ABOUT

Larissa Migotto

Welcome! I'm a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and a Lemann Graduate Fellow (2024–2026).

My research examines comparative political behavior in Latin America, with a focus on local politics, polarization, and elite campaign strategy in Brazil. In particular, I study how municipal candidates use national political figures as campaign cues and how voters respond to these signals. Methodologically, I combine elite interviews, computational text analysis, and survey experiments.

I hold an M.A. in Latin American Studies from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a B.A. in International Relations from the Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS).

Outside of academia, I enjoy watching sports (especially baseball and soccer), running, and learning new languages.