços Públicos no Brasil, edited by Evelina
Dagnino. São Paulo: Paz e Terra, 2002.
“Feminismo Hoje: Descentramento e Pluralização [Feminism Today: Decentering and
Pluralization].” (interview) Fazendo Gênero, Vol. 5, No. 11, July-October 2001.
“Feminismos e Estados no Novo Milênio [Feminisms and States in the New Millennium].”
Cadernos SOF (Brazil). São Paulo: Sempre Viva Organização Feminista, 2000.
“Prefácio [Foreword].” In Falas de Gênero: Teorias, Análises, Leituras, edited by Alcione Leite da
Silva, Mara Coelho de Souza Lago, and Tânia Regina Oliveira Ramos. Ilha de Santa Catarina:
Editora Mulheres, 1999.
“Feminismos Diversos y Desplazamientos Desiguales [Diverse Feminisms and Uneven
Deployments].” Especial/Fempress (Chile), special issue on “Feminismos Fin de Siglo [Turn of the
Century Feminisms],” Santiago de Chile: Fempress, 1999.
“Advocating Feminism: The Latin American Feminist NGO 'Boom'.”
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/latam/schomburgmoreno/alvarez.html. ©1998, Latin American
Studies Program, Mount Holyoke College.
“Estratégias Democráticas desde la Sociedad Civil [Democratic Strategies from Civil Society].”
Especial/Fempress (Chile), special issue on “Un Cuarto Própio en el Estado [A Room of One's Own
in the State].” Santiago de Chile: Fempress, 1998.
“Autonomia não deve ser um conceito estático . . .[Autonomy should not be a static concept…]”
(interview) Revista Enfoque Feminista (Brazil), Ano VI, No. 10, maio 1997, pp. 10-12.
“Our Feminisms,” with Judit Moschkovich and Maria Cora, Connexions: An International Feminist
Quarterly, Dec. 1986-Feb. 1987.
“Women's Participation in the 'People's Church': A Critical Appraisal,” Occasional Papers in
Women in Development, No. 171, Michigan State University, No. 171, Sept-Nov. 1988.
“The Politicization of Gender and the Brazilian Abertura Process,” Occasional Papers in Women in
Development, No. 147, Michigan State University, Sept.-Nov. 1987.
Review of Gender and Work in the Third World: Sexual Divisions in Brazilian Industry, by John
Humphrey. Women's Studies International Forum, 1991.
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WORK IN PROGRESS:
Feminism in Movement. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, under contract, in progress.
“Assembling Feminisms,” in preparation.
Queer Latin America, guest edited special issue of Feminist Studies, in preparation.
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS:
• “Mass Violence and Human Rights: The Global Politics of Truth and Justice,” College
of Social and Behavioral Sciences research conference grant, 2015, $2000.
• Mellon-LASA Seminar Award, “On Protest: Latin America in Comparative and
Transnational Perspective,” with Barbara Cruikshank and Charles R. Hale, 2014,
$15,000.
• “Sidestreaming Feminism.” Fulbright Scholar Award, Brazil, February-May 2014.
• “Theorizing the Tahrir Moment as a Model/Modality of Radical Politics: Comparative
and Transnational Perspectives,” a Collaborative Research Proposal with Amel Ahmed,
Angelica Bernal, Barbara Cruikshank, Jillian Schwedler, Martha Fuentes, Julie
Hemment, Agustín Lao-Montes, Jeffrey Rubin, Svati Shah, and Millie Thayer, Political
Science Departmental Research Award, 2012-13. $7500.
• Fulbright Chair in Brazilian Studies, awarded to the Center for Latin America,
Caribbean and Latino Studies under my directorship, 2013-2018.
• Mellon Mutual Mentoring award, Office of Faculty Development, University of
Massachusetts, 2011-12, $10,000
• “Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda: Social Movements, Civic Participation, and
Democratic Innovation,” 2008-2011, Ford Foundation, project director and co-principal
investigator, $150,000.
• “Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda,” 2007 Research Leadership in Action Grant,
Office of the Vice Provost for Research, UMass-Amherst, $25,000.
• “Other Americas/Otros Saberes: An Initiative of the Latin American Studies
Association,” received as President of the Latin American Studies Association, as coprincipal investigator with Charles Hale and Lynn Stephen, supported by the Ford
Foundation, 2005-2207.
