A warm CrimSL welcome to Professor Gislene Santos of the University of São Paulo (USP), who joins us as a Visiting Scholar co-hosted by CrimSL and by the CrimSL Research Cluster for the Study of Racism and Inequality from January to June 2026!
Gislene Santos, philosopher. I am a Black Women, wife, mother and ‘granddogmother' and Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP). I hold a Master's degree in Philosophy, with a specialization in Epistemology of Psychology and Psychoanalysis, and a PhD in Psychology. I have been teaching undergraduate courses in Public Policy Management at the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities (EACH-USP), and in the Postgraduate Program in Law, in the area of Human Rights at the Faculty of Law (FD-USP). Currently I coordinate the nPeriferias, Research Group on Peripheries of the Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA) of USP, and the USP Women's Human Rights Clinic. I focus my investigating on race, gender and racism.
When I was younger, I used to say I was passionate about learning how to write because it was a way to express myself. Today I think much more about passion as one way to learn how to grow old without regrets, accepting my strengths and my limitations. It seems like a peaceful way to grow old. But it is a hard goal to achieve.
When asked what attracted Professor Santos to the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto, she said:
The Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies considers legal issues from an interdisciplinary perspective and has a space where racial issues and racism can be discussed as one important aspect of justice and rights. It is amazing!
Professor Santos is an expert on decolonial studies; human rights; diversity; racial and gender equity; racial discrimination and racism; and public policies for socially vulnerable groups.
Please join us in welcoming Visiting Scholar Dr. Gislene Santos to CrimSL!