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Solange Simões
Department of Sociology Anthropology and Criminology and
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Eastern Michigan University
EDUCATION
1989 Ph.D., London School of Economics and Political Science, University of
London, England, Sociology
Dissertation title: "The Position of Engineers in the
Brazilian Class Structure and their Political and Industrial
Orientations”
Dissertation advisor: Ian Roxborough
1983 M.A., Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Political Science
Thesis (and book) title: "God, Country and Family: Women in
the 1964 Military Coup"
Thesis advisor: René Armand Dreifuss
1979 B.A., Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Social Sciences
First in class
ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
2009 - Associate Professor
Department of Sociology Anthropology and Criminology
Women’s and Gender Study Program
Eastern Michigan University
2007 - 2008 Associate Director
Women’s and Gender Studies Program
2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology Anthropology and Criminology
Women’s and Gender Study Program
Eastern Michigan University
1995- 2010 Adjunct Faculty Associate
Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social
Research, University of Michigan
2002 Visiting Professor of Sociology (Professor Visitante)
Doctorate Program in Sociology and Political Science
College of Philosophy and Human Sciences
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
1993-1999 Associate Professor of Sociology (Professor Adjunto 1V)
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of Philosophy and Human Sciences
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
1993 Post-doctoral Fulbright scholar – Inter-University Consortium for
Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research,
University of Michigan
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1990 – 1992 Post-doctoral faculty and researcher
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of Philosophy and Human Sciences
Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil
2000- 2008 Social Hubble Projet
Co-coordinator with David Featherman in 2000-2003 and
Coordinator since 2004
2001- 2008 Belo Horizonte Area Survey - UFMG
Head of the Methodological Committee
1999- Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences Winter Program - UFMG
Visiting Professor
1995- 2003 Executive Committee of GOES - Global Environmental Survey
Co-coordinator
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2002-2008 Belo Horizonte Area Survey 2002, BHAS 2005 and BHAS 2008
Head of the Technical Committee of this project that aims to
train faculty and graduate students in survey
methodology.
2005–2006 Social Hubble Project: Gender Political Inequality in Brazil,
South Africa, and Russia
International Coordinator of this international comparative
project, which was conducted through the Belo Horizonte Area
Survey 2005, the Cape Area Study 2005; and the Petrozavodsk
Area Study 2006/2007.
2004-2005 Social Hubble Project: Inequality and Poverty in Brazil and
South Africa
International Coordinator of this international comparative
Project, which was conducted through the Belo Horizonte Area
Survey 2005 and the Cape Area Study 2005.
2003 Watermark River Basin Committees Survey (Projeto “Marca d’ Água”)
Survey coordinator to this national survey of members of the
river basin committees in Brazil. This project was conducted
by a broad interdisciplinary consortium of American and
Brazilian professors and researchers, and was funded by the
Brazilian National Science Foundation, and the Hewlet
Foundation, among others.
2002 Time use and the domestic sexual division of labor and power
Consultant for the parallel survey of gender relations in
this time use study coordinated by PI Neuma Aguiar.
1995- 2003 GOES - Global Environmental Survey
Member of the International Executive Committee
GOES is an international comparative project on mass public
and decision makers’ attitudes and behavior concerning
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global environmental problems. The first wave of the GOES
project was conducted in Brazil, China, Japan, China, the
Netherlands, Germany, and Canada.
2002 GOES - Global Environmental Survey, Belo Horizonte; Detroit Area
Study 2002; and Beijing Area Study 2002
Principal Investigator for the GOES Belo Horizonte, and
collaborator in the Detroit Area Study 2002 and Beijing Area
Study 2002 (on environmental attitudes, behavior and support
for public policy.
2001 Environmental Survey: What Brazilians Think about the
Environment, Development and Sustainability
Consultant to this longitudinal national survey on attitudes
and behavior concerning environmental issues. This survey
was sponsored by the Ministry of the Environment and has
been conducted by the Institute ISER from Rio de Janeiro.
1999 Industry and the Environment
Coordinator of this survey of industrialists, government
officials, and experts. This survey was conducted in
collaboration with the Federation of Industries of Minas
Gerais (FIEMG) and the National Council of Industries (CNI).
1998 Environmental Perception in Das Velhas River Basin: Survey on
attitudes, values, knowledge and behavior towards the environment
Coordinator of this survey sponsored by the Environmental
Secretary for the State of Minas Gerais (FEAM). The survey
was an environmental policy making and education component
of a major sanitation project. A book on the findings was
distributed by FEAM to policy makers and teachers involved
in the broader project.
