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Abbreviated CV

FABIO DE SA E SILVA
Social Scientist of Law; Brazilianist.
Assistant Professor of International Studies & Wick Cary Professor of Brazilian Studies
Center for Brazil Studies, co-Director
College of International Studies, University of Oklahoma
E-mail: fabio.desaesilva@ou.edu

EDUCATION
PhD, Law, Policy, and Society, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2013
Dissertation: Lawyers and governance in a globalizing world: narratives of “Public Interest Law”
across the Americas.
Advisor: Thomas H. Koenig.
LL.M., University of Brasilia School of Law, Brasilia, Brazil, 2007
Thesis: Ensino jurídico, um tesouro a descobrir: a construção de alternativas pedagógicas e
metodológicas a partir da reforma do ensino jurídico (e jurídico-penal)
Advisor: Jose Geraldo de Sousa Jr.
LL.B., University of Sao Paulo School of Law, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2002
Advisor: Jose Eduardo Faria

POSITIONS IN RESEARCH AND HIGHER EDUCATION

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Affiliated Faculty, Carceral Studies Consortium, 2021–
Co-Director, Center for Brazil Studies, College of International Studies, 2019–
Affiliated Faculty, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, 2018–
Assistant Professor of International Studies & Wick Cary Professor of Brazilian Studies,
Department of International and Area Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2017–
Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Post-doctoral fellow (in residence), 2015
Affiliated fellow, 2016–
Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea), Brasilia, Brazil
President’s Chief of Staff, 2011–2012 and 2016
Chair for Studies on State and Democracy, 2009–10
Senior Researcher (with tenure), 2009–2017

I also held adjunct or visiting teaching positions at: the Brasilia’s Institute for Higher Education
(IESB) Law School (2005-2006), the ICESI Law School in Cali, Colombia (2012), the
University of Brasilia Law School (2013-2014), the National School of Public Administration
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(2014-2017), the School of Financial Administration (2016-2017) and the Brasilia University
Center (CEUB) Law School (2016-2017).

POLICY CONSULTANCY AND EXPERIENCE

• Inter American Human Rights Commission. Brief on public safety for the 2020 Brazil
human rights country report, 2020.
• International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute. Assistance in the “torture
prevention in Latin America” project, 2017.
• Fiocruz Brazil. Assistance to the Brazilian government in policy formulation relating to
healthcare in prisons, 2011.
• UNDP Brazil. Assistance to the Brazilian government in policy formulation relating to
alternatives to incarceration, 2009.
• UNESCO Brazil. Assistance to the Brazilian government in policy formulation relating to
education in prison, 2008.
• Brazilian Ministry of Justice. General coordinator at the National Penitentiary Department,
2003–2006.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
• Brazil
• Law, politics, and society
• Legal professionals, legal education, and legal institutions
• Public policy

COURSES TAUGHT
• Modern Brazil
• Law and Globalization (undergraduate and graduate)
• Courts and Public Policy
• Understanding the Global Community
• Democrat Decline in Global Perspective (Study Abroad and undergraduate)
• Corruption (Senior Capstone)

SELECTED ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Published or in final stages of production
Books and edited volumes
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• Scott L. Cummings, Fabio de Sa e Silva, and Louise G. Trubek (Eds.). Global Pro Bono:
Causes, Organization, Consequences. Cambridge University Press, 2022,
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/global-pro-
bono/20F4BA648EA588AD32A664E9D4B0939E
• Fabio de Sa e Silva, Par Engstrom, and Veronica Hinestroza-Arenas (Eds.). Respondiendo a
la tortura: Perspectivas Latinoamericanas sobre un Desafío Global. Bogota and London:
The University of Externado Press and IBAHRI, 2020,
https://publicaciones.uexternado.edu.co/gpd-respondiendo-a-la-tortura-9789587902952.html
• Fabio de Sa e Silva, Ensino Jurídico: a Descoberta de Novos Saberes para a
Democratização do Direito e da Sociedade. Porto Alegre: Sérgio Antônio Fabris, 2007,
https://livrariafabris.com.br/?secao=produto&idLivro=1338
Journal Articles
• Autocratic Legalism 2.0: Preliminary Insights from a Global Collaborative Research Project.
Forthcoming, VRÜ/World Comparative Law 57 (2023).
• “Good Bye, Liberal Legal Democracy!”. Forthcoming, Law & Social Inquiry, 2023.
• Varying effects of indigenous territories and protected areas for forest conservation in the
Brazilian Amazon (with Xiangming Xiao, Yuanwei Qin , Fang Liu, Yosio Shimabukuro,
Egidio Arai, and Philip Fearnside). Nature Sustainability, 2023,
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-022-01018-z.
• Relational Legal Consciousness and Anticorruption: Lava Jato, Social Media Interactions,
and the Co-Production of Law’s Detraction in Brazil (2017–2019). Law & Society Review,
56(3): 344-368, 2022, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lasr.12620
• Law and Illiberalism: A Sociolegal Review and Research Agenda. Annual Review of Law
and Social Science, 2022, https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-
lawsocsci-110921-105921
• Views of restrictive measures among Brazilian lawyers during the covid-19 outbreak: an
exploratory analysis from rapid research. Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 2022,
https://reedrevista.org/reed/article/view/642
• The environment, human rights, and democracy in brazil under Bolsonaro: dispatches from
an academic symposium (with Michelle Morais de Sa e Silva). Revista Videre 28(13),
Special Issue: The environment, human rights, and democracy in Brazil under Bolsonaro,
2021, https://doi.org/10.30612/videre.v13i28.15490
• “A little more complex”: pro bono commitment in São Paulo corporate law firms.
International Journal of the Legal Profession, 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1080/09695958.2020.1775602
• From Car Wash to Bolsonaro: law and lawyers in Brazil’s illiberal turn. Journal of Law and
Society, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12250 Top-cited and top-downloaded article in
the journal for 2020–2021, according to Wiley and Clarivate Analytics.
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• Not falling for that”: Law’s detraction and legal consciousness in the lives of Brazilian
antitorture activists. International Journal of Law in Context, 2020,
https://doi.org/10.1017/S1744552320000063
• Radicalism, Mythification, and Hard Issues in Public Interest Law Across the Americas. 31
Geo. J. Legal Ethics 421, 2018,
https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/geojlege31&i=435 (not peer-reviewed)
• Legal Professionals and Development Strategies: Corporate Lawyers and the Construction of
the Telecoms Sector in Brazil, 1980s–2010s (with David M. Trubek), Law & Social Inquiry,
v. 43, issue 3, pp. 915-943, 2018, Available at:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/lsi.12310/full
• A new republic of lawyers? Legal careers, state power, and political change in contemporary
Brazil, Critical Policy Studies, 11:3, 373-380, 2017. Available at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19460171.2017.1363065
• Advogando no Novo Desenvolvimentismo: profissionais do direito e a construção do setor de
telecomunicações no Brasil emergente dos anos 1980 aos anos 2010 (with David M. Trubek).
Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. Special Issue (Law and Economics), 3(2):14–
52, 2016, https://doi.org/10.19092/reed.v3i2.124
• Vetores, desafios e apostas possíveis na pesquisa empírica em direito no Brasil. Brazilian
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 3 (1):24–53, 2016, https://doi.org/10.19092/reed.v3i1.95
• Hegemonia e contra-hegemonia na globalização do direito: a “advocacia de interesse
público” nos Estados Unidos e na América Latina, Direito & Práxis, 6:310, 2015,
http://doi.org/10.12957/dep.2015.15408
• Lawyers, governance, and globalization: the diverging paths of public interest law across the
Americas. Oñati Sociolegal Series 5 (5). International Institute for the Sociology of Law,
Oñati, 2015. Modified version published as Ipea Discussion Paper # 223,
https://ssrn.com/abstract=2688435
• “É Possível, mas Agora Não” A Democratização da Justiça no Cotidiano dos Advogados
Populares. Texto para discussão n. 1567 (Brasília: Ipea), 2011,
http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/bitstream/11058/1336/1/TD_1567.pdf
Book chapters
• What is Global Pro Bono About? (With Scott L. Cummings and Louise G. Trubek). In: Scott
L. Cummings, Fabio de Sa e Silva, and Louise G. Trubek, Eds., Global Pro Bono: Causes,
Organization, Consequences. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022,
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/global-pro-bono/what-is-global-about-pro-bono-
and-what-is-global-pro-bono-about/CD9041F3FC97761BBDC016F4EEFB56F7
• Private Law Practice and the Public Good: Pro Bono’s Institutionalization in São Paulo Law
Firms. In: Scott L. Cummings, Fabio de Sa e Silva, and Louise G. Trubek, Eds., Global Pro
Bono: Causes, Organization, Consequences. NY: Cambridge University Press, 2022,
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/global-pro-bono/private-law-practice-and-the-
public-good-individual-pro-bonos-institutionalization-in-sao-paulo-law-
firms/8098A9E39BC3A73F9D635675DBC70DCE
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• Firmas Jurídicas e Direitos Humanos: a Institucionalização da Advocacia Pro Bono em

