DR. Kimberly F. Jones-De Oliveira
Dr. Kimberly F. Jones-de Oliveira is an associate professor in the History Department of the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. She received her B.A. degree in Psychology and Area Studies (specialization Latin America from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Her M.A. degree in Latin American Studies and her PhD in History are from the University of California, Los Angeles. She completed her dissertation, A Luta Continua. Afro-Brazilian Mobilization within the Context of Racial Democracy: The Evolution of O Movimento Negro, 1978-the Present, 1995 under the direction of the late Dr. E. Bradford Burns. Dr. Jones-de Oliveira received her training in Latin American History (colonial and national periods with a specialization in Brazilian History) along with the outside fields of Anthropology (specializing in Women’s Studies) and African History (specializing in the African Slave trade to the Americas).
As an associate professor in the LIU-Brooklyn Campus Department of History, Dr. Jones-de Oliveira has taught the following courses: Latin American History, Caribbean History, Comparative Slavery and Freedom: Brazil, Cuba, and the U.S., Latin American Women's History, African History, African American History, Latin American History in World Perspective and the History of World Civilizations. Her research interests include the African Diaspora in the Americas (especially the area of comparative race relations), the Brazilian black consciousness movement, and gender and women’s issues in Latin America. Her present project focuses on the history of Afro-Brazilian women with a particular focus on O Movimento das Mulheres Negras (the Black Women’s Movement) and Lélia Gonzalez one of the pioneers of both the Brazilian black consciousness movement and its black women’s movement. Her scholarly activities are as follows:
Publications
“The Politics of Culture or the Politics of Race: Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, 1920-1964.” Journal of Third World Studies, vol. XX, no.1 (Spring 2003), 103-120.
Review of The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Worker: From Household and Factory to Union Hall and Ballot Box edited by John D. French and Daniel James. Journal of Third World Studies, vol. XX, no.1 (Spring 2003), 272-274.
“O Movimento das Mulheres Negras (The Black Women’s Movement) and the Pursuit of Social Justice in Brazil.” (Accepted for publication in anthology being composed by the board of Women’s Studies Program, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.)
Review of Globalization and Survival in the Black Diaspora, edited by Charles Green, Science & Society, vol. 63, no. 3 (Fall 1999), 385-387.
Reviewof Political Policing: The United States & Latin America, by Martha Huggins, Social Justice, vol. 26, no. 4 (1999), 175-179.
Presentations
“O Movimento das Mulheres Negras do Brasil (The Black Women’s Movement of Brazil) and the Pursuit of Social Justice,” Women and Power: “Engendering Risk” Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, March 8-10, 2000.
“From Whitening to Racial Democracy: Race, State, and Civil Society in Brazil,” Socialist Scholars Conference, Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY, April 11, 1999.
“O Movimento das Mulheres Negras and Human Rights in Brazil,” Women’s Studies Program on Human Rights, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, March 7, 1999.
“As Crioulas Guerreiras: Afro-Brazilian Women and the Movimento Negro in Brazil,” Women and Power Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, February 19, 1999.
“Studying Race in Brazil and the United States: Historical Methodologies,” guest lecture Honors Social Science Seminar, November 3, 1999.
Presenter and Discussion Moderator, Screening of video La Operación, Women’s Studies Reproductive Rights Awareness Days, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY, January 29, 1998.
“As Crioulas Guerreiras: Afro-Brazilian Women and the Movimento Negro in Brazil,” Women’s Studies Speakers Series, Long Island University, April 29, 1997.