GABRIEL A. PIMENTA
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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

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