1996 Environmental institutions, policies and actors in the State of
Minas Gerais
Consultant to this qualitative study conducted by the João
Pinheiro Research Foundation, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
1995-1996 Trade-unionism among middle classes: Engineers and bank employees
in Brazil
Principal investigator, qualitative study funded by the
Minas Gerais Research Council (Fapemig), Brazil.
1997 Research on Environmental Policies and Institutions in Minas
Gerais State
Consultant to this qualitative research conducted by the
João Pinheiro Research Foundation.
1996 The socioeconomic profile of the Federal University students
Consultant to this survey sponsored by the Federal
University of Minas Gerais.
1992 Sociological intervention and trade unionism
Consultant to this survey coordinated by the Brazilian
Research Center (CEBRAP).
1987-1988 Ph.D. dissertation research
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Survey, in-depth interviews, observation, and archival
research of engineers and doctors and their trade unions and
professional associations in Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte
and São Paulo.
1982-1983 M.A. thesis field research
Qualitative research (in-depth interviews and archive
research) in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro.
1979 Survey Research field supervisor for the the Brazilian Commerce
Organization (SENAC) and Brazilian Industry Organization (SESI)
1978 Research Assistant at the Sociology Department, Federal
University of Minas Gerais
1977 Survey Research Assistant at the Euvaldo Loddi Institute
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2013 Sabbatical Award to work at the Federal University of Minas Gerais
UFMG in the fall term 2013
2012 – SAC Development Award
To conduct exploratory work for the creation of a SAC Research Center
2009 – FDC Fellow and co-leader Faculty Global Learning Seminar
Eastern Michigan University
2009 Women of Excellence Award
Eastern Michigan University
2006 - 2011 Fulbright Senior Specialist candidate
Listed in the Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster
2008 Nominated Faculty Awards
Eastern Michigan University
2008 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Fellow
Eastern Michigan University
2007 Academic Service Learning Fellow
Eastern Michigan University
1997 “Professor Homenageado” - Sociology
Awarded by Social Sciences graduating class of 1997 –
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
1994 “Professor Homenageado” - Sociology
Awarded by Social Sciences graduating class of 1994 –
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
1993 Fulbright Scholar
Scholarship awarded for postdoctoral training in
quantitative methods in social sciences at ISR, ICPSR,
University of Michigan
1984-1988 Brazilian National Research Council (CNPq) International Doctoral
Scholarship
Ph.D. in Sociology at the London School of Economics
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1980 – 1982 Brazilian Ministry of Education (Capes) scholarship
Master’s degree in Political Science at UFMG
1974-1975 American Fields Program Scholarship
Exchange student at Highland Park High School, Dallas, TX
GRANTS
2013 MCTI/CNPq/SPM-PR/MDA grant, Co-PI
Research on cash transfer programs in Brazil (Programa Bolsa
Família) (PI Marlise Matos)
2011 Provost International Stimulus Grant
2010 Provost International Stimulus Grant
2010 Josephine Nevis Keal Professional Development Fund
Grant
2010 Special International Work Grant CAS Dean and Provost Office
Grant
2009 Honors Undergraduate Fellowship program grant
2008 New Faculty Provost Research Grant
Grants to attend ISA’s World Forum of Sociology in
Barcelona, and research assistantship
2008 General Education Curriculum Mini Grant
Grant to organize a mini retreat with WGST lecturers
in order to discuss the Winter 2008 Fall trial
integrating Academic Service Learning and information
literacy into WGST 200, and for student assistantship with
report. The grant was written with Suzanne Gray
Eastern Michigan University
2007 College of Arts and Sciences Travel Grant
Grant to attend the Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association, New York, August
2007 Provost International Work Grant / Eastern Michigan University
Grant to attend the Brazilian Sociological Association
Congress in Recife, Brazil, May.
