RESEARCH PROJECTS

Generally speaking, I’m interested in the different political dynamics mediated by communication in everyday life. Within this area, I have spearheaded or collaborated in projects that analyzed celebrity politics, audiences in social media, and the celebritization of politics.

As of May 2026, my dissertation work is focused on understanding the cognitive and affective factors that influence the occurrence of political conversations.

My Google Scholar profile is accessible here.

☛ Peer-reviewed papers

  1. A Waste of Time? Partisan Deliberative Bias as a Barrier to Political Crosstalk, with Bryan McLaughlin and Nathaniel Geiger. Political Behavior, 2025. Open access.

  2. Is the Celebrity Political? Movements of Politicisation and Depoliticisation between the Brazilian Singer Anitta and her Publics, with Paula Simões. Revista Eco-Pós, 2021. Open access.

☛ Book Chapters

  1. “Celebrity Activism as Discursive Representation: A Case Study of the Brazilian Singer Daniela Mercury and LGBTQ rights in Brazil,” with Regiane Garcêz. Available at Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.

  2. “As políticas de Anitta” and “Celebridades em tempos de Covid-19”, free download at Selo PPGCOM UFMG Press, 2021.

☛ Conference Papers

  1. “Política de celebridades como representação política não-eleitoral: um estudo de caso sobre Daniela Mercury e seus públicos,” with Regiane Garcêz. Presented at the Communication and Democracy division at the IX Compolítica Conference in 2021. Free download at the Compolítica Archives.

☛ Manuscripts

  1. “As políticas de Anitta: Dinâmicas interacionais (des)politizadas entre uma celebridade e atores sociais,” Master’s Thesis, 2023. Portuguese only.
  2. “Política de celebridades como representação política não eleitoral: uma investigação sobre Daniela Mercury e seus públicos,” Undergraduate Thesis, 2021. Portuguese only.



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