Giselle Mendonça Abreu
SPECIALIZATIONS
Urbanization in the global South, urban and planning theory, urban/rural entanglements, Latin America
COURSES TAUGHT
CP110 Introduction to City Planning, as Graduate Student Instructor (Fall 2017 & 2020)
ED100 The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies, as Graduate Student Instructor (Spring 2018 & 2021)
CPN115 Urbanization in Developing Countries, as Lead Instructor (Summer 2021)
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2021–2022 - IJURR Foundation Studentship (IJURR Foundation)
2021 - Summer Research Grant (Global Metropolitan Studies, UC Berkeley)
2020 - Distinction in Doctoral Qualifying Examination (UC Berkeley)
2019 - Summer Research Grant (Global Metropolitan Studies, UC Berkeley)
2019 - Summer Research Grant (Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley)
2019 - Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (UC Berkeley)
2018–2019 - Dear-Wolch Award in Social Planning (UC Berkeley)
2016–2017 - CAPES/CNPq Fellowship (Brazil’s Ministry of Science and Technology)
2013 - Top Student of Graduating Class (School of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo)