Michelle Angelo Dantas Rocha

Michelle Dantas Rocha is a current Ph.D. student in Technology in Education and Second Language Acquisition (TESLA) at the University of South Florida (USF). In 2016, she received her master?s degree in Latin America and Caribbean Studies with an emphasis in Sociology and Human Rights at USF. Michelle earned her B.A. in Communications with a specialization in Journalism (2007) at the Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB), Brazil. Michelle performs research in social justice issues such as human trafficking, gender, racial and ethnic studies, femicide, immigration, and educational inequality among low-income immigrants and people of color in the United States and in Latin America. She also conducted research on women in the Brazilian media. Michelle is also passionate about marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, and Brazilian popular culture. Michelle also works with women and refugees through education, culture, and multimedia-based learning. In 2018, Michelle received the Scholarship, Leadership, and Service honors recognition by The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) and the recognition of outstanding volunteer teacher assistant from CARIBE Refugee Program, in Florida. Michelle studied Human Rights at the International Association of Studies (AIE), in Buenos Aires (Argentina). She also conducted field research about Argentine women?s rights and femicide. She concluded an internship in Spanish with Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo - an association of Argentine mothers whose children were victims of terrorism and violence during the Dictatorship period in Latin America. Michelle has previously held several academic research assistantships in Brazil and the United States. She had experience in conducting ethnographic research, supporting, and interviewing in Portuguese and English communities in vulnerabilities such as women victims of gender-based violence and exploitation, human trafficking survivors, and refugees from varied ethnicities. Michelle worked with American service providers, non-governmental organizations, human rights activists, educators, policymakers, and law enforcement that work directly with trafficking victims and refugees. She previously held positions in higher education and coordinated educational workshops and events for educators, international and low-income students from Hillsborough County Public Schools, in Tampa, Florida. Michelle is a certified personal trainer and sports nutrition by the International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA). Her passion for community empowerment through nutrition and exercising motivated Michelle to help coordinate the planning process and implementation of food packets for food insecure college students in the Tampa Bay area. Furthermore, Michelle also organized women and leadership workshops aiming to empower low-income college youth and adults. In Brazil, Michelle gained extensive experience in writing grant educational projects. She also produced several educational and cultural workshops and conferences for diplomats, artists, educators from public schools, and for more than 10,000 disadvantaged Brazilian students. Michelle was a TV producer and reporter for TV Brazil and worked with public relations, cultural production, and marketing in Brasilia. Michelle also participated and presented in conferences in several states of the United States. She is an active member of several national and international societies such as the Latin American Association (LASA) and TESOL International Association.

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Acadêmico

Formação acadêmica

Doutorado em andamento em Technology of Education & Second Language Acquisition

2018 - Atual

University of South Florida
Orientador: em processo
Palavras-chave: Educação; Tecnologia; Imigração; Direitos Humanos; Estudos de Gênero; Línguas Estrangeiras Aplicadas. Grande área: Ciências HumanasGrande Área: Ciências Humanas / Área: Educação / Subárea: Fundamentos da Educação / Especialidade: Antropologia Educacional. Grande Área: Lingüística, Letras e Artes / Área: Lingüística / Subárea: Lingüística Aplicada.

Mestrado em Latin America and Caribbean Studies

2014 - 2016

University of South Florida
Título: Where is the Survivor?s Voice? An Examination of the Individual and Structural Challenges to the Reintegration of Immigrant Human Trafficking Survivors,Ano de Obtenção: 2016
Orientador: Dr. Hordge-Freeman
Coorientador: Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman. Bolsista do(a): University of South Florida, USF, Estados Unidos. Palavras-chave: Direitos Humanos; Latinas; Trafico Humano; Sociologia.Grande área: Ciências HumanasGrande Área: Ciências Humanas / Área: Sociologia / Subárea: Education. Grande Área: Ciências Humanas / Área: Sociologia / Subárea: Public Health.

Aperfeiçoamento em Business, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

2017 - 2018

Hillsborough Community College
Título: No. Ano de finalização: 2018

Graduação em Comunicação Social

2004 - 2007

Universidade Católica de Brasília
Título: A Rede de Brincadeiras no Distrito Federal - Mapeamento dos Grupos de Cultura Popular no DF
Orientador: Alex Ricardo de Medeiros da Silveira

Formação complementar

2018 - 2018

Extensão universitária em Leadership and Professional Learning. , Concordia University, CONCORDIA, Canadá.

2018 - 2018

Extensão universitária em Innovation in Education. , Concordia University, CONCORDIA, Canadá.

2015 - 2015

Extensão universitária em Study Abroad, Human Rights and Activism in Latin America. , International Association of Studies, AIE, Argentina.

2014 - 2015

Spanish. , Tampa Language Center, TLC, Estados Unidos.

2013 - 2014

Extensão universitária em Academic English as a Second Language (ESOL) - Advanced. , University of South Florida, USF, Estados Unidos.

