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Eva R. Célem

Eva Rubens Célem is a third-year student in the Rhetoric, Media, and Publics PhD program. She earned her BA and MA in Design and Society from PUC-Rio, Brazil. In her master’s she developed a critical analysis of feminist subjectification processes through the study of the second-wave feminist practice of Consciousness-Raising, engaging with the tensions between feminism, identity, liberalism, and how said practice has influenced the development of identity politics both in the US and in Brazil. In 2019, Eva held a Visiting Scholar appointment at the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women at Brown University, where she conducted vast archival research that supported this work. Her current interests revolve around memory construction processes and truth-producing discourses within the Brazilian political context, especially in regard to women’s movements and how they relate to the country’s democratic ideals. evacelem@u.northwestern.edu