Gabriel Alves Pimenta
PhD Candidate in Political Science
T: +1 951 5364093
M: gabrielpimenta@protonmail.ch
www.studyalvespimenta.com
About Me
Skills:
Experience
Education
Publications & Conferences
Awards
Interests
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;
- Comparative Politics;
- UC Riverside:
- 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