Education
2008-2009
Postdoctorate in Film Studies and Semiotics at Concordia University,Canada
2002-2005
PhD in Communication and Semiotics at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil and Kassel University,Germany
1999-2002
Master’s Degree in Communication and Semiotics at Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil
1994-1998
Bachelor of Industrial Design at São Paulo State University,Brazil
Work experience
2018-…
Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies at Jönköping University, Sweden
2016-2018
Visiting Assistant Professor at The Moscow School of Social and Economic Sciences, Moscow, Russia
2013-2018
Assistant Professor – Media Department, Faculty of Communications, Media and Design at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
2013-2014
Visiting Associate Professor at Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Tallinn, Estonia
2011-2013
Associate Professor (equivalent to the American Assistant Professor rank) – MA in Crossmedia Production at Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Tallinn, Estonia
2009-2010
Assistant Professor- MFA in Design Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, Doha, Qatar
2008-2009
Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
2005-2008
Designer (Furniture, Identity + Interior) at Roberto Gambarato Architecture Office, Brazil
2006
Lecturer of Methodological strategy and knowledge (Interior Design Graduate Program) at University Centre Senac, Brazil
2002-2003
Lecturer of Communication Theory, Semiotics and Product Design (Product Design Undergraduate Program) at Franca University, Brazil
2001-2003
Designer (Furniture, Identity + Interior) at Roberto Gambarato Architecture Office, Brazil
1999-2000
Lecturer of Product Design (Product Design Undergraduate Program) at Tuiuti University, Brazil
1998-1999
Designer (Automotive industry) at Electrocast Industry, Brazil
International Research Projects
2018-2019 Research Member of the international project “Transmedia Dynamics Mediated by Hashtags in Connection with Social Media Networks: Semiotic and Sociotechnical Perspectives” led by Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. External Funding: CNPq
2017-2018 Research Member of the international project “Mapping Mediatized Controversies: Socio-political Online Social Networks Crossings Before and During the 2018 FIFA World Cup” led by Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. External Funding: CNPq.
2015 Research Member of the international project “From the Knowledge of Media to the Mediatization of Knowledge” led by the European Humanities University, in Vilnius, Lithuania. External Funding: Open Society Foundations.
2013-2015 Coordinator of the international research project between National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia and Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil: “Russia-Brazil Major Sport Events: Social Commotion in Global Media.” Internal and External Funding: HSE, UFMG, Fapemig.
2009-2010 Coordinator of the international collaboration project between Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar and Fudan University, China: 2010 World Expo Shanghai. Internal Funding: VCUQatar.
Research Grants and Honors
2017-2018
University Teaching Success, nominee at Golden Award at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
2015-2016
Best Teacher at National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow
2008-2009
Postdoctoral Fellowship (Canada) – Canadian Bureau for International Education
2002-2005
Doctoral Fellowship (Brazil) – Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
2003-2004
Doctoral Fellowship (Germany) – Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
1999-2002
Masters Fellowship (Brazil) – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
1998
Award: Best Student of Industrial Design Undergraduate Program at São Paulo State University, Brazil
1997-1998
Scientific Initiation Scholarship (Brazil) – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
1995-1996
Scientific Initiation Scholarship (Brazil) – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Participation in Conferences/Workshops
2018 Presenter – IAMCR 2018 Annual Conference, Eugene, USA (20-24.06.2018)
2018 Keynote Speaker – Young Scholars Conference, Moscow, Russia (16.02.2018)
2018 Invited Lecturer – National Research University Higher School of Economics Winter School, Moscow, Russia (01-03.02.2018)
2017 Workshop instructor = 10th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (14-17.11.2017)
2017 Presenter = Reflections on Peircean Normative Sciences and Transmedia Storytelling, 13th World Congress of Semiotics, Kaunas, Lithuania (26-30.06.2017)
2017 Invited Lecturer = Transmedia Storytelling, National Research University Higher School of Economics Winter School, Moscow, Russia (02-03.02.2017)
2016 Invited Speaker = Media Edge Weekend, Saint Petersburg, Russia (25-26.11.2016)
2016 Invited Speaker = Conference “Independent forms of publication and the use of Web technologies: The search for new forms,” Moscow, Russia (27.10.2016)
2016 Presenter – Transmediations Conference, Växjö, Sweden (13-15.10.2016)
2016 Invited Lecturer = Tallinn University Transmedia Journalism Summer Training, Tallinn, Estonia (08-13.08.2016)