2006 Improving Course Design Seminar
Grant to participate in the bi-weekly seminar organized by
the Faculty Development Center /EMU
2006 American Sociological Association / National Science Foundation
Travel grant to work with African Colleagues and
Participate in the XVI World Congress of the International
Sociological Association, Durban, South Africa
2006 Institute for Social Research / University of Michigan
Travel grant to present a paper at the Conference
celebrating the 15th Anniversary of the Institute for
Social Studies, Warsaw University, Poland
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2005 International Institute / University of Michigan
Grant co-written with Professor James Jackson to fund the
trip of U of M graduate students to Brazil to attend the
Social Hubble Workshop at the Federal University of Minas
Gerais in Brazil
2005 Ford Foundation Grant
Travel grant to train students and coordinate the pretest of
the Cape Area Study, at the University of Cape Town, South
Africa
2005 Tinker Foundation Grant, co-PI
Grant to organize and conduct probability sampling for the
Belo Horizonte Area Survey 2005
2001 Brazilian National Science Foundation – CNPq Grant, co-PI
Grant to conduct the Belo Horizonte Area Survey 2001
2001 Ford Foundation Grant, co-PI
Grant to conduct the Belo Horizonte Area Survey 2001
2000-2003 Minas Gerais State Research Council (Fapemig), Brazil, co-PI
Research grant to conduct the Global Environmental Survey in
the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
2000 Ford Foundation Grant, co-PI
Grant to organize a national seminar to discuss the need for
training in quantitative methods for social scientists in
Brazil, launch the Belo Horizonte Area Survey, and host the
first meeting for the international project “Social Hubble”
that brings together researchers from Detroit, Warsaw,
Beijing, Cape Town, and Belo Horizonte
1997-1999 Minas Gerais State Research Council (Fapemig), Brazil, PI
Research grant to conduct a qualitative study of engineers
and bank employees organized in trade unions and
professional associations in Brazil
1987-1989 Brazilian National Research Council (Cnpq), PI
Research grant to conduct a survey of engineers and doctors
for my doctoral dissertation
1987 Central Research Fund, University of London, PI
Research grant to conduct a survey of engineers and doctors
for my doctoral dissertation
1986 Brazilian Social Sciences Association (Anpocs), Ford Foundation
Research grant to conduct exploratory/qualitative research
for my doctoral dissertation
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Ester, P., Vinken, H., Simões, S., & Aoyagi-Usui, M. (eds.) (2003). Culture
and Sustainability: A Cross-National Study of Cultural Diversity and
Environmental Priorities among Mass Publics and Decision Makers. Amsterdam:
Dutch University Press.
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Chapter 1. Ester, P., Vinken, H., Simões, S., & Aoyagi-Usui, M.,
editors. “Prologue: GOES Theme Rationale and Theoretical Framework.”
Chapter 7. Simões, S., & Hogan, D. “Beyond the Rain Forest:
Environmental Attitudes and Behavior among Brazilians.”
Chapter 12. Simões, S., & Viola, E. “The Brazilian Sustainability
Challenge: Combining the Environment, Modernization and Inequality
Reduction.”
Chapter 13. Simões,S., & Viola, E. “Decision Makers’ Perceptions of
International Policy-Making on Global Change.”
Simões, S., & Porto, J. H. (1998). Nosso Rio, Nossa Gente: Percepção e
Comportamento Ambiental da população da Bacia Do Rio Das Velhas (Our River,
Our People, Environmental Perception and behavior among the Das Velhas River
Basin Population). Belo Horizonte: FEAM.
Starling, M., Simões, S. et al. (1998). A Questão Ambiental em Minas Gerais:
discursos e políticas (The Environmental Question in the State of Minas
Gerais: Discourse and Policy). Belo Horizonte: Fundação João Pinheiro.
Simões, S. et al. (1997). Perfil Socioeconômico e Cultural Dos alunos da UFMG
(The Socio-Economic Profile of the Students at the Federal University of Minas
Gerais). Belo Horizonte: FUNP.
Simões, S. (1985). Deus, Pátria E Família - As Mulheres No Golpe De 1964 (God,
Country and Family: Women in the 1964 Military Coup). Petrópolis: Vozes.
Chapters in Books
Simões, S., & Matos, M. (2010). Idéias Modernas e Comportamentos Tradicionais:
a persistência das desigualdades de gênero no Brasil. In Sousa,
M.(ed.) Desigualdades de Gênero no Brasil: novas idéias e práticas antigas.
Argumentum Editora: Belo Horizonte
Simões, S., & Gray, S.(2008). Combining academic service-learning and
information literacy: A new framework for an introductory women’s studies
course. In Bernstein, J. L. (ed.), Making learning visible: The scholarship of
teaching and learning at EMU. Ypsilanti: Bruce K. Nelson Faculty Developmennt
Center, Eastern Michigan University.
Simões, S.et al. (2007). Quem é negro no Brasil? Identidade racial e ações
afirmativas em uma sociedade miscigenada (Who is black in Brazil? Racial
identity and affirmative action in a racially mixed society). In Aguiar, N.
(ed.) Social inequalities, social networks and political participation. Belo
Horizonte: UFMG University Press.
Simões, S., & Pereira, M.P. (2007). A arte e a ciência de fazer peguntas (The
art and science of asking questions). In Aguiar, N. (ed.), Social
inequalities, social networks and political participation . Belo Horizonte:
UFMG University Press.
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Simões, S. (2001). How green are Brazilians? Environmental perceptions and
behavior among Brazilians. In Hogan, D. (ed.), Human Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change: Brazilian Perspectives. Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian
Academy of Sciences (ORIGINAL PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH).
