Maria Cristina Antunes

Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of São Paulo (1993), Master's degree in Social Psychology from the University of São Paulo (1999), and Doctorate in Social Psychology from the University of São Paulo (2005). Researcher at the AIDS Study and Prevention Center at USP and at the Tuiuti University of Paraná. Faculty member in Psychology courses since 1997. Faculty member of the Master's in Forensic Psychology at Tuiuti University of Paraná since 2010. Coordinated the Psychology course at UTP from 2001 to 2005. Coordinator of the Lato Sensu postgraduate program in Clinical Psychology (2003 to 2018). Psychodramatist trained at the J.L. Moreno Institute in São Paulo and Zerca Moreno Workshops - USA. Clinical psychologist in private practice since 1994, providing individual, family, and couples therapy. Coordinated research projects funded by USAID - Family Health International, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies - CAPS, University of California - San Francisco, and the State Department of DTS/Aids in SP from 1994 to 2000. Member of the Board of the Brazilian Society of Psychology from 2010 to 2013. Member of the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse Neglect - ISPCAN. Editorial board member of the journal Trends in Psychology from 2013 to 2020. Editor of the journal Psicologia Argumento in 2019-2020. Associate editor of the journal Interação em Psicologia (2023-2024). Section editor of the journal Psicologia em Estudo (UEM) since 2020. Editor-in-chief of the Interamerican Journal of Forensic Psychology since 2024. Member of the Gender Violence Study Committee (CEVIGE) of OAB Paraná since 2013. Coordinator of the Research Ethics Committee at UTP. Experience in the field of Psychology, primarily focusing on the following topics: forensic psychology, sexual abuse, violence against women, health psychology, sexuality, AIDS prevention, and psychodrama. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)