Barbara Uehara is an M.A. student in the School of International Service at American University, where she studies international development.

Beatriz Rey was a Research Fellow at the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University during 2020-21. Full bio here.

Fabiana Luci de Oliveira is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the Federal University of São Carlos. Full bio here.

Francisco Gaetani is a professor and coordinator of the Professional MA program in Public Administration at the Fundação Getulio Vargas School of Public and Corporate Administration (FGV-EBAPE) and President of the Board of Instituto República.org. Full bio here.

Gabriel Miller is a BA student in the Department of Political Science and member of Pollitik Lab in the EPIC Program at Georgia State University.

Gregory Michener is a professor at the Fundação Getulio Vargas School of Public and Corporate Administration (FGV-EBAPE) and founder of the Program on Public Transparency. Full bio here.

Laura Beghini Chelidonopoulos is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. Full bio here.

Luciana Gross Cunha is Professor at the Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School in São Paulo. Full bio here.

Luciana de Oliveira Ramos is a professor at the Fundação Getulio Vargas Law School in São Paulo. Full bio here. 

Luciano Da Ros is an assistant professor of political science at the Federal University of Santa Catarina. Full bio here.

Luiza Duarte is a journalist, producer, and political scientist. She was a Research Fellow at the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University during 2020-21. Full bio here.

Marcio Cunha Filho was a Research Fellow at the Center for Latin American & Latino Studies at American University during 2016-2017, and is currently a member of the faculty at the IDP Law School in Brasília. Full bio here.

Mateus Ribeiro da Silva is an M.A. student in the School of International Service (SIS) at American University, where he studies Global Governance, Politics, and Security. Mat works as a graduate research assistant at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies.

Matthew Taylor is Professor in the School of International Service at American University. His most recent books are Decadent Developmentalism: The Political Economy of Democratic Brazil and Brazilian Politics on Trial: Corruption and Reform under Democracy (co-authored with Luciano Da Ros) . Full bio here.

Ryan E. Carlin is Professor in the Department of Political Science and director of Pollitik Lab in the EPIC Program at Georgia State University. Full bio here.

Other contributors will be added as their posts are published on the blog.