Simões, S. (2000). O sindicalismo e a formação do engenheiro (Tradeunionism
among engineers). In L. Bruno & J. B. Laudares (eds.), Trabalho e Formação do
Engenheiro. Belo Horizonte: Fumarc.
Simões, S. (1992). Classe média profissional no Brasil: Teoria e comportamento
politico (Professional middle classes in Brazil: Theory and political
behavior). In Ciências Sociais Hoje. Rio de Janeiro: ANPOCS/Rio Fundo Editora.
Journal Articles and Scientific Reports
Mohai, P., Simoes S., Brechin S R.(2010). Environmental Concerns, Values, and
Meanings in the Beijing and Detroit Metropolitan Areas. International
Sociology, vol 25 (6): 778-817
Simões, S., & Matos, M. (2009). Modern ideas, traditional behavior, and the
persistence of gender inequality in Brazil. In Siemienska, R. (Ed.), Special
Issue: Changing conceptions of gender. International Journal of Sociology.
Volume 38, No. 4,Winter 2008-9, pp. 94-110.
Simões, S. et al. (2009). The private motivations of public action: Women’s
associational lives and political activism in Brazil. In Demos, V. & Segal,
M. t. (Eds.), Perceiving Gender locally, globally and intersectionally.
Advances in Gender Research,Volume 13, pp.203-239.
Ester, P., Simões, S., & Vinken, H. (2005). Cultural change and
environmentalism: A cross-national approach of mass publics and decision
makers. Ambiente e Sociedade 7(2). Campinas July/Dec. (PUBLISHED IN ENGLISH)
Crespo, S.et al. (2002). What Brazilians think about the environment,
development and sustainability. Rio de Janeiro: ISER/ Ministry of the
Environment (PUBLISHED IN PORTUGUESE AND ENGLISH).
Simões, S. (2001). Description and explanation of the greening of the world: A
methodological and theoretical challenge for survey methodology (as
illustrated by research in Brazil and Mexico). In W. N. Dunn, M.
Hisschemoller, R. Hoppe, and J. Ravetz (eds.), Policy Studies Annual Review,
special issue “Knowledge, Power and Participation in Environmental Policy.”
Simões, S. (1992). No carnival for Brazilian women. International Union
Rights. London, 2nd quarter.
Simões, S., & Gutscher, H. (1996). Individual perceptions and national and
international environmental policy. In Human Dimensions Of Global
Environmental Change, Report No 8, HDP Third Scientific Symposium, vol 1.
Proceedings. Geneva.
Starling. M., Simões, S. et al. (1996). The Environmental Question in the
State of Minas Gerais: Discourse and Policies. Belo Horizonte: Fundação João
Pinheiro, November.
Simões, S. & Porto, J.H. (1997). Estudo de Percepcao Ambiental: Valores,
atitudes e comportamento na Bacia do Rio das Velhas (Survey on Environmental
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Perceptions and Behavior among the Das Velhas River Basin Population). Belo
Horizonte: PROSAM/FEAM/SENSUS, December.
Simões, S. (1998). The New Middle Classes in Brazil: Structural Changes and
Union (Re)organization in the 90s. Belo Horizonte: UFMG/FAPEMIG.
Congresses and Conferences
Simões, S.(2013. “The interplay between the Brazilian women’s movements, global feminisms agendas, CEDAW and the Beijing Platform for Action". .
Sociologist for Women in Society Winter Meeting, Tamaya, Santa Ana Pueblo, NM,
February 7-10.
Simões, S.(2012). Panel co-organizer. “Does the use of English as a “lingua
franca” of feminism foster an international division of feminist labor?”.
National Women’s Studies Association 33nd Conference, Oakland, CA, November 8-
11.
Simões, S.(2012). Panel co-organizer. “Bridging the gap between theory and
activism: enhancing student research projects through feminist action”.
National Women’s Studies Association 33nd Conference, Oakland, CA, November 8-
11.
Simões,S.(2012). Panel co-organizer and co-chair. “Democracy, Work and Gender
Equality – a Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspective”. International
Sociological Association Forum, Buenos Aires
Simões, S.(2012)“Survey methodology and gender political inequality: Are
imported questions undermeasuring women's activism in the global south?”.
International Sociological Association Forum, Buenos Aires
Simões, S.(2012).Workshop Presenter. Women’s and Gender Studies and Feminist
Transformation of the Academy. Sociologist for Women in Society Winter
Meeting, St. Petersburg, Florida, February 2-5.
Inoue, C., Crouch, M., Simões, S.& Viola,Ed. (2012). Global learning in Brasil
and the U.S. Linking the Local and the Global Dimensions in the Amazon and the
Great Lakes. Possibilities and limitations of cyberspace and face-to-face
interactions for teaching in cross-national contexts. International Studies
Association, san Diego, April 1-4.
Simões, S.(2011). Survey methodology and gender political inequality: are
imported questions undermeasuring women’s activism in the global south.
National Women’s Studies Association 32nd Conference, Atlanta, November 10-13.
Simões, S.(2011). From Program to Department: Transitional Challenges in
Organization and Curriculum. National Women’s Studies Association 32nd
Conference, Atlanta, November 10-13.
Simões, S.(2011). Globalizing the local and localizing the global: the
interplay between the Brazilian women's movement and transnational feminism.
Bristish Sociological Association 60th Anniversary Annual Conference. London,
April 6-9
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Simões, S.(2010). Linking transnational feminism and intersectionality: the interplay between the Brazilian women’s movement and global feminism
agendas. National Women’s Studies Association 31st Conference, Denver.
Simões, S. (2010). The third shift: the gendered division of labor in the
private and public spheres and women’s quality of life in Brazil.
International Sociological Association World Congress 2010. Gothenburg, July
11-17
Co-chair for the joint session 21 Gender, Science, Technology and Innovation,
and the Future, a joint session of RC 23 Sociology of Science and Technology,
RC 07 Futures Research, and RC 32 Women in Society. . International Sociological Association World Congress 2010. Gothenburg, July 11-17
Simões, S., & Gray, S .(2009). Making Connections: Integrating Academic
Service Learning and Information Literacy into an Introductory Women's Studies
Course. National Women’s Studies Association 30th Conference, Atlanta.
Simões, S. et al. (2009).The multidimensionality of classification in a
racially mixed society: Implications for affirmative action in Brazil. Paper
presented at the 104th American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San
Francisco, August.
Simões, S. et al.(2009).Integrating academic service-learning and information
literacy into Women’s Studies..Paper presented at the Scholarship of Teaching
& Learning (SOTL) Academy. Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, May.
Simões, S. (2008). Keynote speaker. Comparing race classification and identity
in Brazil and South Africa. International Colloquium on Inequality, Education,
and Race. Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (FUNDAJ), Recife, Brazil, December 2008.
Simões, S. et al.(2008). The private motivations of public action:
women’s associational lives and political activism in Brazil. International
Sociological Association’s World Forum of Sociology, Barcelona. September
2008.
Simões, S. et al.(2008).Women’s cultural and political attitudes and behavior
in an Islamic context. International Sociological Association’s World Forum of
Sociology, Barcelona. September 2008.
Simões, S. (2008). Women’s Paid and Unpaid Labor in Brazil: A Study in
Inequality Between and Among Gender. Paper presented at the Thematic Session
Gender and Work: Global, Local, and Transnational Perspectives.
103nd American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Boston, August
Simões, S. et al.(2008).Integrating academic service-learning and information
literacy into Women’s Studies. Michigan Women’s Studies Association
Conference. March, Eastern Michigan University.
Simões, S. (2008). Women in politics worldwide. Panel International Women’s
Day: Gender in Global Perspective, March 7th 2008. Women’s History Month,
Eastern Michigan University.
Simões, S. (2007). Brazilian women's higher - than men's - associational life
and political activism: a new local or global trend? Meeting of ISA’s RC 32
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Women in Society. 102nd American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New
York, August
Simões, S. (2007). Combining sociological research and policymaking for social
change in Belo Horizonte/Brazil. Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology
Annual Meeting. Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti, October.
Simões, S. & Jeronymo, M. (2007. Race Identity and Classsification in Brazil
and South Africa. Social Hubble Symposium, XIII Congress of the Brazilian
Sociological Association, Recife, May.
Simões, S. et al. (2007). Who is Black in Brazil: the Complexities of Race
Identity and Classification in a Racially Mixed Society”.Social Hubble
Symposium, XIII Congress of the Brazilian Sociological Association, Recife,
May.
Mohai, P., Simões, S. & Brechin, S. (2007). Socialization, context, and values
as predictors of environmental attitudes and action: A comparative study of
Beijing, China, and Detroit Metropolitan Area, USA. 2007 Beijing International
Conference of Environmental Sociology
Simões, S. (2007).Latin American women and transnational feminism. Panel
International Women’s Day. March. Women’s History Month, Eastern Michigan
University.
Simões, S., & al. (2006, July). Race Identity and Classification: comparing
Brazil and South Africa. Social Hubble Seminar and Workshop. University of
Cape Town.
