Bem-vindo!

I am a Ph.D. candidate and Fulbright fellow at the Texas Tech University College of Media & Communication.

My work is jointly funded by a award from the Fulbright Program and the Ministry of Education of Brazil, and my dissertation is being supervised by Dr. Bryan McLaughlin.

My research revolves around the different roles media and communication plays in everyday politics, and I employ quantitative and qualitative methods in my inquiries. Currently, I am investigating the role of people’s expectations about their future emotional states (i.e., affective forecasting) on their motivations to talk politics with others.

Prior to moving West, I received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Communication from the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where I collaborated in the Image and Sociability and the Media and Public Sphere research groups.

When I’m not working, I enjoy traveling to national parks and spending time in nature with my fiancé and our little morkie, Diesel.

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