Name: Estela Gonçalves
Year in program: 3
ABD Y/N: N
Primary supervisor: Peter Beattie
Major field: Latin America
Minor fields: Race, gender, post-abolition, Black masculinities, 19th and early 20th centuries – Brazil
Originally from Brazil, I am a 1st generation college student researching race and gender in the Atlantic Diasporic debate. Through a regional analysis centering on Juiz de For a city, Minas Gerais, Brazil, my research seeks to understand the process of (re)construction of Black masculinities in the Brazilian whitening context, considering the pre- and post-abolition background (1880-1920), the social consequences for formerly enslaves, and free(d) people, as well as the ramifications of colonial roots in the formation of racial identities in the city. In 2024 I got my Chicano/Latino Studies CLS certification at MSU. I am currently enrolled in the specializations of Women and Gender Studies and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, both based at MSU.