Henrique Assi Hernandes

Linguistic Anthropology

Biography

Henrique (he/him) is an international student from Brazil. He holds a Bachelor's Degree and Teaching License in Social Sciences from the University of São Paulo. Henrique is currently a PhD student of Linguistic Anthropology at Illinois, a former Werner Baer Doctoral Fellow at UofI's Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies, and a former Career Exploration Fellow at UofI's Graduate College, where he worked with the Assistant Provost for Communications and Strategic Planning. Between 2022 and 2024, he was member of the editorial board of Primeiros Estudos, a social sciences academic journal, and was responsible for recreating the journal's visual identity. In 2023 he was Text/Poetry Finalist of the 30th Nascente USP (the University of São Paulo's yearly cultural contest). 

Research Interests

Linguistic & Semiotic Anthropology; Interdisciplinarity

Education

Bachelor's and Teaching License in Social Sciences (Anthropology, Sociology & Political Science), University of São Paulo, 2024

Awards and Honors

Career Exploration Fellowship, 2025

Werner Baer Doctoral Fellowship, 2024

Finalist in the 30th Nascente USP (Text/Poetry), 2023

Additional Campus Affiliations

Communications Intern @ Graduate College (2026)

Career Exploration Fellow @ Graduate College (2025)

Werner Baer Doctoral Fellow @ Lemann Center for Brazilian Studies (2024)

Recent Publications

Hernandes, Henrique A., Guilherme Olímpio Fagundes, Tales Mançano. "Novas Perspectivas sobre W. E. B. Du Bois e Sociologia Pública: uma conversa com Michael Burawoy [New Perspectives about W. E. B. Du Bois and Public Sociology: A Conversation with Michael Burawoy]." Revista Primeiros Estudos 11 (2024): e00115002. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-2423.v10i2pe00115002

Corvisier, Camila M., Guilherme Olímpio Fagundes, Henrique A. Hernandes, Tales Mançano, Caio Labate. "Por uma sociologia do vínculo social: Entrevista com o sociólogo Serge Paugam [For a Sociology of the Social Bond: Interview with Serge Paugam." Revista Primeiros Estudos 11 (2024): e00115001. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-2423.v10i2pe00115001

Mançano, Tales, Henrique A. Hernandes, Lucas de P. Fonseca, and Moisés S. de Sena.  "A aprovação de cotas na Universidade de São Paulo em 2017: o ponto de vista de articuladores pró-cotas na USP [The approval of ethnic-racial quotas at the University of São Paulo in 2017: the viewpoint of pro-quotas articulators]." Estudos de Sociologia 2, no. 29 (2023): 59-81. https://doi.org/10.51359/2317-5427.2023.261410

Hernandes, Henrique A.. "Nas (Entre)Linhas do Labirinto Caroliniano: Questões Sociológicas na Vida e na Literatura de Carolina Maria de Jesus [Between the lines of Carolina's Labyrinth: Sociological Questions in Carolina Maria de Jesus' Life and Work]." Paper presented at II Congresso de Ciências Sociais da UNESP-FCLAR, Araraquara, SP (Online), November 2022. https://congressocs.wixsite.com/congresso2022/anaisdocongresso