• “Hemispheric Dialogues 2: Bridging Latin American and Latino/a Studies Through
Curricular Innovation and Action-Research Partnerships,” co-principal investigator of
2000-2004 Ford Foundation grant to the Latin American and Latino Studies Program
and the Chicano/Latino Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz.
• Rockefeller Foundation Humanities Research Fellowship, Universidade Estadual de
Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, April-June 2000.
• Rockefeller Foundation Travel Grant to Bellagio Conference Center, April 2000.
• “Transnational Activism, Global Civil Society & the Changing Nature of World
Politics,” co-principal investigator of 1999-2000 IGCC grant to the Center for Global,
International, and Regional Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz.
• “Hemispheric Dialogue on Cultural and Social Theory in the Americas: A Research and
Scholarly Exchange Program,” co-principal investigator of 1997-99 Ford Foundation
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grant to the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, University of California, Santa
Cruz.
“Feminist NGOs, Trans/national Networks and the Gendering of Democratic
Citizenship: Comparative Perspectives on the (post-)Beijing Process in Latin America,”
Individual Research Award, Ford Foundation, 1997-1998.
Faculty research grants (various) from the University of California, Santa Cruz, 19842005.
Fulbright-CIES Lectureship-Research Award, Universidade Estadual de Campinas,
1992.
Favorite Professor Award, Student Alumni Association, University of California, Santa
Cruz, 1992.
Distinguished Teaching Award, Social Sciences Division, University of California,
Santa Cruz, 1991.
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship.
Social Science Research Council Doctoral Research Fellowship in Latin America.
Inter-American Foundation Learning Fellowship on Social Change.
Yale University Fellowship.
Federal Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program Fellowship.
Tinker Foundation, Summer Research Grants.
CONFERENCE PAPERS, INVITED LECTURES, AND PUBLIC TALKS—U.S. (last ten years):
“Pasts, Presents and Futures of ‘Popular Feminisms’ in Transnational Struggles for a Better World.”
Discussant. XXXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, NYC, 2730 May 2016.
“Decolonial Feminisms: Democratic Challenges, Queer Counter-Narratives and Post-Human
Futures.” Chair. XXXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, NYC,
27-30 May 2016.
“Contesting the Transformation II: Gender, Sexuality, and the Latin American Left.” Discussant.
XXXIV International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, NYC, 27-30 May 2016.
“Los feminismos frente a los grandes desafíos del presente: logros, deudas y propuestas.”
Discussant. Feminist Studies Section Pre-Conference, St. John’s University, NYC, 26 May 2016.
“Place, Space and Resistance in Latin America.” Conference co-organizer and presenter. Cornell
University, 28-30 April 2016.
“Brazil on the Brink: A Roundtable Discussion.” Organizer and presenter. University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, 22 April 2016.
“Protest and Policing.” Workshop Discussant. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 25 March
2016.
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“Feminism in Movement.” Keynote Address. 10th Feminist Theory Workshop, Duke University,
Durham, NC, 4-5 March 2016.
“Tesouras para Tod@s: Gender, Race, Violence, and Feminisms in Contemporary Brazilian Protest
Events.” Presented at the XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico 27-30 May 2015.
“On Protest I and II: “Endemic Crises and Continuing Protests in Comparative and Transnational
Perspecitve.” Co-organizer of two-panel session, XXXIII International Congress of the Latin
American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico 27-30 May 2015.
“Beyond Civil Society: Reflections on the Brazilian Feminist Field.” Paper prepared for
presentation at the Latin American Studies Colloquium Series, Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York, 10 November, 2014.
“Civil Society’s Other: Precarious Participation, Emergent Protest. Reflections from Brazil.” Paper
prepared from Presentation at “Precariedades, Exclusiones, Emergenicas: A Mellon Corridor
Symposium,” Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 8 November, 2014.
“On Protest: Latin America in Comparative and Transnational Perspective.” Organizer, opening
remarks, and workshop coordinator; International Mellon-LASA seminar, UMass-Amherst, 9-11
October 2014.
“On Protest: Latin America in Comparative and Transnational Perspective.” Chair and session coorganizer, two-panel session. XXXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, Chicago, IL, 21-24 May 2014.
“Enacting a Translocal Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas.” Chair and session
co-organizer, two-panel session. XXXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, Chicago, IL, 21-24 May 2014.
