About

I am Alessandra Jungs de Almeida. I am a Brazilian researcher, professor, and feminist whose practice and work are focused on sexual and reproductive rights and gender-related violence in Latin America. My theoretical foundation in these areas is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach, drawing from International Relations, Critical Data Studies, and Feminist and Gender Studies.

I conduct research at MIT’s Data + Feminism Lab and UFSC’s Center of Gender Studies in Foreign Policy and International Politics (NEGPEI).

I now work as an Adjunct Faculty member in the Department of Politics and Policy at Simmons University, Boston. Previously, I’ve taught at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

I hold a Ph.D. (’24) and a Master’s degree (’20) in International Relations from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC, Brazil), as well as a B.A. (’17) in International Relations from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM, Brazil).

During the 2024-2025 academic year, I worked as a Postdoctoral Associate in the MIT Women’s and Gender Studies Program. During the 2023-2024 academic year, I was a Ph.D. visiting scholar and recipient of the MIT-SHASS Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship within the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. In 2022-2023, I was a Ph.D. visiting student at MIT’s Data + Feminism Lab.