Identification
            Personal identification
- Full name
 - Beatriz Padilla
 
Citation names
- Padilla, Elsa
 - Padilla, Beatriz
 
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
 - B817-E06E-F266
 - ORCID iD
 - 0000-0002-2359-3369
 
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Spanish; Castilian | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Portuguese | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | |
| Italian | Beginner (A1) | Intermediate (B1) | Beginner (A1) | Beginner (A1) | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 
                                  2001 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Ph.D. in Sociology (Doutoramento)
                                  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States 
                                 "“Women’s Organizing in a Global Context: Activism in Salvador, Brazil, at the Crossroad of Race, Class and Gender”" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              Excellent | 
| 
                                  1998 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Master of Arts in Sociology (Mestrado)
                                  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States 
                                 "N/A" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              N/A | 
| 
                                  1995 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Master in Public Affairs (Mestrado)
                                  University of Texas at Austin, United States 
                                 "Women´s NGOs: Their Role in Latin American Development" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              Excellent | 
| 
                                  1990 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Licenciatura en Administración Pública y Ciencias Políticas (Licenciatura)
                                  Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina 
                                 "Evaluación de Proyecto sobre la utilización de la energía nuclear con fines pacíficos: Aplicación en el combate de la mosca
                                       del mediterráneo" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              Muito bom | 
Affiliation
            Science
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 1996/08/01 - 1999/06/30 | Research Assistant (Research) | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States | 
| 1994/01/01 - 1995/08/01 | Research Assistant (Research) | University of Texas at Austin, United States | 
| 1992/01/01 - 1993/07/31 | Researcher (Research) | Intituto Economía y Organización, Argentina | 
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021/08/07 - Current | Associate Professor (University Teacher) | University of South Florida, United States | 
| University of South Florida, United States | ||
| 2018/08/07 - 2021/08/06 | Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | University of South Florida, United States | 
| University of South Florida, United States | ||
| 2016 - 2017 | Visiting Professor (University Teacher) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | 
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/08/07 - Current | Organic Unit Director | University of South Florida, United States | 
| Institute for the Study of Latin American and the Caribbean - ISLAC, United States | 
Others
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/05/01 - Current | Advisory Board | Comparative Migration Studies, United Kingdom | 
| Comparative Migration Studies, United Kingdom | ||
| 2018/08/06 - Current | Researcher | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Audax, Portugal | 
| ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal | ||
| 2011/11/01 - Current | Editorial Board & Founding Member | RECEI Revista Cientifica Estudios Interculturalidad, Spain | 
| 2009/12/01 - Current | Editorial Board | Advances in Developing Human Resources, United States | 
| 2014/06/01 - 2020 | Country Expert (Portugal) for the development & implementation of the health strand for MIPEX, Migration Policy Integration Index (coordinated by MPI & CIDOB). | International Organization for Migration, United States | 
| 2017/11/01 - 2018/07/31 | Investigador FCT - Principal Investigator | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal | 
| 2016/11/01 - 2017/12/31 | Principal Investigator (Investigador Principal FCT) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2015/11/01 - 2016/10/31 | Senior Research Fellow / Principal Investigator | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2014/05/05 - 2015/03/30 | Deputy Director / Diretora Adjunta de Centro de Investigação em Ciências Sociais (CICS-Minho) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2014/01/06 - 2015/03/30 | Coordinator of the Doctoral Programme in Sociology/ Diretora do Doutoramento em Sociologia | Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2013/09/02 - 2015/03/30 | Associate Professor / Professora Associada (with tenure) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2015 - 2015 | Researcher | Universidade Nova de Lisboa Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal | 
| 2011/12/01 - 2013/12/31 | Editorial Board & Founding Member | Revista Iberoamericana de Salud y Ciudadania, Portugal | 
| 2008/03/15 - 2013/12/31 | Invited Professor, Master and Concentration in Social Policies | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina | 
| 2008/05/01 - 2013/09/06 | Coordinator of the Summer School on Latin America Today | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal | 
| 2011/02/01 - 2013/08/31 | Coordinator, Master in International Migrations / Coordenadora Mestrado em Migrações Internacionais | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2008/06/01 - 2013/08/31 | Research Line Director ELARP / COTRANS | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal | 
| 2008/01/01 - 2012/12/31 | Investigador Auxiliar / Senior Researcher (Ciência) | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2011/02/01 - 2012/08/01 | Coordinator Master in International Migrations | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2007/01/01 - 2007/12/31 | Advisor on Health and Migration, produced a report on Good Practices in Health and Migration in the EU, participated in the organization of the conference "Health and Migration: Better Health for All | Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, Portugal | 
| 2005/09/01 - 2007/06/01 | Invited Professor | Business and Economics School, Portugal | 
| 2004/01/01 - 2007/01/01 | Post-doctoral Researcher/Pós-doutoramento | ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2002/03/01 - 2005/09/01 | Assistant Professor/Professora Auxiliar | Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2002/09/01 - 2005/07/01 | Invited Professor/Professora Convidada, Master in Engineering and Technology Policy & Master in Logistics | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | 
| 2002/03/01 - 2004/12/31 | Postdoctoral fellow | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | 
| 2003/09/01 - 2004/03/01 | Invited Professor/Professora Convidada | Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal | 
| 2002/04/01 - 2002/12/31 | Post-doctoral Researcher/ Investigadora de Pós-doutoramento | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal | 
| 2001/06/01 - 2002/01/31 | Post-doctoral Researcher/Pós-doutoramento | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States | 
| 1998/08/01 - 2002/01/31 | Editor and Productor Radio Program | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences, United States | 
| 1999/08/15 - 2001/05/15 | Instructor/Professora Responsável | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States | 
| 1993/01/01 - 1993/08/01 | Advisor to the University President (Reitor) | Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina | 
Projects
            Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/09/01 - 2021/06/01 | SAGE19: Scientific and Academic Gender (in) equality during Covid19
                                 