“A World Where Many Worlds Fit? Cosmopolitics and Indigenous Movements in Abya Yala.”
Discussant. XXXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, IL,
21-24 May 2014.
“Re-visioning the Political: Movements, Fields, Ontologies.” Plenary Address, Charles Phelps Taft
Research Center, University of Cincinnati, 8 April 2014.
“Des/encontros of Feminism and Anti-Racism in Brazil.” Paper presented at the XXXI
International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington D.C., 29 May-June
1, 2013.
“Black/Afro-descendant Feminisms.” Chair and session co-organizer, two-panel session. XXXI
International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington D.C., 29 May-June
1, 2013.
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“On Protest: A Research Symposium.” Conference co-organizer and “Opening Remarks,” UMassAmherst, 4 March 2013.
“Fronteirs, Fronteras, Fronteiras in Latin American and Latin Sexualities and Queer Studies.”
Conference co-organizer and “Opening Remarks,” UMass-Amherst, 4 March 2013.
“Beyond Civil Society.” Presentation for the Five College Social Movements Research Group,
Amherst, MA, 9 November 2012.
“Forging Broad-based Support for Women’s Rights: Feminist Activism in Civil Society and Social
Movements in Latin America,” presented at the Expert Meeting on “Gender in Latin America and
the Caribbean: The Role of Social Movements and Civil Society,” Conflict Prevention and Peace
Forum, Social Science Research Council, New York, NY, 15 October 2012.
“Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda, Reassessing Un-Civic Contention.” Workshop
presentation at the XXX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, San
Francisco, CA, 23-26 May 2012.
“Encuentros and Desencuentros among LGBT and Feminist Movements,” Panel Chair, LASA PreConference on Latin American Feminist and LGBTQ Movements: Dialogues across Borders.” San
Francisco, CA 22 May 2012.
“Civic Participation and Practices of Governance, Governability, and Governmentality.” Presented
at the Walt Whitman Center for the Culture and Politics of Democracy, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ, 6 March 2012; also presented at the “The Nongovernmental Impulse” Symposium,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 20 April 2012.
“Theorizing the ‘Tahrir Moment’ as a Model/Modality of Radical Politics: Latin American
Precedents and Perspectives.” Presented at the Roundtable on “Collective Action and Political
Change,” Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 5 March 2012.
“Enacting a Translocal Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas,” Keynote address,
Conference on “Activism and the Academy: Celebrating 40 Years of Feminist Scholarship and
Action,” Barnard College, New York, 23-24 September 2011.
“Social Movements and Participatory Governance in Latin America.” Roundtable organizer and
moderator, Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Research Colloquium Series,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 21 April 2011.
“Sidestreaming Feminisms: Latin American Experiences.” Presented at the Women, Gender and
Sexuality Studies Lecture Series, Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 13 April 2011.
“Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda, Reassessing Un-civic Contention.” Presented at the
Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Research Colloquium Series, University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, 11 April 2011.
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“The Future of Feminism: Latin America.” Global Women’s Rights Forum, Keynote Panel,
University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 8 March 2011.
“The Mother of Brazil? The 2010 Elections and the Consolidation of Lulismo.” Presented at the
Afro-Luso-Brazilian Studies Seminar and the Amherst College Political Science Department,
Amherst, MA, 11 November 2010.
“Queer Reflections on the Brazilian Elections.” Presented at the Watson Institute, the Center for
Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and the Portuguese and Brazilian Studies Department,
Brown University, Providence, RI, 4 November 2010.
“Interrogating Civil Society, Reassessing Contentious Politics.” Paper presented at the Latin
American Studies Program, Jackson School for International Studies, University of Washington,
Seattle, 13 May 2010.
“Enacting a Translocal Feminist Politics of Translation.” Paper presented at the “Dangerous
Subjects: Contention, Violence and Control in Latin America,” the Simpson Center, University of
Washington, Seattle, 13 May 2010.
“Opening Remarks: Black/Afro-descendant Feminisms in the Americas.” Conference on
Black/Afro-descendant Feminisms in the Americas, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2-3
April 2010.
“Black/Afro-descendant Feminisms in the Americas.” Conference co-organizer. University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, 2-3 April 2010.
