Research Areas and Faculty

Research Area 1 – Ethnicity, Memory, and Education

This research area encompasses studies and research on ethnic relations in formal and non-formal educational settings, as well as memory and the processes of identity construction among different groups in contemporary society, including Afro-Brazilians, white populations, Indigenous peoples, quilombola communities, and Nomadic Communities (Romani Groups).

Faculty Members of Research Area 1 – Ethnicity, Memory, and Education

Ana Angélica Leal Barbosa, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Ana Carolina Fialho de Abreu, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Benedito Gonçalves Eugênio, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Danilo César Souza Pinto, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Daniel Valério Martins, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Edson Dias Ferreira, Ph.D. (UEFS, Collaborating Faculty)
Itamar Pereira de Aguiar, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
José Valdir Jesus de Santana, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Marise de Santana, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Regina Marques de Souza Oliveira, Ph.D. (UFRB, Permanent Faculty)

Research Area 2 – Ethnicities, Gender, and Sexual Diversity

This research area investigates, within the context of ethnic relations, the ways in which sexualities and gender relations are produced, reproduced, and re-signified, and how they impact family configurations across different socio-historical contexts, with an emphasis on contemporary society

Faculty Members of Research Area 2 – Ethnicities, Gender, and Sexual Diversity

Ana Cláudia Lemos Pacheco, Ph.D. (UNEB, Permanent Faculty)
Aroldo Santos Fernandes Júnior, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Francislene Cerqueira de Jesus, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Helena Rachel da Mota Araújo, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Mainara Mizzi Rocha Frota, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Marcos Lopes de Souza, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Maria de Fátima de Andrade Ferreira, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Luzia Wilma Santana da Silva, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)
Nubia Regina Moreira, Ph.D. (UESB, Permanent Faculty)