Luiz Valerio de Paula Trindade

I hold a PhD in Sociology from the University of Southampton (UK), a Master's in Business Administration from Universidade Nove de Julho (Brazil) and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Braz Cubas (Brazil). I have also attended university extension courses carried out in Portugal (ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), in the USA (Harvard University) and in Canada (Greystone College of Business and Ashton College). My areas of research, teaching and publication include (1) critical ethnic and racial studies; (2) qualitative analysis of hate speech on social media; (3) critical discourse analysis; (4) social representation of ethnic minorities in means of mass communication; (5) racism and anti-racism; and (6) critical humour studies. I have authored the books 'Discurso de Ódio nas Redes Sociais' (Editora Jandaíra, 2022) and 'No Laughing Matter: Race Joking and Resistance in Brazilian Social Media' (Vernon Press, 2020). My work has been featured in different journals such as Alceu (PUC-RJ); Annals of Social Science and Management Studies; Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies; Comunicação, Mídia e Consumo (ESPM-SP); Ethnic and Racial Studies; Discover Society (UK); International Network for Hate Studies (UK); Social Science Space & Sage Publishing (USA); Sociologicamente (Italy), The Conversation (UK), among many others. Furthermore, I have attended over twenty academic congresses in Brazil, Canada, UK, Portugal, Poland and Romania. Finally, my work has already been the subject of news articles and interviews in Brazil and abroad at Canal Futura, TV Cultura, Canal GNT, Jornal da Gazeta, Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo, O Tempo, Radio France International, DW - Deutsch Welle Brasil, Revista Fórum, Carta Capital, Podcast Le Mode Diplomatique Brasil, Podcast Conversas na Livraria, Podcast New Books Network, Podcast Seis Zero Um, Headline, Programa Revista CBN, Portal UOL, Australasian Humor Studies Network, Brazilian Students Association, Revista Claudia, Jornal do Brasil, Metrópolis, Mundo Negro, Diário de Pernambuco, SSSP - Societhy for the Study of Social Problems, and Jornal Tornado.