City + Regional Planning

Giselle Mendonça Abreu

Ph.D. Student - City and Regional Planning

Research Interests/Specializations

Urbanization in the global South, urban and planning theory, urban/rural entanglements, Latin America

Degrees
M.S. Urban and Regional Planning, University of São Paulo
B.S. Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo
Courses Taught

CP 110 Introduction to City Planning, as Graduate Student Instructor (Fall 2017, Fall 2020)

ED 100 The City: Theories and Methods in Urban Studies, as Graduate Student Instructor (Spring 2018, Spring 2021)

CP N115 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)