Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida is a Brazilian

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and sociologist, currently a professor at the

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...

and a senior researcher at the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning. She was the director of the International Relations Institute at the University of São Paulo from 2008 to 2011.

Academic career

Tavares de Almeida graduated with a degree in

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from the Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Social Sciences at the University of São Paulo, specializing in sociology. She then received a PhD in political science from the University of São Paulo. After completing her PhD, she became a

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at the

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, and then returned to the University of São Paulo to become a professor. She has also taught at other institutions, such as Unicamp and the Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning. In addition to being a professor at the University of São Paulo, she is also a member of the International Economic Analysis Group there.

Public service and awards

She participated in the Executive Committee of the ''Latin American Studies Association'' from 2001 to 2004, and was the president of the Brazilian Political Science Association from 2004 to 2008. In 2009, she was elected the vice-president of the ''Latin American Studies Association'', with a term lasting until 2010, at which point she became the president of the association. She is also part of the Advisory Council of the Brazil Institute. In 2007, Tavares de Almeida received the Brazilian

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, in the ''comendador'' class. Her work has been cited in media reports about politics in venues like the ''

Folha de S.Paulo ''Folha de S.Paulo'' (sometimes spelled ''Folha de São Paulo''), also known as simply ''Folha'' (, ''Sheet''), is a Brazilian daily newspaper founded in 1921 under the name ''Folha da Noite'' and published in São Paulo by the Folha da Manhã c ...

'' and ''

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''.

Selected works

*''Growth and Poverty'' (1978) *''Tomando partido, fazendo opinião: cientistas sociais, imprensa e política'' (1993) *''Crise Econômica e Interesses Organizados'' (1997)

References

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