Escritórios Empresariais de São Paulo (2001-2018), In: Fabiano Engelmann and Lucas e
Silva Batista Pilau (Eds.), Justiça e Política: Redes Internacionais e Movimentos
Anticorrupção. Porto Alegre: UFRGS, 2021, https://www.ufrgs.br/cegov/files/pub_162.pdf
• Three Paisa and a Rough Agenda on How to Make the Invisible Visible. In: Sarah Dezalay
and Swethaa Balakrishnen (Eds.), Invisible Institutionalisms, London: Hart, 2020,
https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/invisible-institutionalisms-9781509930227/
• Introducción: Renovando la lucha contra la tortura. Desafios y lecciones aprendidas desde
América Latina. In: Fabio de Sa e Silva, Par Engstrom, and Veronica Hinestroza-Arenas
(Eds.) Respondiendo a la tortura: Perspectivas Latinoamericanas sobre un Desafío Global.
Bogota and London: The University of Externado Press and IBAHRI, 2020,
https://publicaciones.uexternado.edu.co/gpd-respondiendo-a-la-tortura-9789587902952.html
• Responsabilización legalizada y prevención de la tortura en la conciencia jurídica de
activistas brasileños. In: Fabio de Sa e Silva, Par Engstrom, and Veronica Hinestroza-Arenas
(Eds.) Respondiendo a la tortura: Perspectivas Latinoamericanas sobre un Desafío Global.
Bogota and London: The University of Externado Press and IBAHRI, 2020,
https://publicaciones.uexternado.edu.co/gpd-respondiendo-a-la-tortura-9789587902952.html
• The trial of Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. In: Conor Foley, Ed., In spite of you: voices of the
Brazilian resistance. New York: OR Books, 2019, https://www.orbooks.com/catalog/in-
spite-of-you/
• Los abogados, la gobernanza y la globalización: los caminos divergentes del “derecho de
interés público”. In: Daniel Bonilla (Ed.), Abogados y justicia social: Derecho de interés
público y clínicas jurídicas, Siglo del Hombre – Ediciones Uniandes, 2018,
https://libreriasiglo.com/ciencias-juridicas/45342-abogados-y-justicia-social-derecho-de-
interes-publico-y-clinicas-juridicas.html
• Making lawyers in BRICS: histories, challenges, and strategies for legal education reform.
In: Denis de Castro Halis, Rostam Neuwirth & Alexandr Svetlicinni (Eds.), The BRICS-
Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation. NY: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2018,
https://cambridge.org/core/books/abs/bricslawyers-guide-to-global-cooperation/making-
lawyers-in-brics/952869F2F02681502C36BF40A740975C
• Doing well and doing good in an emerging economy: the social construction of pro bono
among corporate lawyers and law firms in Sao Paulo. In: Luciana G. Cunha, Daniela M.
Gabbay, José G. Ghirardi, David M. Trubek, & David B. Wilkins (Eds.), The Brazilian Legal
Profession in the Age of Globalization, NY: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2017,
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/brazilian-legal-profession-in-the-age-of-
globalization/doing-well-and-doing-good-in-an-emerging-
economy/DD03948ECBD85D6F7FBBAD67A8B602C8
• Lawyering in new developmentalism: legal professionals and the construction of the
Telecoms sector in the emerging Brazil, 1980s–2010s (with David Trubek). In: Luciana G.
Cunha, Daniela M. Gabbay, José G. Ghirardi, David M. Trubek, & David B. Wilkins (Eds.),
The Brazilian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization, NY: Cambridge Univ. Press,
2017, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/brazilian-legal-profession-in-the-age-of-
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globalization/lawyering-in-new-
developmentalism/00457BCE889AB179D7EC1AAC9D87DA6E
Book reviews
• Jessica A. J. Rich, State-Sponsored Activism: Bureaucrats and Social Movements in
Democratic Brazil, Journal of Latin American Studies, 2021.
• Santos, Boaventura de Sousa, Towards a Democratic Revolution of Justice. Law & Society
Review, v. 42-3, p. 696-700, 2008.
• Santos, Boaventura de Sousa, Para uma revolução democrática da justiça. Revista Crítica de
Ciências Sociais, 78:173-176, 2007.
Others
• Interview. Libertas journal, Issue 1, n. 1, 2022, UnB LABGEPEN & Catholic University of
Pelotas, https://revistas.ucpel.edu.br/libertas/article/view/3224/1883
In preparation/under review
Book
• Oscar Vilhena Vieira et al (Eds.), Estado de Direito e Populismo Autoritário: Erosão e e
Resistência institucional no Brasil (2018-2022). São Paulo: FGV University Press, 2023.
Journal articles
• Agents of power: Legal educators in a (formerly) Globalizing World. Essay in review of
Bryant Garth and Gregory Shaffer (Eds.). 2022. The Globalization of Legal Education: A
Critical Perspective. New York: Oxford University Press. In preparation for submission to
Journal of Legal Education, 2023.
• Lawyers’ Public Service in Global Sociolegal Context: Pro Bono’s Emergence as a
Transnational Field of Research, Practice, and Power (with Scott Cummings). In preparation
for journal or law review submission.
Book chapters
• Law and Illiberalism in the Global South. In preparation for the Oxford Handbook of
Illiberalism.
• Combate à Corrupção e Integridade para Além de Lava Jatos e Lavajatismos: Reflexões
sobre Direito, Política, Economia e Integridade num Diálogo com Diogo de Sant’ana. In:
Vinicius M. de Carvalho et al (eds.). Estudos em homenagem a Diogo de Sant’ana, 2022.

SCIENTIFIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Podcast Host
• PALcast (The Podcast on Autocratic Legalism), which, to date, featured: Javier Corrales,
Oscar Vieira, Rick Abel, Anthony Pereira, Bojan Bugaric, Helena Alviar, Kim Lane
Scheppele, Tom Ginsburg, Swethaa Ballakrishnen, Michael McCann, David M. Trubek,
Ryleigh Horst, and Sofia Rolim. Check episodes at: http://anchor.fm/the-pal-cast
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SELECTED POLICY STUDIES ON BRAZILIAN JUSTICE AND SECURITY

Book
• Violência e Segurança Pública. São Paulo: Fundação Perseu Abramo, 2014. 105p.
Articles, book chapters, and reports
• Agenda de Segurança Cidadã: por um Novo Paradigma (with Alberto Winogron et al).
Brasilia, Brazil: National House of Representatives Center for Studies and Strategic Debates,
2018 https://livraria.camara.leg.br/agenda-de-seguranca-cidada-por-um-novo-paradigma
• Barcos contra a corrente: a Política Nacional de Segurança Pública de Dilma Rousseff a
Michel Temer. Atlas da Violência. Brasília: Ipea & Forum Brasileiro de Segurança Pública,
2017, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/8069
• A Aplicação de penas e medidas alternativas (with Alexandre Cunha et al). Rio de Janeiro:
Ipea, 2015, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/7517
• Reincidência Criminal no Brasil (with Alexandre Cunha et al). Rio de Janeiro: Ipea, 2015,
http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/7510
• A pluralidade de sociedades civis na segurança pública: deliberação e concepções de
representação política no Conasp. Democracia e Participação, 1:133 (with Gabriela Cardoso
and Julian Borba), 2015, https://issuu.com/secretariageralpr/docs/revistadp_1
• Mapa da Defensoria Pública no Brasil (with Tatiana W. Moura et al). Brasilia: Ipea;
ANADEP, 2013, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/2419
• Justiça e território: estado da arte, abordagens possíveis e questões problemáticas a partir de
uma meta-análise de estudos recentes. In: Brasil em desenvolvimento, 2013. Brasília: Ipea, p.
173-, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/3913
• “Nem isto, nem aquilo”: trajetória e características da política nacional de segurança pública
(2000-2012), Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública, 6:412, 2012,
http://revista.forumseguranca.org.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/128
• Participação social e governança democrática na segurança pública: possibilidades para a
atuação do Conselho Nacional de Segurança Pública. Texto para Discussão n. 1714 (with
Fabio Deboni). Brasília: Ipea, 2012, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/1243.
• Opinião pública, pesquisa aplicada e reforma da justiça: contribuições e desafios, políticos e
analíticos. In: Fabio Schiavinatto. (Ed.) Sistema de Indicadores de Percepção Social (SIPS).
Brasília: Ipea, 2011, pp. 17-42, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/3097
• De cada um conforme suas capacidades”: participação, ambientes institucionais e capacidade
de incidência em políticas públicas, In: Roberto Rocha C. Pires et al (Eds.) Efetividade das
instituições participativas no Brasil: estratégias de avaliação. Brasília: Ipea, p. 187-196,
2011, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/3089
• Métodos qualitativos de avaliação e suas contribuições para o aprimoramento de políticas
públicas (with Roberto Pires and Felix Lopez). In: Brasil em Desenvolvimento, 2010.
Brasília, DF: Ipea, http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/3806
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• Desenho, contexto e qualidade deliberativa em conferências nacionais : uma análise dos

debates e proposições sobre o sistema penitenciário na I Conferência Nacional de Segurança
Pública – I CONSEG. In: Brasil em Desenvolvimento, 2010. Brasília, DF: Ipea,
http://repositorio.ipea.gov.br/handle/11058/3804
• Education for All and the Dream of an Alternative Prison Policy in Brazil. Convergence,
42(2-4), pp. 187-211, 2009, https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ932438
• International cooperation, government partnerships and social inclusion through education:
lessons learned from the Educating for Freedom project. In: UNESCO, MEC and MJ (Eds.).
Educating for freedom: trajectory, debates and proposals of a project for education in
Brazilian prisons. Brasília, DF: UNESCO, 2006. Published in English, Portuguese and
Spanish, https://www.cmv-educare.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Educating-freedom.pdf

FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS

Funded or under review only
• CIS Junior Faculty Fellowship, US$ 7,000 (project on autocratic legalism in Brazil and
beyond), 2022–2023
• National Science Foundation, NRT-HDR: Data-intensive research and stakeholder
engagement for better understanding and navigating the socio-environmental systems in
Brazil, US$ 3,000,000 (under review, with co-PIs from several OU departments in the
natural and social sciences)
• São Paulo Research Foundation, “Jurists against democracy? Local-global struggles for the
reconfiguration of professional forces in the spheres of justice and public security” (under
review, with co-PIs from UNICAMP, UFSCAR, University of Toronto, and Bradford
University, R$ 815,256.02)
• Law and Society Association’s Global Collaboration Program, $80,000, Topical
Laboratory on Autocratic Legalism, 2021–2023
• CIS Junior Faculty Fellowship, US$ 6,920 (project on autocratic legalism in Brazil and
beyond), 2021–2022
• CIS Faculty Support Grant, US$ 1,440 (project on autocratic legalism in Brazil and
beyond), 2021–2022
• Office of the Vice-President for Research and Partnership––Faculty Investment
Program (project on autocratic legalism in Brazil and beyond), US$ $ 10,550, 2021–2022
• Office of the Vice-President for Research and Partnership–– Social Sciences,
Humanities, and Arts grant (project on COVID-19 responses in Brazil and the US) US$ $
19,430, 2021–2022
• CIS Junior Faculty Fellowship, US$ 2,000, 2020
• IAS Outstanding Faculty Award, 2019
• CIS Junior Faculty Fellowship, US$ 7,000, 2019
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• Contemporary Brazil Scholars Network (Title VI Proposal, US Department of

Education), collaborator in grant awarded to The University of Arizona, $ 20,000, 2019
• Ed Cline Award for Faculty Development, OU Faculty Senate, $ 2,500, 2018
• OU College of International Studies Faculty Support Grant, US$ 2,170, 2018
• National Science Foundation, US$ 15,000, funded, co-PI in Grant for “Global Pro Bono”
Workshop awarded to UCLA Law School, 2017
• FAP DF grant for International Conference Attendance, US$ 1,500, 2017
• CAPES fellowship for post–doctoral studies abroad & Harvard Law School’s Center on
the Legal Profession. Research fellowship and grant, Globalization and lawyering in
emerging economies project, 2015-16
• Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Juan Celaya Grant for Studies on
Law and Globalization, Euros 6,000, 2011
• Northeastern University, Cambridge, MA, Law, policy, and society dissertation research
grant, US$ 2,250, 2018
• CAPES/Fulbright fellowship for PhD studies in the United States, ranked 1st in the
selection process, among candidates from the area of social and behavioral sciences, 2008
• Northeastern University, Cambridge, MA, Tuition Award (NUTA), 2007–2008.
• CAPES fellowship for advanced studies in law and society, received special training and
mentorship in social sciences theories and methods, 1999–2002

SELECTED ACADEMIC CONFERENCES

• Non-presenting coauthor. Legal professionals and democracy: Local-global struggles to
reshape professionalism in the judicial and public safety systems. ISA Congress, July 2023.
• Non-presenting coauthor. Legal professionals and democracy: Local-global struggles to
reshape professionalism in the judicial and public safety systems. RCSL Working Group for
the Comparative Study of the Legal Profession, Coimbra, 10–12 July 2022.
• Paper Presenter. Courts as an Arena for Societal Change (Academic Conference).
University of Leiden, 2022.
• Paper presenter. Law and Illiberalism: A Sociolegal Review and Research Roadmap. Law
and Society Global Meeting, Lisbon, 2022.
• Roundtable participant. Open House: Project on Autocratic Legalism (PAL). Law and
Society Global Meeting, Lisbon, 2022.
• Roundtable participant. Autocratic Legalism in South Africa. Law and Society Global
Meeting, Lisbon, 2022.
• Panel organizer. Autocratic legalism in Brazil I. Law and Society Global Meeting, Lisbon,
2022.
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• Panel organizer. Autocratic legalism in Brazil II. Law and Society Global Meeting, Lisbon,
2022.
• Panel organizer. Autocratic legalism in India. Law and Society Global Meeting, Lisbon,
2022.
• Panel organizer. Autocratic Legalism in Brazil, India, South Africa, and beyond. Law and
Society Global Meeting, Lisbon, 2022.
• Discussant. Judging for the people: a comparative assessment of Judicial Populism. Law
and Society Global Meeting, Lisbon, 2022.
• Discussant. Shaping the Political Life of Lawyers through Education and Practice. Law and
Society Global Meeting, Lisbon, 2022.
• Plenary Speaker. Democracy and Elections: Perspectives. BRASA Congress, 2022,
https://youtu.be/dVMzE6AS_eE
• Paper presenter. Relational Legal Consciousness and Anticorruption: Lava Jato, Social
Media Interactions, and the Co-Production of Law’s Detraction in Brazil (2017–2019).
BRASA Congress, 2022.
• Paper presenter. Autocratic legalism: conceptual framework and research agenda. Law and
Society Association Annual Meeting (virtual), 2021.
• Paper presenter. LSA 2021, Private Lawyers, Public Service, and State Transformations.
Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (virtual), 2021.
• Panelist. How to conference (service panel). Law and Society Association Annual Meeting
(virtual), 2021.
• Panelist. Listening Session on Scholarly Struggles During the Pandemic on Monday (service
panel). Law and Society Association, August 16, 2021.
• Paper presenter. From Car Wash to Bolsonaro: Law and Lawyers in Brazil's Illiberal Turn
(2014–2018). Law and Society Association Annual Meeting (virtual), 2020.
• Paper presenter. Fighting Corruption, Building Fascism? Legal Institutions and
Democratic Recession in Brazil. Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC, 2019.
• Paper presenter. Fighting Corruption, Building Fascism? Legal Institutions and
Democratic Recession in Brazil. In: Wars on law, wars through law? Reflections on the “past
of the present” of the “War on terror”: Cardiff Centre of Law and Society Annual
Conference, Cardiff School of Law and Politics, 2019.
• Chair/discussant. The Globalization of Corruption Law. Paper session, Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2019.
• Discussant. The BRICS-Lawyers' Guide to Global Cooperation. Author meets reader
session, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 2019.
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• Discussant. Invisible Institutionalism: Collective Reflections on the Shadows of Legal

Globalization. Paper session, Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, Washington,
DC, 2019.
• Paper presenter. A new republic of lawyers? Legal careers, state power, and political
change in contemporary Brazil. Brazilian Studies Association Annual Meeting, 2018.
• Paper presenter. Corruption control, law, and development. Law and Society Association
Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
• Chair. Brazilian Socio-legal Studies I. Paper session, Law and Society Association Annual
Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 2018.
• Book session. The BRICS-Lawyers’ Guide for Global Cooperation. Panel at the Institute of
Global Law and Policy Conference, Harvard Law School, 2018.
• Panelist. Global Pro Bono: Causes, Organization, and Consequences. Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico, 2017.
• Chair. Law and public policies in Latin America (Paper session, Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, Mexico City, Mexico), 2017.
• Paper presenter. Legal Power in the Fight Against Corruption: A Genealogy of the Legal
Field and Corruption Control in Contemporary Brazil. American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2016.
• Paper presenter. “The Hardest Issues in “Public Interest Lawyering” Today”. International
Legal Ethics Conference VII. Fordham Law School, NY, 2016.
• Paper presenter. “Lawyering in new developmentalism: legal professionals and the
construction of the Telecom sector in the emerging Brazil (1980s–2010s)”. IGLP Regional
Workshop, Cape Town, South Africa, 2016.
• Paper presenter. “Lawyering in new developmentalism: legal professionals and the
construction of the Telecom sector in the emerging Brazil (1980s–2010s)”. Law and Society
Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LO, 2016.
• Discussant. Africa as a new frontier? Lawyers & extractive economies. Paper session, Law
and Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LO, 2016.
• Chair and discussant. Regulating Particular Social Behaviors. Paper session, Law and
Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LO, 2016.
• Paper presenter. “Doing well and doing good in an emerging economy: the social
construction of pro bono among corporate lawyers and law firms in Sao Paulo, Brazil. 2015
Pro Bono Institute Annual Conference. Capital Hilton, Washington, DC, 2015.
• Panelist. How to Organize a National or Regional Sociolegal Association. Law and Society
Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 2015.
• Paper presenter. “Lawyering in new developmentalism: legal professionals and the
construction of the Telecom sector in the emerging Brazil (1980s–2010s)”. University of
Brasilia Law School, Brasilia, Brazil, 2015.
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• Paper presenter. “Lawyering in new developmentalism: legal professionals and the

construction of the Telecom sector in the emerging Brazil (1980s–2010s)”. Institute for
Global Law and Policy 2015 Conference. Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, 2015.
• Paper presenter. “Doing well and doing good in an emerging economy: the social
construction of pro bono among corporate lawyers and law firms in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Private Lawyers for the Public Good Panel, Global Pro Bono Conference. Harvard Law
School, Cambridge, MA, 2014.
• Panelist. Special 50th Anniversary Roundtable: Linking Our Scholarship to Policy and
Social Change (Law and Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN), 2014.
• Chair and discussant. Comparative Perspectives of Transitional Justice (Paper session,
Law and Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN), 2014.
• Chair and discussant. Analyzing Global and Transnational Governance Regimes. (Paper
session, Law and Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN), 2014.
• Paper presenter. “Doing well and doing good in an emerging economy: the social
construction of pro bono among corporate lawyers and law firms in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Research workshop. Fordham Law School, New York, NY, 2013.
• Paper presenter. “Doing well and doing good in an emerging economy: the social
construction of pro bono among corporate lawyers and law firms in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Law
and Society Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2013

INVITED TALKS, PRESENTATIONS AND COLLOQUIA

• The Fletcher School, Tufts University. Rising Power Coalitions: Reimagining Global
Governance? December 1–2, 2022
• UC Santa Barbara. Latin American and Iberian Studies Program, Populism, Authoritarian
Governments, and Brazil Elections, Oct 14, 2022
• OU Center for the Americas. Brazilian Presidential Elections: What is at Stake?, Oct 6,
2022, https://calendar.ou.edu/cis/event/92823-1
• Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan. WCED Roundtable
Flashpoint: Brazil's Elections., Oct 4, 2022, available at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvvUtjpYnjQ
• Journal launch talk. Libertas journal, Issue 1, n. 1, 2022, UnB LABGEPEN & Catholic
University of Pelotas, Aug 10, 2022, https://youtu.be/bZ6AVS3Jl7Y
• Presenter. Research Workshop: Intellectuals against liberal democracy Academia, media,
and culture. Jun 2–3, 2022, Institut d’études avancées de Paris, France.
• Panelist. Health Care Professionals and Vaccine Hesitancy across the Americas. OU
Humanity and Health Webinar Series, May 9, 2022,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6z9SAyBP-4
• Guest lecture. State University of Rio de Janeiro, From Car Wash to Bolsonaro: Law and
Lawyers in Brazil's Illiberal Turn (2014–2018), Apr 29, 2022.
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• Guest speaker. University of Vermont, The 2022 Brazilian Elections, Apr 26, 2022.
• Speaker. University of California, Irvine. Book launch panel, Global Burning: Rising
Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis (by Even Darian-Smith), Apr 20, 2022.
• Panelist. DSA–USA, The 2022 Brazilian Elections, Apr 19, 2022.
• Speaker. Can Brazil defeat the far-right? Similarities and differences between US 2020 and
Brazil 2022. Mar 15, 2022, San Diego State University.
• Guest Lecture. Global Pro Bono. Harvard Law School (Legal Profession Seminar), Mar 1,
2022.
• Speaker. University of São Paulo, Closing Seminar of the Binational Research Project
"Corporate Crime and Systemic Corruption in Brazil",
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=YBWRv0cJFnQ, Feb 14, 2022.
• Discussant. FGV Law SP (Graduate Program in Law and Development), Democratic decline
and authoritarian institutions in Brazil, Dec 9, 2021.
• Speaker. Brazilian Association of Jurists for Democracy/International Seminar, The use of
law as a tool in political conflicts, https://youtu.be/JLYhu-foC6o?t=2068, Dec 2, 2021.
• Discussant. The University of Oklahoma Carceral Studies Consortium Film Screening (The
Prison in 12 Landscapes), Dec 1, 2021.
• Keynote speaker. University Center Vale do Salgado, The transnational war on corruption,
https://www.univs.edu.br/efeitos-da-corrupcao-a-nivel-global-serao-discutidos-em-palestra-
com-estudantes-de-direito-da-univs/, Nov 11, 2021.
• Keynote speaker. Catholic University of Pelotas (Graduate Program in Social Policy)/VII
Seminar on Social Policies in the MERCOSUR, Brazil in global context: public safety and
democracy, Nov 9, 2021.
• Roundtable participant. Jindal Global Law Review, Autocratic Legalism in India, Oct 23,
2021.
• Speaker. PILNet Virtual Global Forum, Pro bono in Brazil,
https://www.pilnet.org/event/pilnet-global-forum/2021-speakers/, October 20, 2021,
• Panelist. Brazilian Institute on Penal Execution/VIII National Meeting on Penal Execution,
The state of unconstitutional affairs in Brazilian prisons,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FVrbJluoQQ, Oct 13, 2021.
• Speaker. OU Center for Studies in Democracy and Culture, An Update: Developments in
Brazil, http://tulsagrad.ou.edu/csdc/E_Silva2021.html, Oct 5, 2021.
• Discussant. OU Center for the Americas, Elections and Democracy in Peru and beyond, Sep
17, 2021.
• Keynote Speaker. Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region/Conference Cycles
(Graduate Program in Law), The fight against corruption and the Brazilian crisis,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A38vHENhilI, Sep 16, 2021.
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• Discussant. Ipea, II Mapa das Defensorias Públicas Estaduais e Distrital no Brasil,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68d-95OyXoU, Aug 6, 2021.
• Discussant. Federal University of ABC (Graduate Program in Public Policy), Public
Prosecutors and Educational Policies, Jul 16, 2021.
• Discussant. Democracy, Pour Le Bresil Conference, Sciences-Po University, Paris,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ8WPJ932V4, Jun 26, 2021.
• Guest lecture. University of Sao Paulo Law School (Graduate Program), From Car Wash to
Bolsonaro: Law and Lawyers in Brazil's Illiberal Turn (2014–2018), May 31, 2021.
• Discussant. Ipea, Leviatãs Criminosos: Como Gangues Governam, Organizam o Crime e
Desafiam o Estado Atrás das Grades (Book talk by Benjamin Lessing, University of
Chicago), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG5QCHnaSkE, May 13, 2021.
• Keynote Speaker. State University of Rio Grande do Norte Law School/Legal Dialogues:
Democracy and the Judicial Branch. From Car Wash to Bolsonaro: Law and Lawyers in
Brazil's Illiberal Turn (2014–2018), May 5, 2021.
• Panelist. World Social Forum – Justice and Democracy, Between the Justice System and
Geopolitical Wars, https://youtu.be/kHfKKGixG-8, Apr 28, 2021.
• Panelist. The University of Oklahoma Green Week Student’s Panel, Apr 20, 2021.
• Panelist. FIBRA International Brazilian Front, Dialogues on Anticorruption Efforts in
Brazil: Justice, the Media, and Lava Jato: https://youtu.be/MNo1eY1Tk0U, Apr 11, 2021.
• Panelist. Federal University of Pará (Graduate Program in Political Science). The lava jato
operation and the crisis of Brazilian democracy,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUH7TU5-luA&t=11s, Mar 31, 2021.
• Guest lecture. FGV Law SP (Graduate Program in Law and Development), Legal research
as a profession, Mar 4, 2021.
• Panelist. FGV Law SP (Graduate Program in Law and Development), Contemporary
challenges to the Rule of Law, Mar 2, 2021.
• Guest lecture. National Judicial School (Graduate Program), Driving forces, challenges, and
possible ventures in socio-legal (empirical legal) research in Brazil, Feb 10, 2021.
• Guest lecture. UFMG (Graduate Program in Sociology), From Car Wash to Bolsonaro: Law
and Lawyers in Brazil's Illiberal Turn (2014–2018), Feb 3, 2021.
• Panelist. World Social Forum – Justice and Democracy, Justice Systems and Coups in Latin
America, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdaT5ViaD_s, Jan 29, 2021
• Speaker. Brazil’s far-right turn and the future of BRICS. In: Rising Power
Alliances/Coalitions Conference (organized by Kelly Sims Gallagher). The Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, 2020 (Postponed due to COVID19)
• Guest Speaker. International Studies Colloquium (Graduate course, MAIS Program, taught
by Aqil Shah). University of Oklahoma, 2020
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• Panelist. COVID-19 and inequalities in Brazil and the United States. OU Center for Brazil
Studies, OU Center for the Americas, and OU Community Medical School Global Public
Health Interest Group (29/12/2020)
• Panelist. The Justice system and responses to COVID-19. CISCA - Congresso Internacional
de Saúde da Criança e do Adolescente (Panel on “The COVID-19 pandemic and the effects
of politics on health care decisions), 2020.
• Keynote speaker. Education for Social Justice. XV Advanced Course on Human Rights,
Institute for Development and Human Rights, 2020.
• Keynote speaker. The international human rights backlash and its impact on Brazil. III
Amazonian Congress on International Human Rights Law. 2020.
• Keynote speaker. Law, Power and Society. II Research Seminar at the USP Ribeirao Preto
Law School, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j33-WMXKOU.
• Invited talk. From carwash to Bolsonaro: From Car Wash to Bolsonaro: Law and Lawyers
in Brazil's Illiberal Turn (2014–2018). Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, 2020.
• Panelist. Black Lives Matter. ANDHEP (National Association for Research and Graduate
Education in Human Rights) online seminar, 2020,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZv2EFBUCzg
• Panelist. Lava jato’s legal plot and the Brazilian political crisis. Advogadas e Advogados
Públicos pela democracia (Government lawyers for democracy) online seminar, 2020,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhJ235UwLuA.
• Keynote speaker. The political expansion of justice. 30 years of “The Law Found on the
Street”. University of Brasilia Law School, Brazil, 2019.
https://direitoachadonarua.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/programacaocompleta.pdf
• Invited talk. Fighting Corruption, Building Fascism? Legal Institutions and Democratic
Recession in Brazil. Yale Law School’s Human Rights Workshop, 2019.
https://law.yale.edu/yls-today/yale-law-school-events/human-rights-workshop-fabio-de-sa-e-
silva-fighting-corruption-building-fascism-legal-institutions
• Panelist. Anti-Corruption Efforts and the International Circulation of Ideas. Harvard
University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 2019.
https://drclas.harvard.edu/event/anti-corruption-efforts-and-international-circulation-ideas
• Panelist. The politics of anticorruption in Latin America. Latin Americanist Lunch Series.
University of Oklahoma, Center for the Americas, 2019.
• Invited talk. A new republic of lawyers? Legal careers, state power, and political change in
contemporary Brazil. Brown University Lecture Series, 2018.
• Panelist. Brazilian Studies in the United States: The Road Ahead. Yale University, 2018.
Communication published in Kenneth Jackson, Ed., Brazilian Studies in the United States:
The Road Ahead. New Haven: Yale Center for the Study of the Globalization, 2020,
https://us-
brazil.macmillan.yale.edu/sites/default/files/us_brazilian_studies_2018_conference_final.pdf
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• Panelist. Lula’s Trial and the (un)rule of law in Brazil. Latin Americanist Lunch Series.
University of Oklahoma, Center for the Americas, 2018.
• Panelist. Political Polarization, Legal Uncertainty, and Institutional Distrust: The Current
Brazilian Crisis. University of Michigan’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies,
Ann Arbor, MI, 2017.
• Panelist. Lawyers and Social Movements in the Emerging “Public Interest Law” Movement
in Brazil. Cause lawyers, the legal profession, and social movements. UCLA Law School,
Los Angeles, CA, 2015.
• Panelist. Global Pro Bono: Perspectives from Latin America. Harvard Law School’s Center
on the Legal Profession Speakers Series, Cambridge, MA, 2015.
• Panelist. Perspectives from Brazil: Legal, Political, Social. Harvard Law School’s Center on
the Legal Profession Speakers Series, Cambridge, MA, 2015.