Simões S., Aguiar, N., Zelikova, J.& Zimmerman, W. (July 2006). Gender and
political inequality: A comparative study of Brazil, South Africa and Russia.
XVI International Sociological Association World Congress, Durban, South
Africa,
Simões,S., Jackson, J. et al. (July 2006) Who is black in Brazil? The
complexities of race identities and affirmative action in a racially mixed
society. XVI International Sociological Association World Congress, Durban,
South Africa,
Simões,S., Peter, E.(July 2006) Cultural Change and Global Environmentalism:
the clash of individualization and pro-environmental values. XVI International
Sociological Association World Congress, Durban, South Africa,
Simões, S. Aguiar, N. & Biagioni, D. Gender and Political Inequality:
Substantive Findings and Theoretical/Methodological Challenges in Cross-
country Survey Research. The Challenge of Understanding Societies in Early 21-
th Century – Interdisciplinary Perspective - 15th Anniversary of the
Institute for Social Studies, Warsaw University 1-2 June 2006
Simões, S., & Jeronymo, M. (2005, July). Measuring race and the meanings of
race in Brazil. Social Hubble Seminar and Workshop IV, UFMG, Belo Horizonte.
Simões, S. (2005, November). Beyond discourse: Combining qualitative and
quantitative methods. Paper given at the Congress of the Brazilian Association
of Social Psychologists, Belo Horizonte.
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Simões, S. (2005, May). The survey method: Theory and practice in the Belo
Horizonte Area Survey. Special course taught at the Congress of the Brazilian
Sociological Association, Belo Horizonte.
Simões, S., Jackson, J., Brown, T., & Jeronymo, M. (2004, May). Race as a
social and sociological concept. International Seminar on Education, Race and
Affirmative Action in Brazil, the United States and South Africa, UFMG, Belo
Horizonte.
Simões, S. (2005, May). The survey method: Theory and practice in the Belo
Horizonte Area Survey. Special course taught at the Congress of the Brazilian
Sociological Association, Belo Horizonte.
Simões, S. (2004, May). Culture and sustainability. Paper presented at the II
Conference of the Brazilian Association for Research and Graduate Programs in
Society and the Environment – Anppas, Campinas.
Simões, S., Mohai, P., & Brechin, S. (2003, November). Globalizing the local
and localizing the global: The links between global and local in environmental
awareness and in support for international treaties. Paper, Open Meeting of
the Global Environmental Change Research Community, Montreal, Canada.
Simões, S. (2003, July). International environmental diplomacy: A cross-
cultural comparison of elite perceptions and the public's agenda. Paper, XIX
World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Durban,
South Africa.
Simões, S. Environmental values and Attitudes in a Cross- country approach.
Ethics, Science and Policy Environmental Education for a Transnational World
Faculty Development Seminar. College of the Holy Cross Worcester MA, May 18-
21, 2003 co-sponsored by Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs
The Center for Religion, Ethics, and Culture and Holy Cross’ Environmental
Studies Program College of the Holy Cross.
Simões, S. (2001, October). How green are Brazilians? Environmental
perceptions and behavior among Brazilians. Paper, Open Meeting of the Global
Environmental Change Research Community, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Simões, S. (2001, June). The greening of Brazilians: Mass public and decision
makers values, attitudes and behavior. Seminar Global Environmental Change: A
Brazilian Approach, University of Campinas, Brazil. This seminar was organized
by the Brazilian Committee of the International Human Dimensions of Global
Environmental Change Program.
Simões, S. (2000, November). Environmental attitudes and behavior in Brazil.
Paper, Seminar on Environmental Values. School of Natural Resources and the
Environment, University of Michigan.
Simões, S. (2000, July-August). Environmental concerns and sustainability in
Minas Gerais. Paper, X World Congress of Rural Sociology and the XXXVIII
Congress of Rural Economy and Sociology, Rio de Janeiro.
Simões, S. (1999, June). Decision makers and environmental policies in Brazil.
Paper, 1999 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental
Change Research Community, Shonan Village, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Simões, S. (1997, August). Description and explanation of the greening of the
world: A methodological and theoretical challenge for survey methodology.
Paper, XVII World Congress of the International Political Science
Association, Seoul, Korea.
Simões, S. (1996, April). Environmental perception in Latin America. Paper
presented at the University of Montreal
Simões, S. (1996, October). Public opinion on the environment: Developing vs
developed countries. Paper, plenary session "Quality of life indicators and
environmental indicators," X Conference of the Brazilian Association of
Population Studies, Caxambu.
Simões, S. (1996, October). Environmental education: Socio-psychological
aspects. Plenary Session, National Symposium on Environmental Education, Belo
Horizonte.