“After Good Governance: Interrupting the New Development Lexicon.” Presented at the
Conference on "Beyond Good Governance: Rethinking Civil Society, Human Rights, and
Democracy Promotion," Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University,
Providence, RI, 14-16 May 2009
“Indigeneity, Sexualities, and 21st Century Socialisms: Fronteirs in Latin American Feminism
Today,” Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies Occasional Lecture Series,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 28 April 2009.
“Undisciplining Feminisms: Emergent Latin American Challenges to the Global Gender Agenda.”
Presented at Gettysburg College, Gettysburgh PA, 2 April 2009.
“Working with Social Movements: Lessons from the Frontlines.” Presented for the Public
Engagement Program, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst, 27 February 2009.
“The Panorama of Race and Racial Politics in the Americas Today.” Plenary session Moderator,
Conference on “Reconfigurations of Racism and New Scenarios of Power after 2001,” Center Latin
American, Caribbean and Latino Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 8-9 December
2008.
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“Reconfigurations of Racism and New Scenarios of Power after 2001,” Conference co-organizer.
Center Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 8-9
December 2008.
“Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda? ‘Civic Participation’ and Practices of Governance,
Governability and Governmentality.” Presented at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin
American Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 10 March 2009.
“Evaluating the Durban Agenda against Racism in the Americas: A Report on the Latin American
and Caribbean Review Conference, Brasilia, June 2008.” Panelist. Center for Latin American,
Caribbean and Latino Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 19 September 2008.
“Re-imagining the Latin/a Américas: Translocalities, Translations, and Transculturations.” Prepared
for Presentation at “The Hospitable U.S.” Symposium, Institute for Puerto Rican and Latino Studies
University of Connecticut, Storrs, 16 May 2008.
“Beyond the Civil Society Agenda? ‘Civic Participation’ in Governance, Governability and
Governmentality.” Presented at the III Annual Conference of the Social Movements Working
Group, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 29 March 2008; also presented at the Watson
Institute, Brown University, 17 September 2008; and at the Losano-Long Institute for Latin
American Studies, University of Texas at Austin, 29 September 2008.
“Latin American Feminisms and the Global Gender Agenda.” Presented at the Center for Latin
American Studies, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 6 December 2007.
“Globalized Localisms: The Travels and Translations of the World Social Forum Process.”
Presented at a Seminar of the Cultural Difference and Democracy Interdisciplinary Working Group,
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 28 September 2007. Also presented at the “Resistance:
Globalization and its Others” Lecture Series, Rutgers University, 9 April 2008.
“Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda: ‘Civic Participation’ and Regimes of Governance,
Governability and Governmentality.” Presented at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 27
September 2007.
“Black Politics and Racial Cultures in the Americas: A Symposium,” discussant. University of
Massachusetts, Amherst, 10 May 2007.
“Radical Social Movements in the Latin/o Americas.” Presented at the Center for Latin American
Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 28 April 2007.
“Bridging Latin American and Latino Studies.” Presented at the Center for Latin American Studies,
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 28 April 2007.
“The Global Gender Agenda: Limits and Possibilities.” Presented at the Five Colleges Women’s
Studies Center, Mt. Holyoke College, 8 March 2007; also presented at the Gender and Women’s
Studies Program at Connecticut College, New London, CT 18 April 2007.
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“The World Social Forum: Political Methodology and Movement Process.” Presented at the
Western Massachusetts Social Forum, Amherst, MA, 14 April 2007.
“Movements of the ‘Pink Tide’ in Latin America.” Presented at the Center for Latin American
Studies, Central Connecticut State University, 12 April 2007.
“Beyond the Global Gender Agenda: Perspectives from Latin America.” Presented at the
101st Congress of the American Society for International Law, Washington, D.C., 28-31 March
2007.
“Opening Remarks.” Conference on “Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of
Translation in the Latin/a Américas.” University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 5-6 May 2006.
“Translocalities/Translocalidades: Feminist Politics of Translation in the Latin/a Américas.”
Conference Organizer. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 5-6 May 2006.
“Fronteiras/Fronteirs in Afro-Luso-Brazilian Studies.” Conference Organizer. University of
Massachusetts, Amherst. 13-14 April 2006.
“Latin American Feminisms in Movement: Global Contentions and Translocal Connections.” Smith
College Women’s Studies Lecture Series, Northampton, Massachusetts, 30 November 2005.