                                  Co-PI
                                     
                              ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2015/01 - 2017/12 | Understanding the practice and developing the concept of welfare bricolage (UPWEB) | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2011/03 - 2014/03 | Health and Citizenship:Gaps and needs in intercultural health care to immigrant mothers | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2010/04 - 2014/03 | The invisibility of death among immigrant populations in Portugal: vulnerabilities and transnational managements. | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2010/03 - 2012/08 | Convivial Cultures and Super-diversity | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2010/01 - 2012/06 | Gender, migration and domestic service: the invisible army of women workers in Portugal | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2009/10 - 2011/10 | BELTS-W - Brazilian Entrepreneurial Links and Transnational Strategies (Women) | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2007/11 - 2011/01 | Atlantic Waves: Brazilian Immigration in Portugal | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
| 2005/03 - 2007/12 | Technological change and regional economic development: is there a "double" Kuznets curve? | Governo da República Portuguesa Ministério da Ciência Tecnologia e Ensino Superior | 
Contract
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/11 - 2020/04 | Trajectories of Refuge: gender, intersectionality and public policies in Portugal
                                  PT/2018/FAMI/351 
                               | 
                              Alto Comissariado para as Migrações (ACM) | 
| 2016/09 - 2019/08 | REFUGIUM: building shelter cities and a new welcoming culture. Links between European universities and schools in Human Rights
                                  2016-1-ES01-KA203-025000 
                               | 
                              CE-Comissão Europeia | 
| 2015/01/01 - 2018/06/30 | Understanding the practice and developing the concept of welfare bricolage (UPWEB)
                                  NORFACE-462-13-046 
                                 Universidade do Minho Centro Interdisciplinar de Ciências Sociais, Portugal 
                                 ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2014/01 - 2017/12 | Multilevel governance of cultural diversity in a comparative perspective: EU-Latin America
                                  GA Grant: PIRSES-GA-2013-612617 
                               | 
                              CE-Comissão Europeia | 
| 2014/01 - 2017/12 | Multilevel Governance of Cultural Diversity in Comparative Perspective: Europe - Latin America (GOVDIV)
                                  612617 
                               | 
                              European Commission | 
| 2010/04/01 - 2014/03/31 | The invisibility of death among immigrant populations in Portugal: vulnerabilities and transnational managements.
                                  PTDC/CS-ANT/102862/2008 
                                 Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal 
                                 Centro em Rede de Investigação em Antropologia, Portugal  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2011/07 - 2013/06 | Meeting the healthcare needs of culturally diverse populations: A psycho-sociopolitical approach to cultural competence in
                                 health professionals
                                  GA nº 272976 
                               | 
                              Comissão Europeia | 
| 2008/04 - 2011/04 | Health Care in NowHereland - Improving Services for Undocumented Migrants in the EU
                                  GA 2006 333 
                               | 
                              Comissão Europeia | 
| 2005/03/01 - 2007/12/31 | Technological change and regional economic development: is there a "double" Kuznets curve?
                                  POCI/EGE/61558/2004 
                                 Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal 
                                 Universidade de Lisboa Centro de Estudos em Inovação Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento, Portugal  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2004/09 - 2006/12 | From Fado to Tango: Portuguese Emigration and Emigrants in the Plata-Basin Region
                                  POCTI 
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) | 
| 2006/10 - 2006/10 | Novos Contextos das Migrações: Quando a Origem se Transforma no Destino…
                                  Fundo de Apoio à Comunidade Científica - FACC 
                               | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) | 
| 2006/05 - 2006/06 | Toward a Social Construction of an European Youth-Ness: Experience of Inclusion and Exclusion in the Public Sphere among Second
                                 Generation Migrated Teenagers
                                  Project ID: 29105 
                               | 
                              Comissão Europeia | 
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020/09/01 - 2022/12/31 | Mapping the Ethnic and Racial Experiences of Latinos/as/x in Higher Education
                                  N/A 
                                 Principal investigator
                                     
