Sylvia Duarte Dantas

Graduate in Psychology from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1986), Master in Applied Psychology from Boston University (1992) and Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Boston University (1999). Through a grant form CAPES conceived and developed the Intercultural Conseling Service at the Psychology Institute at Universidade de São Paulo. Leader fo the reserarch group Psychology, E/Immigration and Culture registered in the national directory of research groups at CNPq. Has experience on the area of social and clinical psychology in teaching, research, advising, clinical intervention, supervision and in consultation to organizations in intercultural matters. Her research area focus on intercultural psychology, psychoanalysis, intercultural counseling and brief psychotherapy, Psychosocial intervention, gender, e/immigration, expatriation, ethnic and cultural identity, prejudice, cultural insertion processes. Co-author of " Líder de mudança e grupo operativo", 2. ed. Petrópolis: Vozes, 1985, 1996; Author of "Changing gender roles: Brazilian immigrant families in the U.S.", New York: LFB scholarly publishing LLC, 2002, Author and co-editor fo "Psicologia, E/Imigração e Cultura", São Paulo: Casa do Psicólogo, 2004,amogn other books. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)