2010 - 2014

English as a Second Language (ESOL). , Tampa Language Center, TLC, Estados Unidos.

2013 - 2013

Extensão universitária em Academic Writing. , St. Petersburgh College, SPC, Estados Unidos.

2012 - 2012

Extensão universitária em Creative Advertisement. , University of San Francisco, USFCA, Estados Unidos.

2012 - 2012

Extensão universitária em Public Relations, Theory & Practice,. , University of South Florida, USF, Estados Unidos.

2012 - 2012

Extensão universitária em Expanded Food and Nutrition Education. , University of Florida, UF, Estados Unidos.

2012 - 2012

Extensão universitária em Event Planning. , University of South Florida, USF, Estados Unidos.

2012 - 2012

Extensão universitária em Media Relations. , University of South Florida, USF, Estados Unidos.

2010 - 2012

English as a Second Language (ESOL). , Hillsborough County Public Schools, FL, Estados Unidos.

2010 - 2010

Learning How to Write a Grant Governmental Project. , Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo, ECCO, Brasil.

2010 - 2010

Art, Culture, and How to Design Programs for Students with Disabilities. , Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo, ECCO, Brasil.

2010 - 2010

Elaboration of Social, Environmental and Cultural Grant Projects. , Espaço Cultural Contemporâneo, ECCO, Brasil.

2008 - 2008

Multimedia & Public Relations. , BANCO DO BRASIL S/A., BBS_FORN, Brasil.

Idiomas

Inglês

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Espanhol

Compreende Razoavelmente, Fala Razoavelmente, Lê Razoavelmente, Escreve Razoavelmente.

Português

Compreende Bem, Fala Bem, Lê Bem, Escreve Bem.

Áreas de atuação

Grande área: Ciências Humanas / Área: Educação / Subárea: Ensino-Aprendizagem/Especialidade: Tecnologia Educacional.

Grande área: Ciências Humanas / Área: Educação / Subárea: Justiça Social.

Grande área: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas / Área: Direito / Subárea: Direitos Humanos.

Grande área: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas / Área: Direito / Subárea: Sociologia.

Grande área: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas / Área: Direito / Subárea: Políticas Públicas.

Grande área: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas / Área: Direito / Subárea: Educação.

Organização de eventos

SCHOOLS, H. C. P. ; COLLEGE, H. C. ; ROCHA, M. C. Â. D. . Career Quest. 2017. (Outro).

COLLEGE, H. C. ; SCHOOLS, H. C. P. ; ROCHA, M. C. Â. D. . Career Quest. 2016. (Outro).

Participação em eventos

Inclusive Education Research Conference. 2018. (Seminário).

ISNN 15th Annual Conference in Sports Nutrition. 2018. (Congresso).

1 Million Cups Tampa. 2017. (Seminário).

Entrepreneurship and Women?s Conference of Florida. 2017. (Congresso).

National Association for Community College and Entrepreneurship. 2017. (Congresso).

Performing Protest ? Activism and Art in Latin America.Event Translator Portuguese- English. 2017. (Seminário).

Human Trafficking Summit. 2016. (Congresso).

Bridging the Local and Global: Pathways to Community-Engagement and Scholar Activism.Event Translator - Portuguese/English. 2015. (Seminário).

How Black Lives Matter: Protest in Global Prospective.Event Translator - Portuguese/English. 2015. (Seminário).

Human Trafficking in the U.S. and Latin America. 2015. (Seminário).

Women and Social Issues Conference - University of Florida. Hey Brazil! Stigmas Land in Your Own Backyard Impact Women Across Americas. 2015. (Congresso).

Produções bibliográficas

ROCHA, M. C. Â. D. . Argentina: How Long Will Toy Deny the Existence of Femicide in Your Own Backyard. 2016. (Apresentação de Trabalho/Conferência ou palestra).
ROCHA, M. C. Â. D. . Women and Social Issues Conference. 2015. (Apresentação de Trabalho/Conferência ou palestra).

Projetos de pesquisa

2015 - 2016

Where is the Survivor?s Voice? An Examination of the Individual and Structural Challenges to the Reintegration of Immigrant Human Trafficking Survivors, Descrição: The United States is one of the top destination countries for human trafficking, and Florida has the third highest number of reported cases of human trafficking. Despite the severity of this issue, Florida anti-trafficking legislation, reintegration programs, and awareness campaigns tend to contribute to the invisibility of the victims and undermine their recovery and reintegration into society, especially when the victims are immigrants. This project uses a multimethod approach including content analysis of anti-human trafficking campaigns to argue that portrayals of a ?perfect victim? only amplify stigmatization and discrimination against immigrant victims. Through in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation highlighting the voices of immigrant survivors, law enforcement and service providers, I analyze the individual and structural challenges to reintegration. Using these insights, I offer several recommendations about the type of services and training necessary to help trafficking victims recover from their trauma and rebuild their lives. Advisor: Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, USF.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michelle Angelo Dantas Rocha - Coordenador.
2015 - 2015

