Research Interests
Urban expressive culture, creolization and migration, citizenship and identification practices, hip hop and youth culture
Geographical Focus
Brazil, Portugal, Cape Verde, urban housing projects and improvised residences
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Aarhus University (2014- )
Visiting Assistant Professor, Federal University of São Paulo, São Carlos (2014)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Wesleyan University (2014)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Brown University and Southern Connecticut State
University (2013-2014)
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Campinas (2010)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International and Area Studies,
Washington University in St. Louis (2006-2013)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Union College (2004-06)
Visiting Lecturer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2002-2004)
Education
2004 PhD, Cultural Anthropology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1996 Master of Music in Ethnomusicology, University of Texas, Austin
1993 Music theory and composition studies,
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
1991 Bachelor of Arts in German Literature,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Grant Awards
2014 FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Grant),
Federal University in São Carlos
2011 Common Ground Project, Course Development Grant,
Washington University
2010 FAPESP (São Paulo State Research Grant),
University of Campinas, Brazil
2009 Faculty Research Grant. Washington University.
2008 International Area Fellowship. Washington University.
2007 International Area Fellowship. Washington University.
2003 Beslow Academic Fellowship. University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
2002 Graduate College On-Campus Dissertation Research Grants.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
2002 Wenner-Gren Foundation for
Anthropological Research Dissertation Fieldwork
2001 SSRC-Arts (Social Science Research Council)
Fellowship for Dissertation Research
1998-2000 Title VI Foreign Language and
Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS). University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign. Advancement of Portuguese language.
Honors
2011 Certificate of Appreciation from Sorority Community at
Washington University
2008 Nominee for ArtSci Council’s Faculty Award from
The Council for Undergraduate Students of
Arts & Sciences (Washington University)
2002 SUNTA (Society for Urban, National, and Transnational /
Global Anthropology) Essay Competition Runner-Up.
1999 Joseph B. Casagrande Award for Excellence in Ethnography.
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Service
Professional Service
Assistant Editor, City and Society (2015-)
Contributing Editor, Postcolonialist
2008 Committee member to evaluate CIEE (Council on International Educational
Exchange) program in São Paulo, Brazil
Since 2006 Article reviewer for Ethos, City and Society, American Ethnologist,
American Anthropologist, Latin American Music Review,
Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology,
Echo, Western Journal of Black Studies,
Reading Research Review, Ethnos, Brasiliana (UK),
and Revista de Antropologia
da USP (Brazil)