2016 Presenter – IAMCR 2016 Conference, Leicester, UK (27-31.07.2016)
2016 Presenter – 66th ICA Annual Conference, Fukuoka, Japan (12.06.2016)
2016 Presenter – International Conference Comparing Media Systems in BRICS Countries: A Review of Conventional Paradigms, Moscow, Russia (25.04.2016)
2016 Invited Lecturer = Transmedia Storytelling: Future Development, National Research University Higher School of Economics Winter School, Moscow, Russia (27.01.2016)
2015 Transmedia Storytelling: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches Workshop, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (23.10.2015)
2015 2014 FIFA World Cup on Brazilian Globo Network: A Transmedia Dynamics?, Seminar Russia-Brazil Major Sporting Events: Social Commotion in Global Media, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, together with Dr. Geane Alzamora, Dr. Lorena Tarcia, and Amanda Chevtchouk (19-21.10.2015)
2015 Symposium “Change in Journalism”, Hanover, Germany (16-18.09.2015)
2015 Symposium “II Simpósio Nacional de Estudos da Linguagem”, UNESP São José do Rio Preto, Brazil – via Skype (04.09.2015)
2015 65th ICA Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico (21-25.05.2015)
2015 From the Knowledge of Media to the Medialization of Knowledge Seminar, Vilnius, Lithuania (upcoming 17-19.04.2015)
2015 ICA Regional Conference, Lodz, Poland (9-11.04.2015)
2015 Producers and Audiences International Conference, Lund, Sweden
2014 IV International Congress on Online Journalism, Portugal
2014 MASHUP Digital Marketing Conference, Kuwait
2014 Transmedia Storytelling Analysis Workshop/November, Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia
2014 Transmedia Week, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia
2014 Transmedia Storytelling Analysis Workshop/October, Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia
2014 Seminar Russia-Brazil Major Sport Events: Social Commotion in Global Media, Moscow, Russia
2014 12th World Congress of Semiotics, Bulgaria
2014 XV April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, Russia
2014 Producers and Audiences International Conference, Lund University, Sweden
2014 International Scientific and Practical Conference “News Literacy and the Problems of Contemporary Media Literacy Education”, Russia
2014 National Research University Higher School of Economics Winter School: “Transmedia Storytelling: A Future Scenario for Media Development”, Russia
2013 Tallinn University Summer School: “Management of Digital Content Industries”, Estonia
2012 International Media Conference 2012: Screen after Screen, Estonia.
2012 International Conference “New Media: Changing Media Landscapes”, Russia
2012 London Film and Media Conference, UK
2012 International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design, Turkey
2012 Winter School of Culture Studies and Arts, Estonia
2011 First Motion Lab, Estonia
2011 Tartu Summer School of Semiotics, Estonia
2010 Expo Shanghai 2010, China
2010 ARTECH 2010, Portugal
2008 Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association Conference, Canada
2008 Seminar on the History and Epistemology of Film Studies: Experimental Film as Pedagogical Cinema, Canada
2008 Michael Snow Seminar, Canada
2008 Seminar on the History and Epistemology of Film Studies: Design and Use: Film, Video and the Object of Cinema Studies, Canada
2008 Postdoctoral Research Fellows Roundtable, Canada
2008 Focus Group for Postdoctoral Fellows, Canada
2007 12ª.Documenta Kassel, Germany
2007 Kolloquium Bilder BeSchreiben / On Image, Germany
2005 VII Congresso Brasileiro de Semiótica, Brazil
2005 8ª. Jornada do Centro de Estudos Peirceanos, Brazil
2005 11°. Internationaler Kongress – Deutsch Gesellschaft für Semiotik, Germany
2004 7º. Encontro Internacional sobre o Pragmatismo, Brazil
2004 TagungBildwissenschaft – Probleme und Perpectiven eines Forschngsprogramms, Germany
2002 First Advanced Seminar on Peirce’s Philosophy and Semiotics, Brazil
2002 1º. Simpósio de Pesquisadores da Pós-Graduação, Brazil
2002 3º. Encontro de Iniciação Científica e de Professores Pesquisadores, Brazil
2001 V Congresso Brasileiro de Semiótica: Semiótica e Representação, Brazil
Graduate Supervisions
PhD
2015-2019 Bicalho, Luciana Gomes Andrade. A Função Mediadora das Hashtags no Processo de Impeachment de Dilma Rousseff: Semiose e Transmídia [The Mediating Role of Hashtags on the Impeachment Process of Dilma Rousseff: Semiosis and Transmedia]. Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil (co-supervision with Geane Alzamora). [In progress]
Master’s Degree
2018 Litovinskaya, Yana. Transmedia Projects: Russian and American Approaches to Television. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. [in progress]
2018 Mikhailova, Valeriya. Transmedia Charity: From International Experience to Russian Reality. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. [in progress]
2018 Ustinov, Georg. Transmedia Politics in Contemporary Russia. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. [in progress]
2018 Piskov, Andrei. Challenges and Opportunities of Transmedia Storytelling in the Contemporary Film Industry. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. [in progress]