Simões, S. (1995, September). Individual perceptions and national and
international environmental policy. Paper, HDP (Human Dimensions Of Global
Environmental Change) - Third Scientific Symposium “Global Change, Local
Challenge,” Geneva.
Simões, S. (1994, August). Comparing public opinion on the environment in
Latin America. Paper, XVI World Congress of the International Political
Science Association, Berlin.
Simões, S. (1994, September). The medical profession in Brazil. Fundação
Oswaldo Cruz, ENSP, Rio de Janeiro.
Simões, S. (1994, September). The concepts of social structure and social
class. National School for Public Health (Escola Nacional De Saúde Pública –
Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro.
Simões, S. (1993, August). Politics in Brazil after the presidential
impeachment. Seminar: The Political Future of Latin America. Laccs /
University of Michigan.
Simões, S. (1992, August). Is class struggle over? Rethinking the centrality
of class in the explanation of political and social dynamics. Paper, Symposium
V American Centuries, Maceio.
Simões, S. (1992, October). Is class struggle over? Rethinking the centrality
of class in the explanation of political and social dynamics. Paper, XV Annual
Meeting ANPOCS - Brazilian Association for Graduate Studies and Research in
Social Sciences.
Simões, S. (1992, July). The position of engineers in the Brazilian class
structure. Paper, 44th Annual Meeting SBPC (Brazilian Society for the
Development of Sciences), São Paulo.
Simões, S. (1992, July). Trade-unionism among the new middle classes. Paper,
Conference, New Approaches on Human Work, Nesth/Fafich/UFMG.
Simões, S. (1991, October). Professional middle classes in Brazil: Theory and
and political organization. Paper, XIV Annual Meeting ANPOCS - Brazilian
Association for Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences.
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Simões, S. (1991, December). New technologies and the role of engineers.
Presentation at the at the School of Engineering, UFMG.
Simões, S. (1999, August). Engineers in the XXI century. Presentation at
CREA/MG Minas Gerais State Engineering Council.
Simões, S. (1991, June). The position of engineers in the Brazilian class
structure and their political and industrial orientations. Presentation at the
Minas Gerais State Engineers Trade-Union.
Simões, S. (1990, June). Middle classes in Brazil. Paper, Fafich - UFMG.
Simões, S. (1987, March). Middle class trade unionism in Brazil. Brazil
Workshop, London School of Economics and Political Science.
Simões, S. (1986, February). God, Country and Family: Women in the 1964
Military Coup in Brazil. British Sociological Association, Conference on
“Women, Religion and Politics,” Birkbeck College, London.
Simões, S. (1984, May). God, Country and Family: Women in the 1964 Military
Coup in Brazil. Brazil Workshop, London School of Economics and Political
Science.
COORDINATION/CHAIRING OF CONFERENCES, PANELS, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS
2011 Coordinator, Womne’s and Gender Studies Cuuriculum Mini-
Conference
2010 Co-chair for the joint session 21 Gender, Science, Technology and
Innovation, and the Future, a joint session of RC 23 Sociology of
Science and Technology, RC 07 Futures Research, and RC 32 Women
in Society. International Sociological Association World
Congress 2010. Gothenburg, July 11-17
2008 – Chair Session RC 32 Women in Society. International Sociological Association’ World Forum, Barcelona
2010 Women’s History Month. International Women’s day event organizer
Eastern Michigan University
2009 Women’s History Month. International Women’s day event organizer
Eastern Michigan University
2008 Women’s History Month. Member of Organizing Committee
Eastern Michigan University
2007 Women’s History Month. Member of Organizing Committee
Eastern Michigan University
2006 Social Hubble Seminar and Workshop IV, co-coordinator
University of Cape Town, July 21-22 2006
2005 Social Hubble Seminar and Workshop IV, coordinator
UFMG, Belo Horizonte, July
This seminar/workshop sought to organize cooperation for the
comparative data analysis of the Belo Horizonte Area Survey
and the Cape Town Study 2005. The seminar brought together
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students and faculty from Brazil, South Africa, and the
United States.
2004 Education, Race and Affirmative Action in Brazil, the United
States and South Africa – International Conference, co-
coordinator.
UFMG, Belo Horizonte, May
This seminar was organized as part of the debate on
affirmative action at the Federal University of Minas
Gerais. We invited speakers from other Brazilian
universities, the University of Cape Town, the University of
Michigan, and Vanderbilt University.
2002 Political Inequality in a Comparative Perspective, co-chair with
David Featherman
Panel session at the XIX World Congress of the International
Political Science Association. Paper presenters were Social
Hubble Project collaborators from Russia, Poland, South
Africa, and Brazil.