DISSERTATIONS AND THESES COMMITTEES

(Prior to 2017 I participated in another 35 undergraduate and graduate thesis and dissertations
committees not included in this CV).
Doctoral Dissertations
• Guilherme Lopes Correa, PhD in Music (General Exam), University of Oklahoma, 2022.
• Pedro Manuel. PhD in Political Science (General Exam), University of Oklahoma, 2022.
• Rafael Zago. PhD in Economics, University of Oklahoma, 2022.
• Salimeh Abedini Birang. PhD in Economics (General Exam), University of Oklahoma,
2021.
• Juliana Neves Lopes Rodrigues. “Roubar e traficar em belo horizonte: determinantes da
articulação para distintos fluxos da justiça criminal”. PhD in Sociology, Federal University of
Minas Gerais, 2021.
• Caio Coelho Rodrigues. “Organizational corruption: review, typology, and a path forward”.
PhD in Public Administration (General Exam), FGV Business School, 2021.
• Luciano Nunes Santos Filho. “A judicialização da megapolítica no brasil: o protagonismo
judicial nos processos criminais que envolvem (ex) mandatários de cargos políticos ao serem
perquiridos com forte interesse popular - caso Lula”. PhD in Criminal Sciences (General
Exam), PUC/RS.
• Ana Claudia Vinholes Siqueira Lucas. A política penitenciária nacional aprisionada na
Política Nacional de Segurança Pública. PhD in Social Policy and Human Rights, Catholic
University of Pelotas, 2018
• Iran Guerrero Andrade. Abogados ativistas en Mexico. PhD in Social Sciences, Latin
American School of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Mexico, 2018.
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• Antonio Escrivão Filho. Mobilização Social do Direito e Expansão Política da Justiça:

Análise do Encontro entre Movimento Camponês e Função Judicial. PhD in Law, University
of Brasilia School of Law, 2018.
• Fernando Luís Coelho Antunes. Criminologia e movimentos sociais: a participação da
sociedade civil nas políticas de segurança e criminal. PhD in Law, University of Brasilia
School of Law, 2018.
• Luciana Silva Garcia. Diálogos entre o Judiciário e o Executivo: possibilidades para a
execução de políticas públicas de Direitos Humanos no Brasil. PhD in Law, University of
Brasilia School of Law, 2017.
• Cleuton Cesar Ripol de Freitas. Ocupar, resistir e produzir: a aprendizagem da turma
Evandro Lins e Silva. PhD in Law, University of Brasilia School of Law, 2014
• Jose Humberto Goes Junior. O que é direito para que se possa ensiná-lo. PhD in Law,
University of Brasilia School of Law, 2013.
Master’s Theses and Non-Theses Works
• Paulo Adaías de Carvalho Afonso. Delação Premiada e Operação Lava Jato. Federal
University of Mato Grosso do Sul, MA in Human Rights, 2022.
• José Renato Hofras Lofrano. O contrabando de agrotóxicos pela fronteira de Mato Grosso
do Sul com o Paraguai. Ameaça à saúde, ao meio ambiente e ao desenvolvimento
sustentável. Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, MA in Human Rights, 2022.
• Mikaylin Elliott. Disinformation Campaigns & Participatory Democracy in Deeply Divided
Societies (A Colombian 2016 Peacebuilding Priority Plan Case Study), MA in International
Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2021.
• Micaela Chamon. “A Tale of Two Pandemics and the Shortcomings of International Law:
Examining gender-based violence in Bolivia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by
scrutinizing international laws’ limitations in mitigating human rights abuses during periods
of crisis”, MA in International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2021.
• Edson Baeta. “Inovações institucionais do ministério público – há legitimidade na utilização
de quaisquer estratégias para formular políticas públicas e intervir em agendas políticas?”,
Certificate (post-graduate degree) in separation of powers, public prosecutors, and
judicialization, Public Prosecutor's Office in Minas Gerais/Center for Studies and
Professional Development and Federal University of Minas Gerais, 2021.
• Paula Heloísa da Silva Ribeiro. Thesis: Meta Think Tanks da China e dos Estados Unidos:
o Poder Através das Ideias e a Economia Política das Políticas Públicas. MA in Global
Political Economy, Federal University of ABC, 2020.
• Cecilia Cain. Policy Exercise: Mexican Oil Policy. MA in International Studies, University
of Oklahoma, 2020
• Emina Alibegovic. Policy exercise: C40 cities climate network in urban climate governance
– case study of good practice policies in Stockholm, Sweden. MA in International Studies,
University of Oklahoma, 2019
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• Jessica Ladd. Policy exercise: How to Stop Counter Terror Policies in the European Union
from Eroding the Right to Freedom of Expression and the Right to Privacy. MA in
International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2019
• Neira Kadic. Thesis: Twitter Resistance and Digital Testimonio(s) in 140 characters:
Restoring the complexity of Mexico’s hashtag feminism. MA in International Studies,
University of Oklahoma, 2019.
• Jessica Weiss. What Is Hidden Within International Anti-Human Trafficking Laws? MA in
International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2019.
• Jamie Franzese. The Dissonance Between Democracy’s Promise and Its Gendered Reality.
MA in International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2018.
• Rachael Brown. (Mis)Understanding Brexit: Implications on Higher Education. MA in
International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2018.
• Sara Short. Religious jurisprudence and islamophobia: The United States, France, and
Canada. MA in International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2018.
• Alexandra Franklin. Taiwan First: The Role of National Identity in Protectionist Trade
Policies. MA in International Studies, University of Oklahoma, 2018.
• Guo Xinyan. The Application of Non-Market Economy Concept in the WTO Regime: The
Case of China. MA in Law, University of Macau, 2018.
• Adriana Vasconcelos. O legado da política de segurança para grandes eventos para a
política de segurança pública no Brasil. MA in Public Policy and Development,
Ipea/National School for Public Administration, 2018.
• João Telésforo de Medeiros Filho. Neoconstitucionalismo, democracia liberal e
colonialidade do poder: o caso da criação do Tribunal Constitucional da Bolívia (1992-1999).
MA in Law, University of Brasilia School of Law, 2017.
• Alex Graçano. O assessoramento jurídico do poder executivo federal prestado pela
Procuradoria Geral Federal. Uma visão sobre a atuação da Procuradoria Federal
Especializada junto ao INSS. . MA in Public Policy and Development, Ipea/National School
for Public Administration, 2017.
• Rodrigo Eloy Arantes. O papel da Secretaria Federal de Controle Interno no Apoio à Gestão
das Entidades Públicas Federais: uma análise sob a perspectiva dos gestores federais. MA in
Public Policy and Development, Ipea/National School for Public Administration, 2017.

UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE, AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

University of Oklahoma
• IAS Area Coordinator (Latin America), 2021–Present.
• IAS Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2017–Present.
• Center for the Americas Steering Committee, August 2019–Present.
• The CIS Strategic Planning Steering Committee, 2021–Present.
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• CIS Scholarship Committee, 2018–2020.

• CIS ad-hoc Committee to Analyze Applications for Faculty-in-Residence at the OU Centers
in Puebla and in Rio, 2017–2019.
• CIS Education Abroad Safety and Security Committee, 2017–Present.
• OU Center for Social Justice Clyde Snow Award, 2017–Present.
• Ad-hoc committee to help select the new department chair, 2019.
• Conoco-Phillips Chair for Latin American Studies search committee, 2020 and 2021–22.
Other meaningful institutional contributions
International Legal Ethics Conference (ILEC).
• Advisory Board Member, 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID19).
Institute for Applied Economic Research, Ipea.
• Gender/racial Equality Committee, 1st Chair, 2014.
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Political Science
• External member in search committee for assistant professor in political science (political
theory, justice, and rights area), 2014.
• Steering committee member, Center for Studies on the Brazilian Justice, 2010–2012.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Active memberships
Law and Society Association
• Faculty Mentor, Graduate Student Workshop, 2022.
• Global Law & Society Meeting Program Committee Member, 2022.
• Trustee (Elected), Class of 2023
• International Activities Committee Member (Appointed), 2019–present
• Stanton Wheeler Mentorship Award, Committee member (Appointed), 2015
• Member, 2007–present
Brazilian Studies Association
• Executive Committee Member (Elected), 2020–2022
• Member, 2017–present
Brazilian Forum of Public Safety
• Member, 2019–present
Reviewer in academic journals and series
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• Brasil em Desenvolvimento/Ipea
• Journal of Latin American Studies
• Law & Policy
• Law & Society Review
• Law and Social Inquiry
• Legal Ethics
• Oñati Sociolegal Series
• RELAC/Latin American Criminology Review
• Rev Bras Ciências Criminais
• Rev Bras Ciências Sociais
• Rev Bras Seg Pub/ Brazilian Journal of Public Safety
• Rev Ciência e Saúde Coletiva
• Rev de Est Emp Dir/Brazilian J Emp Leg St
• Rev Dir GV/ FGV Law Review
• Revista Brasileira de Ciência Política/Brazilian Journal of Political Science
• Revista Brasileira de Informação Bibliográfica em Ciências Sociais
• Revista Opinião Jurídica
• Sistema Penal & Violência
• Teoria e Sociedade
• Texto para Discussão Ipea
• VRÜ/World Comparative Law
Editorial board member in journals and series
• Libertas
• Law, Economy, and Society Book Series, Blucher Open Access
• Revista dos Estudantes de Publicas
• Constituição e Democracia
• Brasil em Desenvolvimento
Other meaningful referee activities
South Africa’s National Research Foundation
• Ad hoc reviewer, assisting the Foundation “in evaluating the quality, impact and standing
of the research portfolio” of South African scholars.
National Science Foundation
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• Ad hoc grant proposals reviewer, Law & social sciences area, 2011
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Department of Political Science.
• Grant proposals reviewer, Center for Studies on the Brazilian Justice, 2010–2012.
Instituto Brasileiro de Ciencias Criminais (IBCCrim).
• Annual Prize for Best Book Manuscript Committee member, 2011

PUBLIC SERVICE
Washington Brazil Office
• Research fellow, 2022–
Penal policy lab, University of Brasilia School of Law
• Research and advocacy network around prison and public safety policy, Member, 2016–
Brazilian House of Representatives Center for Advanced Studies
• Working Group to support the Center in the development of new policy solutions around
public safety, Member, 2011–14
Ministry of Justice, Brasilia, Brazil
• Working Group to support the Brazilian federal government in the development of public
policies on alternatives to incarceration, Member, 2007
Ministry of Human Rights, Brasilia, Brazil
• National Committee for Human Rights Education, Member, 2005
Congressional testimonies
• Brazilian House of Representatives. Hearing on incarcerated women, 2005.
• Brazilian House of Representatives. Hearing on prisoners’ right to vote, 2006.