                              Institute for the Study of Latin American and the Caribbean - ISLAC, United States 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/06/01 - 2021/06/01 | The Venezuelan Humanitarian Crisis: Migration, Trauma and Resilience
                                 
                                  Principal investigator
                                     
                              University of South Florida, United States 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
Outputs
            Publications
| Book | 
                                 
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| Book chapter | 
                                 
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| Conference paper | 
                                 
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| Edited book | 
                                 
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| Encyclopedia entry | 
                                 
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| Journal article | 
                                 
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| Journal issue | 
                                 
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| Report | 
                                 
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| Thesis / Dissertation | 
                                 
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| Working paper | 
                                 
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Other
| Other output | 
                                 
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Activities
            Supervision
| Thesis Title Role  | 
                              Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/03 - Current | Organizing for Here and There: Exploring the Grassroots Organizing of the Puerto Rican Diaspora in the Tampa Bay Area within
                                 a Perspective of Transnationalism
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociology (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/11 - Current | Presenting Selves, and Interpreting Culture: An Ethnography of Chinese International Tourism in the United States
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociology (PhD)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2024/08/29 - 2025/04/11 | Argentinian immigrants in the United States in recent times: analyzing their experiences and transnational ties with the country
                                 of origin
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Master in Latin American Studies (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2024/06/05 - 2025/03/12 | Navigating change: The Migration Experiences of Post-2017 Cuban Migrants in Tampa Bay
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Master in Latin American Studies (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2023/06/01 - 2024/05/30 | A second life citizen again reintegration Program through the lenses of Black and Brown participants and case managers
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Master in Sociology (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2023/09/01 - 2024/03/13 | Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Education, and Bilingualism: Ethnography of a STEM Program for Elementary Students in Southwestern
                                 Florida
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Master in Latin American Studies (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/05 - 2021/06/10 | They Say We’re Expendable: Race, Nation, and Identity in Dominican Bateyes, PhD dissertation committe member.
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociology (PhD)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/11/20 - 2020/11 | Anti-Sex Trafficking Advocacy: An Intersectional, Critical Race Theory Analysis, MA Master Thesis Advisor
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociology (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/11 - 2020/03/09 | Decolonizing Human Trafficking: A Case Study of Human Trafficking in Edo State Nigeria
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Political Scienes (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2019/05/10 - 2020/03/03 | Two Sides of the Same Coin Reclaiming Blackness in Multiracial Student Identification
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociology (Master)
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 - 2018 | Refúgio e género: uma aproximação a realidade da mulher em situação de refúgio em Portugal
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (Master)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 - 2018 | A saúde no dia a dia: diversidade;convialidade e relações de cumplicidade. Estudo comparativo entre Lisboa e Boston.
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Estudos Urbanos (PhD)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 - 2017 | Atores da educação musical: etnografia comparativa entre três núcleos que se inspiram no programa El Sistema na Venezuela,
                                 no Brasil e em Portugal
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 - 2017 | Políticas de acolhimento de refugiados recolocados em Portugal
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (Master)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 - 2017 | Desvendar relações interétnicas: identificando comportamentos estigmatizantes e/ou discriminatórios no contexto de reinserção
                                 num Centro Educativo.