“Women’s Movements and Feminist Studies: A Report on the 10th Latin American and Caribbean
Feminist Encuentro.” Presented at the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies
Colloquium Series, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 20 October, 2005.
“Beyond Brasilianismo? Reimagining Brazilian Studies for the 21st Century.” Presented at the
Conference on “The Future of Brazilian Studies in the U.S.,” Brown University, Providence, Rhode
Island, September 30-October 1, 2005.
CONFERENCE PAPERS, INVITED LECTURES, AND PUBLIC TALKS—INTERNATIONAL
(last ten years):
“Gênero, feminismo e política(s): avanços e retrocessos de uma agenda em construção.” Roundtable
participant. 10th Congress of the Brazilian Association of Political Science. Belo Horizonte, Brazi1,
30 August-2 September 2016.
“Dos Estudos Culturais ao Pensamento Descolonial: Intervenções Feministas.” Keynote Address,
delivered with Claudia de Lima Costa. Seminario Curta o Gênero, Fortaleza, Ceará, 19-26 August,
2016.
“Ativismo, Participação, e Protesto.” Keynote Address, Inagurual Lecture for Academic Year (Aula
Inaugural), Interdisciplinary Program in Human Sciences, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina,
Florianópolis, SC, 19 August 2016.
“Movimentos Sociais e Teorias de ‘Assemblage’.” Seminario PPGNEIM, Universidade Federal da
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Bahia, Salvador, 19 May 2016.
“Reflexões sobre o ‘Bem Viver’ e a Colonialidade do Poder.” Seminário “Nossos Passos Vem de
Longe.” Presented at a seminar by the same title at the Marcha das Mulheres Negras contra o
Racismo, a Violência, e pelo Bem Viver, Brasília, D.F., 17 de novembro de 2015.
“Trajetórias dos Feminismos Latino-americanos.” Presented at the Núcleo de Estudos
Interdisciplinares sobre a Mulher (NEIM), Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, 9 May
2014.
“Para Além da Sociedade Civil: Reflexões do/sobre o Campo Feminista.” Presented at the
Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo
Horizonte, 24 March 2014; the Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Universidade Estadual de
Campinas, São Paulo, 26 March 2014; and the Seminário “Desafios para a Pesquisa no Século 21:
Lugares da Mulher na Política,” Fundação Carlos Chagas, São Paulo, 15 May 2014.
“Campos em Movimento: Reflexões Tentativas.” Presented at the Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisa
sobre a Mulher, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, 14 March 2014.
“Políticas e o Político no Combate à Violência contra a Mulher.” Presentation for World March of
Women Seminar, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 30 November 2013.
“Reconfigurações de Campo Feminista no Brasil.” Presented at the Laboratório de Estudos de
Gênero e Historia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 19
November 2013.
“Feminismos, Interseccionalidades, e Colonialidades.” Plenary session, discussant. X Congresso
do Fazendo Gênero, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, 16-20 September 2013.
“Neoliberalismo e Trajetórias dos Feminismos.” Presented at the IX International Meeting of the
World March of Women, São Paulo, Brazil, 26-31 August 2013.
“Más Allá de la Sociedad Civil” [Beyond Civil Society]. Paper presented at the Conversatorio
Sociología y Estudies de Género, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO),
Quito, Ecuador, 27 Octorer 2012.
“Ambivalent Engagements, Paradoxical Effects: Latin American Feminist and Women’s
Movements and/in/against Development,” Paper presented at the Conference on
“Sous le développement, le genre,” Geneva, Switzerland, 27-28 September 2012.
“Trends and Opportunities in Development and Philanthropy in the 21st Century.” Workshop
participant. Bellagio Initiative on the Future of Philanthropy and Development in the Pursuit of
Human Wellbeing, Bellagio, Italy, 9-12 November 2011.
“Women’s Movements in Transition Politics: Translating Late 20th and Early 21st Century Latin
American Experiences.” Presented at the International Roundtable on “Pathways for Women in
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Democratic Transitions: International Experiences and Lessons Learned,” Sponsored by UN
Women, UNDP and Pathways for Women’s Empowerment—Middle East Hub, Cairo, Egypt
2 June 2011.
“‘Sidetreaming’ Feminisms”. Panel Organizer, Chair and Presenter, XXIX International Congress
of the Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 6-9 October 2010.
