Dr. Solange Simões

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies – EMU (2006 - )

Adjunct Faculty Associate:
Center for Political Studies / Institute for Social Research / University of Michigan (1996 - )

Adjunct Associate Professor:
Sociology Graduate Program – Federal University of Minas Gerais (2000 - )

Fulbright Senior Specialist candidate:
Listed for 5 years (start date 2006) in the Fulbright Senior Specialist Roster

Courses Taught at EMU:

• Advanced Research Methods SOCL 677
• Special Topics: Global Women: a cross-cultural approach WGST / SOCL 592 and 479
• Methods in Social Research SOCL 304
• Introduction to Women’s Studies – WGST 200
  

Research Interests:

• International comparative research on issues of gender, race, class, and the global environment.
• Co-coordinator of the Global Environmental Survey (Brazil, Netherlands, Germany, Japan, China, and Canada)
• International coordinator of the Social Hubble projects “Poverty and Inequality in Brazil and South Africa”, and “Gender Political Inequality in Brazil, South Africa and Russia” (see CV for further information)