People, papers and presentations for July 19, 2021

Brooklyn Holt, digital communications and marketing specialist at the Doerr Institute for New Leaders, was selected for the inaugural Auburn University College of Liberal Arts 30 Under 30 list. Holt’s alma mater selected her for her work with the Doerr Institute’s #LeadershipReckoning movement in higher education to improve the way students are developed as leaders.

Baker College seniors Helena Leal and Diana de la Torre Pinedo each published articles in a new multilingual magazine from the University of Chicago, “Vaeranda.” Their work is written in Portuguese and was originally completed in their undergraduate course, “Brazil: Culture and Society,” taught by Hélade Scutti Santos. Their articles for “Vaeranda” touch on the topic of transgender artists and feminist music in Brazil.

Lívia Maria Tiede, a history Ph.D. candidate in a dual degree program between Rice and the University of Campinas in Brazil, published an article in the latest volume of “Atlantic Studies: Global Currents.” Her piece, “Frederico Baptista de Souza: the formation of a Black editor in the South Atlantic,” explores the rise of the Black press in Brazil through a man born to an enslaved mother who would later campaign in favor of full citizenship for formerly enslaved people and shape public opinion about racial matters in the South American nation.