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCES

• WION World News. Soccer star Pele, Brazilian legend of the beautiful game, passes away,
Dec 29, 2022, available at: https://youtu.be/baAnKSygj0k
• Radio Escafandro Podcast. Interviewed. Bolsonaro vai pagar? , Nov 2022,
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6MDKDZVc6XgZQlvvvxhc9i?si=RWnXFAP4SwmBGi5-
ubOfYQ
• Chutando a Escada Podcast. Interviewed. Episode “Midterms e o Futuro do Trumpismo”,
Nov 2022, available at:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0CKpqfUmJNwZmKe45nnKvM?si=5ANp2QF4Rkerg8Pl
WYVDEQ
• Correio Brasiliense. Quoted in: “Reatando laços com o Executivo”, Nov 14, 2022 (In print).
• WION World News. Interviewed in: “Brazil Presidential Polls: Lula Da Silva calls for peace
and unity after victory,” Oct 30, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0v4JGD7uHE
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• Truthout. Quoted in: Bolsonaro and Allies Accused of Massive Vote-Buying Operation
Ahead of Election, Oct 29, 2022, https://truthout.org/articles/bolsonaro-and-allies-accused-
of-massive-vote-buying-operation-ahead-of-election/
• US News & World Report. Quoted in: “What’s Next for Brazil Following Its Presidential
Runoff?”, Oct 27, 2022, https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2022-10-
27/the-high-stakes-for-brazils-presidential-election
• Correio Brasiliense. Quoted in: “Reação violenta acena aos radicais”, Oct 25, 2022 (In
print).
• Folha de São Paulo. Quoted in: “Entenda como funciona a votação dos presos, em vigor
desde 2010”. Oct 13, 2022. https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/poder/2022/10/entenda-como-
funciona-a-votacao-dos-presos-em-vigor-desde-2010.shtml
• Fonte Segura. Op-ed. O perdão de Biden por porte de cannabis e o atraso do debate sobre
drogas no Brasil. Oct 13, 2022. https://fontesegura.forumseguranca.org.br/o-perdao-de-
biden-por-porte-de-cannabis-e-o-atraso-do-debate-sobre-drogas-no-brasil/
• CONJUR. Quoted in: “Apoio de Moro e Deltan a Bolsonaro difere da postura de atores da
'mãos limpas',” Oct 6, 2022, https://www.conjur.com.br/2022-out-02/dupla-lava-jato-
demonstracao-forca-votacao-parana
• CONJUR. Quoted in: “Dupla da 'lava jato' dá demonstração de força com votação no
Paraná,” Oct 2, 2022, https://www.conjur.com.br/2022-out-02/dupla-lava-jato-demonstracao-
forca-votacao-parana
• The World. Former Brazilian President Lula leading polls, despite checkered history. Sep
28, 2022. https://theworld.org/media/2022-09-28/former-brazilian-president-lula-leading-
polls-despite-checkered-history
• Podcast Afipea (Guest). Mundo Pós-Pandemia – Episódio 2: Política, Instituições e o
Futuro do Estado e da Democracia, Sep 29, 2022,
https://afipeasindical.org.br/comunicados/podcast-mundo-pos-pandemia-ep-10/
• Law.Com. Op-ed. Lula’s Victory in Brazil Would be Great News for Lawyers and Foreign
Investors. Sep 29, 2022. https://www.law.com/international-edition/2022/09/29/lulas-victory-
in-brazil-would-be-great-news-for-lawyers-and-foreign-investors/
• TV GGN. Interviewed. “A Lava Jato plantou a semente do ‘Fora STF’, diz pesquisador”,
Aug 25, 2022, https://youtu.be/SZ2A9lsv65w
• TVT. Interviewed, Aug 25, 2022.
• DCM. Interviewed, Aug 25, 2022.
• NACLA. Brazil on Fire (Podcast). Interviewed in multiple episodes, Fall 2022,
https://nacla.org/brazil-on-fire-podcast
• Agência Pública. Interviewed. “‘Fora STF’ nasceu com lava jato”, diz pesquisador que estudou posts
de Deltan no Facebook, Aug 18, 2022, https://apublica.org/sentinela/2022/08/fora-stf-nasceu-
com-a-lava-jato-diz-pesquisador-que-estudou-posts-de-deltan-no-facebook/
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• Jornal do Brasil. Interviewed. “‘Fora STF’ nasceu com lava jato”, diz pesquisador que estudou posts
de Deltan no Facebook (reproduction). Aug 19, 2022,
https://www.jb.com.br/pais/2022/08/1039210-fora-stf-nasceu-com-lava-jato-diz-pesquisador-
que-estudou-posts-de-deltan-no-facebook.html
• Carta Capital. Interviewed. “‘Fora STF’ nasceu com lava jato”, diz pesquisador que estudou posts de
Deltan no Facebook (reproduction). Aug 18, 2022,
https://www.cartacapital.com.br/politica/fora-stf-nasceu-com-a-lava-jato-diz-pesquisador-
que-estudou-posts-de-deltan-no-facebook/
• CONJUR. Research featured in: “Ataques de Deltan a STF e Congresso estimularam
bolsonarismo, diz professor,” Aug 2, 2022, https://www.conjur.com.br/2022-ago-05/ataques-
deltan-stf-estimularam-bolsonarismo-professor
• O Estado de Sítio (Podcast). TSF Radio (Portugal). O Brasil a caminho de eleições, guerra
na Ucrânia e o Dia Internacional Contra o Tráfico de Pessoas, Jul 30, 2022,
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UVHiIdMCLRW88qNrsC9V3?si=rAoJogMzQGyBXL7tP
ePJ8A
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: Próxima presidente do STF, Rosa Weber causa receio em
bolsonaristas, Jun 15, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/05/5007965-proxima-presidente-do-stf-
rosa-weber-causa-receio-em-bolsonaristas.html
• TV Justiça. Interviewed in: Direito sem Fronteiras (Investigação da Câmara dos EUA), Jun
14, 2022, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOT5efcz9gU
• Correio Braziliense. Interview: “Bolsonaro se empenha em vender um faz de conta”, diz
professor de Oklahoma, Jun 13, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/06/5014911-bolsonaro-se-empenha-em-
vender-um-faz-de-conta-diz-professor-de-oklahoma.html
• O Globo. Quoted in: Pandemia pode ter levado Brasil a ter recorde histórico de 919.651
presos, Jun 5, 2022, https://oglobo.globo.com/brasil/noticia/2022/06/pandemia-pode-ter-
levado-brasil-a-ter-recorde-historico-de-919651-presos.ghtml
• Instituto República. Commentary on Constitutional Amendment Proposal 63/05, May 24,
2022, https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cd9UDtSpSa3/
• Folha de São Paulo. Quoted in: Mulheres de presos mostram rotina no TikTok e acumulam
milhares de seguidores, May 21, 2022,
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/cotidiano/2022/05/mulheres-de-presos-mostram-rotina-no-
tiktok-e-acumulam-milhares-de-seguidores.shtml
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: Bolsonaro enfrenta insatisfação da PF com reajuste salarial
linear, May 2, 2022, https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/05/5004687-
bolsonaro-enfrenta-insatisfacao-da-pf-com-reajuste-salarial-linear.html
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: Presidente do TSE tenta desarmar ânimos após atrito com as
Forças Armadas, Apr 24, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/04/5003199-presidente-do-tse-tenta-
desarmar-animos-apos-atrito-com-as-forcas-armadas.html
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• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: Ações drásticas no uso das redes podem elevar risco de
eleições conturbadas, Apr 1, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/03/4996316-acoes-drasticas-no-uso-das-
redes-podem-elevar-risco-de-eleicoes-conturbadas.html
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: PGR vai avaliar se Bolsonaro cometeu crime ao faltar
depoimento à PF, March 2, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/05/5007965-proxima-presidente-do-stf-
rosa-weber-causa-receio-em-bolsonaristas.html
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: STF volta a analisar ação contra o Fundo Eleitoral de R$
4,9 bilhões, Feb 15, 2022, https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/01/4976229-
stf-trabalha-no-recesso-postura-pode-revelar-maior-rigidez-com-governo-em-2022.html
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: STF retoma julgamento que contesta poder de requisição
das defensorias, Feb 14, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/02/4985347-stf-retoma-julgamento-que-
contesta-poder-de-requisicao-das-defensorias.html
• Washington Brazil Office. Article: Public Safety and Brazil's Dilemma Heading into the
2022 Elections, Feb 11, 2022, https://www.braziloffice.org/en/articles/public-safety-and-
brazils-dilemma-heading-into-the-2018-elections-by-fabio-sa-e-silva
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: PGR vai avaliar se Bolsonaro cometeu crime ao faltar
depoimento à PF, Jan 3, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/02/4982302-lira-pede-solucao-para-
precos-dos-combustiveis.html
• The Intercept. Quoted in: Turned tables: in presidential polls, Brazil’s Lula leads judge who
locked him up, Jan 2, 2021, https://theintercept.com/2022/01/02/lula-brazil-2022-election-
sergio-moro/
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: Entenda as principais pautas do Judiciário em 2022, Jan 1,
2022, https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/01/4974511-os-desafios-do-
judiciario-em-2022.html
• Correio Braziliense. Quoted in: STF trabalha no recesso; postura pode revelar maior rigidez
com governo em 2022, Jan 1, 2022,
https://www.correiobraziliense.com.br/politica/2022/01/4976229-stf-trabalha-no-recesso-
postura-pode-revelar-maior-rigidez-com-governo-em-2022.html
• Podcast Viracasacas (Guest). Bolsonarismo Reloaded, Dec 23, 2021,
https://player.fm/series/series-2446143/ep-254-bolsonarismo-reload-com-fabio-de-sa-e-silva
• UOL News (Live interview). Sergio Moro não é 3ª via, é 2ª via ao bolsonarismo, diz
cientista politico, Dec 16, 2021, https://noticias.uol.com.br/politica/ultimas-
noticias/2021/12/16/sergio-moro-nao-e-3-via-e-2-via-ao-bolsonarismo-diz-cientista-
politico.htm
• The World/Michael Fox (Live interview). Evangelicals in Brazil 'have taken power’ with
latest Supreme Court justice appointee, Dec 8, 2021, https://theworld.org/stories/2021-12-
08/evangelicals-brazil-have-taken-power-latest-supreme-court-justice-appointee
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• Podcast Fora da Política não há salvação (Guest). A Lava Jato vai às Urnas, Nov 17,
2021, https://player.fm/series/fora-da-politica-nao-ha-salvacao/a-lava-jato-vai-as-urnas-com-
fabio-de-sa-e-silva-107
• Kennedy Alencar/UOL. Quoted in: Imprensa normaliza Moro e Dallagnol como fez com
Bolsonaro em 2018, Nov 5, 2021, https://noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/kennedy-
alencar/2021/11/05/imprensa-normaliza-moro-e-dallagnol-como-fez-com-bolsonaro-em-
2018.htm
• Podcast Afipea (Guest). Mundo Pós-Pandemia – Episódio 2: Política, Instituições e o
Futuro do Estado e da Democracia, Nov 1, 2021,
https://afipeasindical.org.br/comunicados/podcast-mundo-pos-pandemia-ep-02/
• The World (Live interview). Behind in polls, Bolsonaro bolsters his base with far-right
rhetoric from the US, Oct 5, 2021, https://theworld.org/stories/2021-10-05/behind-polls-
bolsonaro-bolsters-his-base-far-right-rhetoric-us
• Expresso 61 (Live interview). A Lava Jato e a destruição do Direito brasileiro: O Direito
Achado na Rua entrevista o professor Fábio de Sá, Oct 2, 2021,
https://expresso61.com.br/2021/10/02/a-lava-jato-e-a-destruicao-do-direito-brasileiro-o-
direito-achado-na-rua-entrevista-o-professor-fabio-de-sa
• UOL/Kennedy Alencar (Live interview). Movimento nos EUA pretende estimular
comunidade brasileira a votar em 2022, Sep 16, 2021,
https://noticias.uol.com.br/colunas/kennedy-alencar/2021/09/16/movimento-nos-eua-
pretende-estimular-comunidade-brasileira-a-votar-em-2022.htm
• El País Brasil. Quoted in: Senado releva blindagem de Aras a Bolsonaro e premia com mais
dois anos na PGR seu apoio à classe política, Aug 24, 2021,
https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2021-08-25/senado-releva-blindagem-de-aras-a-bolsonaro-e-
premia-com-mais-dois-anos-na-pgr-seu-apoio-a-classe-politica.html
• George Washington University Program on Illiberalism (Interviewed). Fabio de Sa e
Silva on illiberal trends in Brazil, Aug 4, 2021, https://www.illiberalism.org/fabio-de-sa-e-
silva-on-illiberal-trends-in-brazil/
• Headline. Commentary on corruption in the Bolsonaro administration, Jul 5, 2021,
https://www.facebook.com/headlinebrasil/videos/568107117894821
• Nexo. Article: Reduzir Bolsonaro à corrupção é erro factual e politico. Jul 3, 2021,
https://www.nexojornal.com.br/ensaio/2021/Reduzir-Bolsonaro-%C3%A0-
corrup%C3%A7%C3%A3o-%C3%A9-erro-factual-e-pol%C3%ADtico
• Fonte Segura. Article: Virada de página ou mais do mesmo? Jun 30, 2021,
https://fontesegura.forumseguranca.org.br/virada-de-pagina-ou-mais-do-mesmo/
• Revista PUC Minas (Interviewed). Era dos Extremos, 1/2021,
https://revista.pucminas.br/revista/materia/era-de-extremos/
• El País Brasil. Quoted in: Pazuello pode responder a três processos criminais e um cível por
depoimento na CPI, May 20, 2021, https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2021-05-20/pazuello-
pode-responder-a-tres-processos-criminais-e-um-civel-por-depoimento-na-cpi.html
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• Fonte Segura. Article: Patriotismo e direitos nas denúncias internacionais da violência no

