Andréa Lopes da Costa Vieira

Andréa Lopes da Costa Vieira serves as an Associate Professor at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), teaching undergraduate courses in Social Sciences and Political Science while acting as a permanent faculty member in the Graduate Program in Social Memory (PPGMS/UNIRIO). She concurrently holds key administrative roles including Coordinator of the Research Group on Public Policies and Social Inequalities, Coordinator of the Tutoring Program (PET-Affirmative Action), and Coordinator of Student Policies within UNIRIO's Student Affairs Pro-Rectory.

Her academic credentials include:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993)
• Master's degree in Sociology from the Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (1997)
• Doctoral degree in Sociology from the Instituto Universitário de Pesquisas do Rio de Janeiro (2005)

Prof. Vieira's research centers on Political Sociology with critical examinations of Affirmative Action implementation in Brazilian higher education, structural Social and Racial Inequalities, and the sociopolitical dimensions of Social Memory. Her work consistently investigates how public policies intersect with race, education access, and historical memory in Brazil's sociopolitical landscape, employing qualitative methodologies to analyze systemic disparities.

Through her leadership in the Research Group on Public Policies and Social Inequalities, she directs collaborative studies on equity initiatives while mentoring junior researchers via the PET-Affirmative Action tutoring program. Her Student Policies coordination role directly shapes institutional frameworks for student support services across UNIRIO's diverse academic community.