marina dadico amâncio de souza
(she/her/ela)
department of latin american & latino studies, ucsc
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education
ph.d. in progress
latin american & latino studies, university of california, santa cruz (ucsc)
faculty advisor: dr. jeffrey erbig
b.a. 2022
psychology, universidade federal de ciências da saúde de porto alegre (ufcspa)
designated emphasis: clinical & psychosocial processes
thesis title: “silence does not erase the past: education in race and ethnicity within brazilian undergraduate psychology training”
advisor: dr. lucia stenzel
co-advisor: dr. aline vanin
selected publications
Liebgott, C. B., Dadico, M., & Ferreira, S. M. (2022). University as a space of struggle: political experiences of youth activists in Porto Alegre (RS) (in Portuguese). Cadernos de Pós-Graduação (Uninove), 21(2), 59-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/cpg.v21n2.22922
Tauffner, B., & Dadico, M. (2022). Planetary Health and Decolonization: A systematic review (in Portuguese). Proceedings of the VIII International Symposium Inequalities, Rights and Public Policies. Unisinos. https://bit.ly/viiisimpósiodesigualdades
Dadico, M., Carrión, A. J., & De Antoni, C. (2021). Psychological Support at the Specialized Women's Precinct (DEAM): An experience report (in Portuguese). In L. Habigzang, & J. Zamora (Orgs.), Psychology in the Network against gender-based violence: practices, challenges, and potentialities (in Portuguese). Dialética. http://dx.doi.org/10.48021/978-65-252-0885-5
Dadico, M. (2020). Notes on the Brazilian undergraduate education in Psychology and education in ethnic and racial relations (in Portuguese). Proceedings of the IX Student Seminar of the Sociology Graduate Program. UFRGS. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/240668
Dadico, M., Padilha, J. B., Martinotto, J. C., Decker, A., & De Antoni, C. (2019). Farfalle Project: Spaces for Psychological Support and Reflection on Violence Against Women (in Portuguese). Proceedings of the UFCSPA Congress: connecting health and society. Even3. https://bit.ly/icongressoufcspa
grants, fellowships & awards
2023
graduate dean's research travel grant
division of graduate studies, ucsc, santa cruz, ca
routes of enslavement research grant
uc multicampus research programs and initiatives (mrpi), santa cruz, ca
brazilian initiation scholarship
brazilian studies association (brasa), tulane, no
2022
archival methods reading group (research cluster)
dolores huerta research center for the américas grant, ucsc
regents fellowship
division of social sciences, ucsc, santa cruz, ca
social demand program scholarship (declined)
coordination for the improvement of higher education personnel (capes), ministry of education, brazil
2021
distinction of section award: teaching
2nd ufcspa congress: connecting experiences of global health, ufcspa, porto alegre, brazil
2019
“farfalle project” outreach scholarship
dean’s outreach and community affairs office, ufcspa, porto alegre, brazil
research experience
department of latin american & latino sudies, ucsc – santa cruz, ca
2022
lals244: methods seminar, graduate student researcher
arcgis, qgis and carto
department of psychology, ufcspa – porto alegre, brazil
2020–2022
aletheia: humanistic & existential psychology studies, undergraduate student researcher
transcription and literary review
2018–2019
napsicc: nucleus of psychological assessment & cognitive-behavioural interventions studies, undergraduate student researcher
data collection, transcription, and ibm® spss® software
2017
lab.alt: laboratory of alterities, undergraduate student researcher
literary review, conference presentation, and event organization
teaching experience
department of latin american & latino studies, ucsc – santa cruz, ca
teaching assistant
2023
lals194e/l: unfree migrations
lals151: race & mobility
lals79: hip hop history/historia hip hop
lals10: introduction to chicanx & latinx studies
2022
lals1: introduction to latin american & latino studies
department of feminist studies, ucsc – santa cruz, ca
teaching assistant
2024
fmst19: black feminisms: an introduction
department of psychology, ufcspa – porto alegre, brazil
guest lectures
2021
psi0066: epistemological foundations in psychology
lecture title: “constitution of a popular social psychology in latin america and brazil”
2019
psi0022: mental health and institutions
lecture title: “achille mbembe and necropolitics”
program for initiation in teaching
2022
psi0002: developmental psychology 1
2021
psi0010: developmental psychology 2
undergraduate teaching assistant
2019–2020
psi0022: mental health and institutions
2018–2019
psi0020: psychological assessment techniques 2
invited talks
2023
10th psychology undergraduate conference, department of psychology, ufcspa – porto alegre, brazil
“psychology training: maintenance of the whiteness pact”
2022
youth and political action seminars, education graduate program, ufrgs – porto alegre, brazil
2021
cultural nucleus of ufcspa – porto alegre, brazil
national directory of medical students – brazil
“black youth in universities, mobilizations, and achievements”
“priority vaccination of indigenous and quilombola communities”
2018
movement for the rights of children and adolescents – porto alegre, brazil
“our daily racism”
lesbian visibility month symposium, lesbians who research project, ufrgs – porto alegre, brazil
“to be black and lesbian”
conferences
universidade federal de ciências da saúde, ufcspa – porto alegre, brazil
2021
“por uma universidade antirracista” webinar
panel moderator: “political & pedagogical strategies in the movements of black women and men”
2020
black november symposium: overview of education in health and the black population
symposium organizing committee
2018–2019
“ufcspa acolhe” open house
undergraduate student volunteer
2017
6th psychology undergraduate conference
symposium organizing committee
2nd encounter of education and humanities in the health sciences: the usefulness of useless knowledge
undergraduate student volunteer
institutional service
university of california, santa cruz (ucsc) – santa cruz, ca
2023–now
graduate representative of the latin american & latino studies department
2022–now
department representative in the graduate student association (gsa)
universidade federal de ciências da saúde (ufcspa) – porto alegre, brazil
2019–2022
co-coordinator of the igor carneiro psychology student association
2018–2022
member of the raça black student association
community service
universidade federal de ciências da saúde (ufcspa) – porto alegre, brazil
2020–2022
member of the movement toward a university for the people (mup)
território popular educational collective – porto alegre, brazil
2019
psychology volunteer in the department of psychopedagogy
território popular is a community preparatory course for the brazilian national high school exam (enem). based on paulo freire's popular education, it offers classes to 70 students who do not have the financial means to attend private college preparatory courses.
professional membership & affiliations
black geographies lab, uc santa cruz, 2023–now
brazilian studies association (brasa), 2023–now
associação brasileira de pesquisadores negros (abpn), 2019-now