João Batista Nascimento Gregoire
Education
Ph.D. - History – University of Kansas
M.A. - Latin American Studies – University of Kansas
B.A. - Business Administration - Pittsburg State University
Specialization
Latin American History
Race in Latin America
Political History
Black Studies
Dictatorships in Latin America
Awards
Postdoctoral Fellowship (2023-2024) – Carter G. Woodson Institute at the University of Virginia.
Jon Tolman Award, February (2022) - Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA).
James R. Scobie Award (2020) - Conference on Latin American History (CLAH).
Publications
Book:
For a True Democracy: Black Politics in Brazil Under Military Dictatorship. Work in progress
Referred Journal Articles:
“Mulher, Negra e Favelada: The 1982 Campaign of Benedita da Silva in Brazil’s Transition Politics.” Latin American Perspectives, in review.
“The Forgotten Voices of Democracy: Black Political Activism under Brazil’s Military Rule.” The Black Scholar 53, no. 1 (February 2023): 3-18.
“The Poor Need Money-Rethinking Poverty in Brazil's Post-Military Dictatorship." The Latin Americanist 65, no. 2 (2021): 187-206.
“The Challenges of the First Black Political Party in Brazil: Seeking Alliances in Unsympathetic Territory.” Brasiliana: Journal for Brazilian Studies 9, no.1 (2020): 456-75.
Book Review:
Review of Estilo Avatar: Nestor Macedo e o Populismo no Meio Afro-Brasileiro by Petrônio Domingues, Varia História 37, no.73 (2021): 331-36.