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Crime, Diferença e Desigualdade (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 - 2016 | Portugueses Low Cost: As perspetivas de ontem e de hoje
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 - 2016 | Velhas e novas drogas - impactos da toxicodependência: Estudo de caso na cidade de Braga
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 - 2016 | A mobilidade espacial da população: construindo caminhos de atração para os novos residentes nas Freguesias de Encarnação
                                 e dde Santo Isidoro, Concelho de Mafra
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (PhD)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 - 2016 | Integração sócio laboral dos imigrantes dos PALOP na Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (PhD)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 - 2014 | Imigração x Segurança: A securitização da imigração pós-11 de Setembro e o aumento do controlo migratório nos EUA 
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Migrações Internacionais (Master)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 - 2014 | "Institucionalização da bioética e as políticas públicas de saúde em Portugal"
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Políticas Públicas (PhD)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - 2013 | Sentido de identidade dos luso-descendentes regressados na actual era global 
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (Master)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - 2013 | Os instrumentos de qualidade no desempenho das organizações públicas: o caso da NUT III Oeste
                                  Co-supervisor 
                               | 
                              Políticas Públicas (PhD)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - 2013 | Os processos de regularização de imigrantes realizados em Portugal: que avaliação?
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Políticas Públicas (PhD)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 - 2012 | A saúde das mulheres imigrantes: uma questão de cidadania e inclusão
                                  Supervisor 
                               | 
                              Sociologia (PhD)
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
Committee member
| Activity description Role  | 
                              Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024/03/01 - 2025/05/30 | Streaming Latinidad: An Intersectional Exploration of Latino/a/x/e Representation, Reception, and Research Access, PhD Dissertation
                                 Committee
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              University of South Florida, United States | 
| 2019/11/15 - 2022/03/04 | Mental Health and the Effects of Stress and Violence on Migrants living in Apopka during the COVID-19 Pandemic, PhD dissertation
                                 committee
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              University of South Florida, United States | 
| 2018/03/01 - 2021/06/10 | They Say We’re Expendable: Race, Nation, and Identity in Dominican Bateyes
                                  Member 
                               | 
                              University of South Florida, United States | 
Mentoring / Tutoring
| Topic | Student name | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/04 - 2020/02/24 | “Brazilian immigration in Chile | Ariany da Silva Villar | 
Distinctions
            Award
| 2021 | Status of Latinos Award (SOL) for Faculty
                                  University of South Florida Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 | Global Achievement Award - Honorable Mention
                                  University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2019 | USF Nexus Initiative Award
                                  OFFICE OF THE PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, University of South Florida, United States 
                               | 
                           
Other distinction
| 2018 | Heath Professorship | 
| 2017 | Publication Award 
                                  ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 | Travel Grant - LASA Conference | 
| 2015 | Top most productive Research Fellow - CICS.Nova.UMinho | 
| 2013 | Travel grant - LASA Conference | 
| 2010 | BBRG Affiliated Scholar Residence Fellowship | 
| 2003 | Post-doctoral Fellowship to work on Brazilian Migration to Portugal | 
| 2001 | W.E:DU Bois Award, Best Paper on the Study of Race | 
| 2000 | Geisert Fellowship Award, Best Dissertation Proposal | 
| 2000 | Marianne Ferber Scholarship in Women’s Studies
                                  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 2000 | Teaching Excellence Award | 
| 1998 | Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Women International Development | 
| 1998 | Excellence in Teaching Award
                                  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 1998 | Tinker Summer Research Grant for Field Work In Brazil | 
| 1997 | Tinker Summer Research Grant for field work in Peru | 
| 1995 | LBJ School of Public Affairs Merit Fellowship
                                  University of Texas at Austin, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 1994 | J.J.Pickle Congressional Fellowship
                                  University of Texas at Austin, United States 
                               | 
                           
| 1993 | International Fellowship Award | 
| 1989 | National Fellowship Award "The Federal Country" | 
| 1987 | Merit Fellowship | 
| 1982 | International Fellowship Award | 
