Professional Bio

Ludmila Bandeira is a first-year graduate student
in Comparative Politics and Political
Methodology. She comes to Penn State after ten
years of professional career as a civil servant in
Brazil to get her master’s in public policy. She has
a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s in
business administration from the University of
Brasília. Her research interests involve inequality,
federalism, and democracy. She is particularly
interested in how inequality is related to the
increase of far-right movements in Brazil. She is a
mother of an incredibly handsome guy and, in her
free time, likes to be outside with her family, hang
out with friends, watch TV, and sleep (parents
with small children will get it).