Argentina: How Long Will You Deny The Existence of Femicide In Your Own Backyard?, Descrição: An analysis of Women?s Rights, Violence against Women and the Argentine Law. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michelle Angelo Dantas Rocha - Coordenador.
2015 - 2015

Hey, Brazil! Stigmas Land in Your Own Backyard Impact Women Across the Americas, Descrição: An analysis of Brazilian racial and gender history. This study aims to investigate the underlying reasons why Brazilian women, especially women of color, are victims of sexual harassment, gender based violence, human trafficking and prejudice to countries outside of Brazil. In this research I analyze: 1) How are Brazilian women portrayed in Brazil to foreigners; and how do these stereotypes impact Brazilian women experiences and opportunities? 2) How do people from different ethnicities perceive and behave towards Brazilian women? 3) How have the Brazilian government and media been contributing to the hypersexualized image of Brazilian women in Western countries? 4) What are the consequences of being labeled as hypersexualized and how do they affect Brazilian women in their daily lives? In this study, I argue that the Brazilian government plays an active role in producing a hypersexual image of Brazilian women that negatively impact their civil opportunities and life experiences.. , Situação: Concluído; Natureza: Pesquisa. , Integrantes: Michelle Angelo Dantas Rocha - Coordenador.

Prêmios

2018

Deans List Honors Student, Hillsborough Community College (HCC).

2018

Refugee Teacher Assistant, CARIBE Refugee Program.

2017

Scholarship, Leadership and Service Honors, The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).

2017

Deans List Honors Student, Hillsborough Community College (HCC).

Histórico profissional

Experiência profissional

2016 - Atual

Hillsborough Community College

Vínculo: Servidor Público, Enquadramento Funcional: Educational Event Coordinator, Carga horária: 29

Outras informações:
Coordinated the logistics of diverse types of educational events on campus. Helped to expend partnership between the Associate in Science Degree Programs with Hillsborough County Public Schools. Experience in editing certification projects. Helped to build a strong relationship with internal and external public. Engaged in strategic ideas to enhance the college?s image inside and outside of campus. Translation for Portuguese and Spanish meetings. Customer Service understanding. Worked directly with the College President and the Dean of the A.S. Program. Organized educational events for more than 700 high school students and educators from the local public schools. Assisted the Center for International Education. Helped international students to overcome difficulties in college. Helped to implement food packets for food insecure students. Helped to implement a new online program system to help the Culinary and Hospitality Management Business school in their events. Audio and video production. Coordinated guest lectures series sponsored by the Student Government Association focusing on Women, Leadership and Business.

2016 - Atual

CARIBE

Vínculo: Professor Visitante, Enquadramento Funcional: Teacher Assistant - Refugee Program

Outras informações:
Teaching English as a Second Language to adult refugees. Basic level courses in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages); engaging in classroom management, ability to teach in English, and translate to Portuguese and Spanish. Classroom management, ability to create strategies to help adults to learn a foreigner language through technology.

2016 - 2017

Hillsborough County Public Schools

Vínculo: Professor Visitante, Enquadramento Funcional: Substitute Teacher, Carga horária: 40

Outras informações:
Teaching English, Math, English as a Second Language, Spanish, Literature, Music, Physical Education, and History for elementary, middle, and high school students. Experience working with students with special education. Classroom management, teaching strategies to make students engaged, helped students recall and retain information in interactive ways. Flexible and versatile in methods of instruction and ability to adapt quickly. Time management, interpersonal and team building skills.

2015 - 2016

University of South Florida

Vínculo: Bolsista, Enquadramento Funcional: Research Assistant, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Translating academic articles and workshops to English to Portuguese. Extensive experience transcribing in-depth interviews of academic research in Portuguese. Experience in writing meeting reports of Florida non-governmental organizations, summit, conferences and workshops about human trafficking in English. Experience in event planning of conferences, meetings, and workshops with international scholars from Brazil at the University of South Florida. Experience in conduct online interviews in Portuguese and help to select research assistants in Brazil to conduct field research about Brazilian women living in exploitation. Proof reading presentations in Portuguese.

2005 - 2006

Universidade Católica de Brasília

Vínculo: Bolsista, Enquadramento Funcional: Research Assistant, Regime: Dedicação exclusiva.

Outras informações:
Project Patrimônio Imaterial da RIDE - Região Integrada de Desenvolvimento do Distrito Federal e Entorno (Immaterial Heritage of RIDE - Integrated Region of Development of the Federal District and Surrounding Areas). Partnership between Petrobras, Ministry of Culture, Catholic University of Brasilia (UCB) AND University of Brasilia (UnB) Responsibilities: Conducted ethnographic research in different cities and communities in Goiás, Brazil. Helped to conduct in-depth interviews in Portuguese with local communities. Extensive experience transcribing audio and video interviews. Helped to record field research by images, studies and descriptions of anthropological nature. Helped to develop a video documentary, a catalogue of intangible assets (photographs and texts), a book with analysis of local heritage.