“Cartografía Coletiva das Viagens dos Feminismos Latinoamericanos: Reflexões sobre a Pesquisa
Feminista Interdisciplinar, Comparativa e Colaborativa.” Paper presented at the Seminario
Internacional Fazendo Gênero 9, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil, 2326 August 2010. Also presented at the XXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, Toronto, Canada, 6-9 October 2010.
“Fluxos Horizontais dos Feminismos no Brazil.” Plenary Roundtable Organizer and Presenter.
Seminario Internacional Fazendo Gênero 9, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis,
Brazil, 23-26 August 2010.
“Los Viajes de los Feminismos Hacia Otros Movimientos.” Panel Organizer and Presenter. Foro
Social Américas, Asunción, Paraguay, 11-15 August 2010.
“Nuestros Desafios como Movimientos: Tiempos de Cambios y de Resistencias.” Presenter. Foro
Social Américas, Asunción, Paraguay, 11-15 August 2010.
“Cambio Civilizatorio: Visiones y Alternativas Feministas.” Presenter. Foro Social Américas,
Asunción, Paraguay, 11-15 August 2010.
“Vidas Paralelas del Feminismo en el Brasil.” Encuentro de Saberes y Movimientos: Entre la Crisis
y Otros Mundos Posibles,” Programa Democracia y Transformación Global, Universidad General
de San Marcos and Inter-University Consortium on Social Movements and 21st Century CulturalPolitical Transformations, Lima, Peru, 26-28 May 2010. Also presented at the Foro Social
Américas, Asunción, Paraguay, 10-15 August 2010.
“Voicing Women’s Demands: Comparative and Global Perspectives.” Workshop Discussant and
Plenary Speaker. Rockefeller Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, 2-7 November 2009.
“Articulando a Política, as Políticas, e o Político: A Radicalização dos Feminismos Latinoamericanos.” I Seminário LIDFEM—Capacitação Político Feminista para Mulheres Líderes e
III Seminário Internacional Política e Feminismo, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais,
Belo Horizonte, Brasil, 15-17 de outubro 2009.
“Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights: Transnational Perspectives.” Discussant. XXVII
International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11-14
June 2009.
“Interrogating the Civil Society Agenda.” Two-panel Session Organizer. XXVII International
Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11-14 June 2009.
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“Militantes e Investigadores: Metodologías de Trabalho em Conjunto.” Conference Organizer.
Praia Ipanema Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10 June 2009.
“Beyond NGOization?” Presented at the 11th Forum of the Association for Women in Development,
Cape Town, South Africa, 14-17 November 2008.
“Articulating Latin American Feminist Practices.” Presented at the 11th Forum of the Association
for Women in Development, Cape Town, South Africa, 14-17 November 2008.
“Interrogações sobre a ‘Agenda Sociedade Civil’.” Presented at the Centro de Estudos Sociais,
Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, 1 July 2008.
“Disciplinamento ou radicalização dos feminismos no século XXI: Experiências
Latinoamericanas.” Plenary address, presented at the II Congresso Feminista, Fundação Calouste
Gulbenkian, Lisboa, Portugal, 26 June 2008.
“Movimientos Sociales, Campos Discursivos de Acción, y Tecnologías de Poder en las Américas:
Algunas Aproximaciones Teóricas.” Presented at the “Jornada: Los movimientos sociales y la
profundización de la democracia en América Latina,” Universidad de Puerto Rico—Río Piedras,
San Juan, Puerto Rico, 7 March 2008.
“Repensar lo Político desde lo Cultural en los Movimientos Sociales.” Presented at the II Foro sobre
Democratización Global, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, 21 November
2007.
“Teorizando los Movimientos Contemporáneos en América Latina.” Presented at the Taller
“Repensando la Política en América Latina,” Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima,
Peru, 21 November 2007.
“La Agenda Global de Género: Límites y Perspectivas.” Presented at Centro de la Mujer Peruana
Flora Tristán, 20 November 2007.
“Saberes Impertinentes.” Presented at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru,
20 November 2007.
“Dialogos con Sonia Alvarez.” Panel presentation, DEMUS, Lima, Peru, 19 November 2007.
“Beyond the Civil Society Agenda.” Paper presented at the XXVI International Congress of the
Latin American Studies Association, Montreal, 5-8 September 2007.