Brasil, Apr 26, 2021, https://fontesegura.org.br/news/#mxct9qzzqx
• Lithuania Public Radio. Gimsta naujas diktatorius? Ekspertai perspėja, kad pasaulis privalo
atsimerkti dėl Brazilijos prezidento, Apr 4, 2021,
https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/pasaulyje/6/1384693/gimsta-naujas-diktatorius-ekspertai-
perspeja-kad-pasaulis-privalo-atsimerkti-del-brazilijos-prezidento
• Quaest/Análise de Peso (Live interview). STF em Guerra, Mar 16, 2021,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezjIM2HRy3Q
• O Globo. Quoted in: Um vírus chamado Brasil, Mar 12, 2021,
https://oglobo.globo.com/epoca/sociedade/um-virus-chamado-brasil-1-24921006
• O Globo. Quoted in: Pária global: Brasil vira ‘ameaça sanitária’ no mundo, Mar 5, 2021,
https://oglobo.globo.com/saude/coronavirus/paria-global-brasil-vira-ameaca-sanitaria-no-
mundo-24910781
• O Globo. Quoted in: Dossiê entregue a Biden pede que EUA suspendam importação de
produtos ligados ao desmatamento da Amazônia, Feb 3, 2021,
https://oglobo.globo.com/mundo/dossie-entregue-biden-pede-que-eua-suspendam-
importacao-de-produtos-ligados-ao-desmatamento-da-amazonia-24868555
• Fonte Segura. Article: Três lições sobre reforma policial nos EUA após a morte de George
Floyd, July 7, 2020, https://www.fontesegura.org.br/newsletter/45
• Fonte Segura. Article: Lei e ordem ou política democrática? Oct 14, 2020,
https://fontesegura.org.br/newsletter/59
• The Intercept. Quoted in: “‘KEEP IT CONFIDENTIAL’. The Secret History of U.S.
Involvement in Brazil’s Scandal-Wracked Operation Car Wash”, 12 Mar 2020,
https://theintercept.com/2020/03/12/united-states-justice-department-brazil-car-wash-lava-
jato-international-treaty/
• Folha de São Paulo. Quoted in: “Execuções de presos nos EUA coroam crise penitenciária
durante pandemia”, 19 Jul 2020, https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/mundo/2020/07/execucoes-
de-presos-nos-eua-coroam-crise-penitenciaria-durante-pandemia.shtml
• El País. Quoted in: “Vitória de Biden aumenta pressão sobre Bolsonaro para que troque
Araújo e Salles”, 7 Nov 2020, https://brasil.elpais.com/internacional/2020-11-07/vitoria-de-
biden-aumenta-pressao-sobre-bolsonaro-para-que-troque-araujo-e-salles.html
• Valor Econômico. Quoted as one among “prominent academics in Brazilian Studies in
Europe and the United States” in: “Brasil sai de moda na academia internacional”, 18 Dec
2020, https://valor.globo.com/eu-e/noticia/2020/12/18/que-pais-e-este.ghtml
• Le Monde Diplomatique Brasil. Article: The carwash case and the role of the US legal
academia, https://diplomatique.org.br/a-lava-jato-e-a-academia-norte-americana/ English
translation produced by Brazil Wire and published at: https://www.brasilwire.com/how-us-
academia-supported-lava-jato/
• Fonte Segura. Article: O PGR de Bolsonaro e o novo Ministério Público, 20 Aug 2019,
https://www.fontesegura.org.br/news/2
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• Think Progress. Quoted in: “Brazil follows Trump in ‘slippery slope’ pivot away from
climate commitments”, Jan 8, 2019 https://thinkprogress.org/brazil-climate-amazon-trump-
paris-ipcc-bolsonaro-aec143bad9af/
• Yale Global. Article: Law’s Special Place in Area Studies, 18 Apr 2019,
https://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/laws-special-place-area-studies
• “World Views” Radio Show (KGOU). Interview on the Brazilian elections, 2018
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https://www.kgou.org/post/brazilian-economic-growth-political-growth-linked-expert-says
• Folha de São Paulo. Article: Bolsonaro não é Lula e Moro não é Thomaz Bastos, 08 Dec
2018, https://facesdaviolencia.blogfolha.uol.com.br/2018/12/08/replica-bolsonaro-nao-e-lula-
e-moro-nao-e-thomaz-bastos/
• Justificando. Article: Enquanto nos entretemos com clipes e memes, perdem a Constituição
e a Democracia, http://www.justificando.com/2018/03/22/enquanto-nos-entretemos-com-
clipes-e-memes-perdem-a-constituicao-e-a-democracia/
• The Intercept Brasil. Article: Lula e as elites, 19 Jul 2017,
https://theintercept.com/2017/07/19/lula-e-as-elites/
• The Intercept Brasil. Article: Alexandre de Morais: um indicado à altura do momento de
destruição de direitos e proteção à corrupção, 10 Feb 2017,
https://theintercept.com/2017/02/10/alexandre-de-moraes-um-indicado-a-altura-do-
momento-de-destruicao-de-direitos-e-protecao-a-corrupcao/
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prisional brasileiro?”, 2017
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2008 (published in paper version only).
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Violência, 18/06/2007, https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/opiniao/fz1806200709.htm

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