2002 The Cape Town Social Hubble Seminar and Workshop, co-coordinator
with David Featherman
University of Cape Town, sponsored by the Institute for
Social Research, University of Michigan and the Ford
Foundation, February 2002.
2000 The Belo Horizonte Social Hubble Seminar and Workshop, co-
coordinator
FAFICH - Federal University of Minas Gerais, sponsored by
the Ford Foundation, June.
1997 Ann Arbor GOES Workshop II, co-coordinator with Ronald Inglehart
Attended by participants from seven countries.
1996 Ann Arbor GOES Workshop I, co-coordinator with Ronald Inglehart
Attended by participants from nine countries.
1995 International Conference: Public Opinion and the Environment,
organizer and chair
Speakers from eleven countries and 300 participants, Belo
Horizonte, Federal University of Minas Gerais.
1995 Belo Horizonte GOES Workshop, coordinator
International meeting attended by participants from eleven
countries - December 1995, Belo Horizonte, Federal
University of Minas Gerais.
1992 Conference “New Approaches on Human Work,” co-coordinator
Center for the Study of Human Labor (Nesth), UFMG - 29/06 a
01/07 de 1992.
1992 "Friday Seminar" UFMG, coordinator 1990-1992
Weekly graduate seminar for the M.A. programs in Sociology,
Political Science and History.
1984-1987 Brazil Workshop, London School of Economics
Member of the coordination, working with Professors Leslie
Bethel, Colin Lewis and Ian Roxborough.
1994 Sex and Gender Seminar, London School of Economics
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Member of the coordination.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 – Global Learning Seminar for EMU Faculty
Co-leader
2006 - Eastern Michigan University,
Sociology
Special topics: BIOL/SOCL/WGST/PHIL 479/592 / INT.
REL .Global Environmenta Change and the Conservation of the
Amazon Rain Forest and the Great Lakes
Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology and Questionnaire
Design – SOCL 592/479
Advanced Methods in Social Research – SOCL 677
Research Methods in Social Research SOCL 304
Racial and Cultural Minorities – SOCL ANTH 214
Women’s and Gender Studies
Global Women: A cross-cultural approach WGS/SOCL/PLS 479
592
Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Honors Section
1999- Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sociology
Winter Program on Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences
Graduate Course: “Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methodology
and Questionnaire Construction”
2001– 2005 Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, Sociology
Sociology graduate course on methodology: “Belo Horizonte
Area Survey Practicum”
2005 University of Cape Town, Sociology
Practicum in questionnaire pretesting methods, for graduate
students in the Cape Area Study
2002-2003 University of Michigan, Sociology
Soc 202 – “Contemporary Social Issues - Social Inequality:
Class, Gender and Race” Soc 310 - Introduction to Research Methods
2001 University of Beijing
Summer Course taught at the Research Center for Contemporary
China, Training Program in Survey Methodology: “Cognitive
Aspects of Survey Methodology and Questionnaire
Construction”
1990-1999 Associate Professor of Sociology, tenured in 1993, Department of
Sociology and Anthropology, Federal University of Minas Gerais
(UFMG), Brazil
Courses taught in the Graduate Program:
Theory Seminar: Social Class and the New Social
Movements;
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Contemporary Debates in Sociological Theory:
Post-Fordism and New Social and Cultural Trends;
Methodology II: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods;
Dissertation Seminar;
Methodology A: Survey Methodology
Courses taught in the Undergraduate Program:
Sociological Theory - Social Class and the New
Social Movements;
Sociology of Work and Professions;
Environmental Sociology;
Introduction to Survey Methodology;
Methodology II: Quantitative Methods;
Methodology III: Qualitative Methods;
Methodology IV: Thesis Seminar
1996 Sociology, University of Michigan
Course: Soc 310 - Introduction to Research Methods
1983 Sociology, Catholic University of Minas Gerais
Courses taught in the undergraduate program: Sociology of Work
Sociology of Professions
1977-1978 Social Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Course: Logic of Scientific Thought (teaching assistant)
PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
International Sociological Association (ISA).
American Regional Representative for Research Committee 32 Women in
Society, elected at the ISA 2006 World Congressfor the period 2006-
2010 and 2010 - 2014
Sociologist for Women in Society
Member of the International Committee Feminist Global Partnership
Program
National Women’s Studies Association
American Sociological Association
Brazilian Sociological Association
International Political Science Association (IPSA). Member of the coordination
of the Work Group on Global Environmental Change 1997-1999.
Research Center on Human Work (UFMG). Multidisciplinary Research Group on
Human Labor - Member of Coordinating Committee 1990-1994.
Sociological Association of Minas Gerais - member of the executive committee,
1980/1982.
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