“After Washington, Beyond Civil Society: Emergent Social Movements Theories and Practices in
the Americas.” Panel Organizer, XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, Montreal, 5-8 September 2007.
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“Funding Social Change.” Panel discussant, XXVI International Congress of the Latin American
Studies Association, Montreal, 5-8 September 2007.
“Diálogos Políticos with Minister Matilde Ribeiro, Minister of Racial Equality, Brazil.”
Introduction to Plenary Session, XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, Montreal, 5-8 September 2007.
“Feminismo em Ditadura: Interrompendo a ‘História Oficial’ e Reconstruindo (a História) dos
Feminismos.” Presented at the Instituto de Estudos do Gênero, Universidade Federal de Santa
Catarina, Florianópolis, 13 August 2007.
Ciclo de Debates sobre Ações Afirmativas, sponsored by the Secretaria Especial para a Promoção
de Igualdade Racial, Governo Federal, e a Pontífica Universidade Católica-São Paulo, discussant,
São Paulo, 6 August 2007.
“Governance, Govenabilidade, e Governamentalidade: Interrogações sobre a ‘Agenda Sociedade
Civil’ e o (Futuro do) Debate sobre a Construção Democrática no Século XXI,” Seminário
Internacional “A Disputa pela Construção Democrática na América Latina,” Universidade Estadual
de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 7-8 June 2006.
“Opening Plenary Address.” XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006.
“Transnational Dialogues on Globalization and the Intersection of Latina/o-Chicana/o-Latin
American(s) Studies.” Discussant. XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies
Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006.
“Otros Saberes: Rethinking the Nexus between Knowledges, Politics, Power and Policy.”
Lecture presented at the Plenary Session on “Social Development Policies:
New Challenges for the Social Sciences,” International Forum on the Social Sciences—Policy
Nexus, Sponsored by UNESCO and the Governments of Argentina and Uruguay,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20-24 February 2006.
“The Politics of Social Policy.” Chair. Panel at the International Forum on the Social Sciences—
Policy Nexus, Sponsored by UNESCO and the Governments of Argentina and Uruguay,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20-24 February 2006.
“Disciplinamento ou radicalização dos feminismos acadêmicos latino-americanos no século XXI?:
Lições dos movimentos.” I Seminário Internacional Enfoques Feministas e O Século XXI:
Feminismo e Universidad na América Latina, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, 6-10
December 2005.
“Debates Complexos: Feminismo e Estratégias para o Enfrentamento do Racismo em uma América
Latina Democrática.” Presentation at Workshop at the Tenth Latin American and Caribbean
Feminist Encontro, Serra Negra, São Paulo, Brazil, 9-12 October 2005.
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“Are Other Worlds Possible?” Presentation at Workshop at the Fifth World Social Forum, Porto
Alegre, Brazil, 26-30 January 2005.
“Feminismo e Anti-Globalização: Um Debate de Estratégias,” Presentation at Workshop at the Fifth
World Social Forum, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 26-30 January 2005.
PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC SERVICE:
• Chair, Martin Diskin Lectureship, Latin American Studies Association, 2015-16.
• Chair, Martin Diskin Dissertation Award Committee, Latin American Studies Association,
2015-16.
• Co-coordinator, “On Protest,” aka “Theorizing the Tahrir Moment as a Model/Modality of
Radical Politics: Comparative and Transnational Perspectives,” a collaborative,
interdisciplinary, international research initiative, UMass-Amherst, September 2011 to the
present.
• Co-coordinator, Social Movements and 21st Century Cultural and Political Transformations:
An Inter-University Consortium on the Americas in Comparative and Global Perspectives,
April 2008-June 2011.
• Past President, Latin American Studies Association, May 2006-November 2007.
• Program Track Chair, Social Movements and Civil Society, III Congress of the Latin
American Political Science Association, Campinas, Brazil, September 2006.
• President, Latin American Studies Association, November 2004-April 2006.
• Vice President of the Latin American Studies Association May 2003-October 2004.
• Ways and Means Committee, Latin American Studies Association, May 2003-November
2007.
• Executive Council, Latin American Studies Association, May 2003-November 2007.
• Chair, Investments Committee, Latin American Studies Association, November 2004-April
2006.
• Editor, LASA Forum, November 2004-April 2006.
• Chair, Ford-LASA Special Projects Fund Selection Committee, Latin American Studies
Association, May-September 2003.
