Wagner Xavier de Camargo

Wagner Xavier de Camargo holds a Ph.D. in Gender Studies (Federal University of Santa Catarina/UFSC, 2012) and a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology (Federal University of São Carlos/UFSCar, 2024), as well as a Masters degree in Physical Education (State University of Campinas/Unicamp, 1999). He has research experience and lived engagement with diverse bodily and sports practices among LGBTQIAPN+ communities and people with disabilities. Currently, he is a collaborating professor at the Center for Education and Human Sciences (CECH) at the Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), where he also completed two postdoctoral fellowships in Social Anthropologythe first funded by FAPESP (20132016) and the second by CAPES (20162019). He is a full member of the Brazilian Anthropology Association (ABA), coordinator of the research line Women's, Indigenous, Paralympic, and LGBTQIA+ Football within the INCT Brazilian Football project, and a researcher affiliated with the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst / DAAD). He is taking part in several research groups and laboratories across Brazilian public universities, including: LELuS (Laboratory of Studies on Playful Practices and Sociabilities) at UFSCar, NAVI (Center for Visual Anthropology and Image Studies) and NEPESC (Center for Education and Contemporary Society Studies) at UFSC, N.E.U. (New Studies on Sport, Leisure, and Social Theory in Norbert Elias) at the Federal University of Alfenas, where he serves as vice-coordinator. In 2013, his doctoral thesis was awarded by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) in the category of best interdisciplinary Thesis. In 2021, he published his first book, Leituras de Gênero e Sexualidade nos Esportes (Readings on Gender and Sexuality in Sports), through a public call by EdUFSCar. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4110-647X (Source: Lattes Curriculum)