2018 Radu, Anca. 2018 British Media Representations of Refugees: The Case of The Guardian. Jönköping University, Sweden.
2018 Wang, Xuan. Corporate Social Responsibility in Chinese Media Industry: A Case Study of CCTV and Tencent. Jönköping University, Sweden.
2018 Solanilla, Marcos M. Communicating Nationalism in a Changing Europe: The Media Coverage of Catalan’s Attempt of Independence. Jönköping University, Sweden.
2018 Put, Ella. The Adonis Complex of the Male Millennial: A Study into the Perception of Young Men towards Sexualisation and Objectification of Men in
Lifestyle Magazines. Jönköping University, Sweden.
2018 Risbourg, Julie. Breaking the ‘Glass Ceiling’: A Critical Discourse Analysis of How Powerful Businesswomen Are Portrayed in The Economist Online. Jönköping University, Sweden.
2018 Chu, Yawen. Tinder and Sexual Minorities: A Study of Non-heterosexual Women and Transgender Individuals on Tinder. Jönköping University, Sweden.
2017 Bostan, Andrew. Towards a Diachronic–Synchronic View of Trends in Video Gaming: The PlayStation Virtual Reality Case. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia.
2015 Dabagian, Lilit. Transmedia Storytelling in the Realm of Education: The Case of Robot Heart Stories. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia.
2014 Medvedev, Sergey A. Transmediality of The Voice Russia. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia.
2013 Nani, Alessandro. Crossmedia Practices for Enhancement of Civic Engagement. MA in Crossmedia Production. Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia.
2013 Kaminska-Napora, Barbara. Apothecary Melchior Transmedia Project – Mobile Application Content Creation. MA in Crossmedia Production. Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia.
2013 Sarv, Hannes. Apothecary Melchior Transmedia Project – Mobile Application Development. MA in Crossmedia Production. Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia.
2013 Mäe, Dagmar. Nullpunkt Transmedia Experience – Production Development. MA in Crossmedia Production. Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia.
2013 Vassar, Tõnis. Nullpunkt Transmedia Experience – Storytelling and Creative Development. MA in Crossmedia Production. Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia.
Undergraduate Supervisions
2016 Grachev, Maxim. The Application of Gamification to Transmedia Activism: The Case of Fort McMoney. National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia.
2014 Ozere, Ieva. The Potential of Participatory Culture in the Development of Civic Engagement: The Case of Hollow Interactive Documentary. Tallinn University, Estonia.
2013 Nadalini, Sara Anna. The Implications of Multiplatform Media Production in Government Policy Changes. Tallinn University, Estonia
2013 Kutti, Rauno. Driving Growth through Social Media Content Marking Regarding Estonian Mobile Telecommunications Companies: TELE2, EMT, and Elisa.Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia.
2012 Derjabin, Lev. The Metamorphosis of Sexuality in Music Videos since the 1980’s. Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School, Estonia.
2002 Faleiros, Ângela Matioli. Embalando sensações – Lhotse D´O Boticário. Franca University, Brazil
2002 Oliveira, Raphael Fantacini. Barman case – utensílios para bar. Franca University, Brazil
2002 Resende, Joarg Martins (2002). William Morris e os primórdios do design. Franca University, Brazil
2002 Santos, Marcos Vinícius de Oliveira. Arquiteto das cores. Franca University, Brazil
2002 Salgado, Marcelo Gomes. Marcel Breuer – precursor do modernismo. Franca University, Brazil