• Member, Fundraising Committee, Latin American Studies Association, March 2003-present.
• Director and Co-Principal Investigator, Hemispheric Dialogues 2: Bridging Latin American
and Latino/a Studies Through Curricular Innovation and Action-Research Partnerships
Program, University of California, Santa Cruz, 2000-2004.
• National Advisory Board, Ford Foundation “Crossing Borders: Revitalizing Area Studies”
Program Initiative, 1997-1999; 2001.
• Steering Committee, Chicano/Latino Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz,
2001-2004.
• Chair, Selection Committee for Best Dissertation in Women and Politics, American Political
Science Association, 2000-2001.
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• Organizing Committee, International Seminar “Fazendo Gênero IV: Cultura, Política e
Sexualidade no Século XXI,” Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil,
January-May 2000.
• Co-Coordinator, Hemispheric Dialogue on Social and Cultural Theory in the Americas
Program, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1997-1999.
• Executive Council of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) (elected member)
1994-1997.
• Executive Board of the LASA Section on Culture, Power and Politics (elected member),
1997-2000.
• Program Section Chair, Politics and Public Policies, Program Committee, 1994 Congress of
the Latin American Studies Association, March 10-13, 1994, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Co-Director, Program on Latin American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz,
Spring 1992.
• Co-Chair, Latin American Studies Association, Task Force on Women in the Latin
American Studies, 1989-1992.
• Smith College, Board of Trustees, 1978-80.
• American Political Science Association, 1988-present.
• Latin American Studies Association, 1985-present.
• National Women's Studies Association, 1980-1986.
• Board of Editorial Consultants, Meridians: feminism, race, transnationalism
• Board of Editorial Consultants, Latin American Politics and Society
• Editorial Board, Political Geography
• Editorial Board, Revista Sul-Americana de Ciência Política (Brazil and Latin America)
• International Editorial Advisory Board, Bulletin of Latin American Research (UK)
• Board of International Editorial Consultants, Revista Estudos Feministas (Brazil)
• Board of Editorial Consultants, Revista Artemis (Brazil)
• Honorary Member of the Board, Elas Foundation (Brazil)
• Advisory Group to the Research Program Consortium on “Pathways of Women’s
Empowerment,” coordinated by IDS (London)
• Consultative Council, Programa Democracia y Transformación Global, Lima, Peru
• Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre as Américas, Brasília, Brazil
• External reviewer for Department of Latino and Latin American Studies, SUNY-Albany;
Department of International Development, Community and Environment, Clark University;
El Instituto: Institute for Latina/o, Caribbean, and Latin American Studies, University of
Connecticut, Storrs.
• Referee for Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais, Journal of Inter-American Studies and
World Affairs, Revista Estudos Feministas, Latin American Perspectives, Comparative
Politics, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Journal of Latin American Studies, Latin
American Politics and Society, Signs, Latin American Research Review, Westview Press,
Duke University Press, Cambridge University Press, University of California Press, Oxford
University Press, National Science Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, the Ford
Foundation, the American Council on Learned Societies.
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CONSULTANCIES:
• Expert Instructor, FLACSO-Ecuador and Oxfam Intermon, Plataforma de Formación
Regional: Poder y participación política de las mujeres populares y diversas. Módulo No. 3:
Movimientos de mujeres y actoría socio-política de las mujeres diversas en el marco de las
movilizaciones sociales de América Latina. Quito, Ecuador, 25-27 October 2012.
• Advisory Group, project on “Pathways towards Women’s Empowerment,” coordinated by
IDS, University of Sussex, U.K., January 2007-January 2011.
• Academic advisor for photo documentary book project, Mulheres e Movimentos, CACES,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 2003-December 2004.
• Consultant for Brazilian research project on “Civil Society and Global Governance,”
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, 1999-2000.
• Senior consultant for “Beyond Cairo and Beijing: Strengthening NGO Advocacy Skills in
Latin America,” a joint project of Agende (Brasília, Brazil), Equidad (México, D.F.) and
Centro Flora Tristán (Lima, Perú), 1998-1999.
• Ford Foundation-Brazil Office, assessment of women's rights programming, AugustSeptember 1998.
• Ford Foundation-Brazil Office, evaluation on “Strengthening Women's Studies in the
Brazilian North and Northeast,” September 1997.