Rodrigo Serrão
Dr. Rodrigo Serrão is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hope College. His research focuses on the intersection of race/ethnicity, religion, and immigration in the United States. He also writes on political sociology, region, and race in Brazil. He has recently published an article on racism and regional bias in Brazil (published by Latin American Perspectives). With João Chaves, he wrote on the reactions and responses to COVID-19 by some Brazilian immigrant churches in Florida (published by the International Journal of Latin American Religions). In addition, Dr. Serrão has engaged in public sociology by writing essays on his experience as an international student in a theological seminary in the United States (posted on Good Faith Media) and on the issue of racial democracy and racism in Brazil (posted on The North American Congress on Latin America [NACLA]). Dr. Serrão was born and raised in Brazil and currently resides in Holland, Michigan, with his partner Adriana and their daughter Liz.
