Gabriel Alves Pimenta
PhD Candidate in Political Science
T: +1 951 5364093
M: gabrielpimenta@protonmail.ch
www.studyalvespimenta.com

About Me

• PhD candidate in Political Science at UC Riverside
• Background in different departments (IR, Business, Political Science)
• Fluctuated in several areas of interest including public policy, governance, security, and national defense
• Familiarity with different areas of research
  
• Unique perspectives and continuous questioning of established knowledge
• Able to combine different methodologies in analysis

Skills:

• Advanced coding in Stata, R and LaTex;
• ​Beginner level in Python;
• Teaching at the Undergrad Level; and, 
• Coordinating groups of teaching assistants

Experience

• Teaching Assistant:
  • UC Riverside:
    
    • Comparative Politics;
      
    • Politics of the Underdeveloped World;
    • The Armed Forces and Politics.
      
    • Globalization and Underdevelopment;
      
    • U.S.-Latin America Relations;
      
    • Political Violence in Latin America.
      
    • ​Latin American Politics.
    • Human Rights In Theory, Law and Politics;
• Associate In:
  • Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
  • Human Rights: Theory, Law, and Politics Politics.
  • ​Comparative Politics;
    
  • Nation State and Capitalism.
• Research Assistant to PhD. Professor Octavio Amorim Neto, FGV (2013-2014): 
  • Civil-military relations and defense policy.
• Research Assistant to PhD. Professor Joaquim Rubens Fontes Filho at the Center for Research on Strategy, Corporate Governance and Organizations, FGV (2016)

Education

• PhD in Political Science, University of California Riverside (Expected Graduation: 2023)
• MA in Political Science, University of California Riverside (2019)
• MSc in Public Administration, Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE/FGV)
• BSc in International Relations, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Publications & Conferences

• 2022: [Conference paper] Civilians in the Ministry: challenges and accomplishments of the non-military workforce. Gabriel Alves Pimenta, University of California Riverside. Brazil Studies Association Congress.
  
• 2022: [Book Chapter] Inching Forward: The Evolution of Civil Control in Contemporary Brazil’s Ministry of Defense. In: New Studies in Civil Military Relations and Defense Policy in Brazil, FGV Editora.
• 2022: [Conference Paper] Democratic Backsliding, the Military and New Authoritarianism in Latin America. Gabriel Alves Pimenta, University of California Riverside; André L. Anselmo, Syracuse University. 2022 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting.
• 2021: [Working paper] Democratic Transitions and Populism: The presence of military in public administration in Latin America: André L. Anselmo, Syracuse University; Gabriel Alves Pimenta, University of California Riverside. XXXIX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association.
• 2020: Amorim Neto, O. & Pimenta, G. The First Year of Bolsonaro in Office: Same Old Story, Same Old Song?. Revista de Ciencia Politica, 40(2), 187-213.
  
• 2014: [Master Thesis] Defense and control: an analysis of civilian presence in the Brazilian defense ministry.

Awards

• 2022: Graduate Student Research Award, Department of Political Science, University of California Riverside.
• 2016: M.Sc. Scholarship Support Program for Teaching and Scientific and Technological Research in Strategic Issues of National Interest (Pró-Estratégia) (CAPES/Brazil).
• 2016: Ph.D. Scholarship, Dean’s Office, University of California Riverside.
• 2015: Research Scholarship Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination (CAPES/Brazil), Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV).
• 2013 - 2014: Research Scholarship Higher Education Personnel Improvement Coordination (CAPES/Brazil), Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV).

Interests

• Civil-Military Relations
• Institution building and strengthening
• National defense
• Governance debates and issues