## Section I: Chapter 5  
Elaine ROCHA has been teaching history since 1985, starting at secondary level, and at university level since 1991. She has taught in universities in Brazil, Ethiopia and Barbados at graduate and undergraduate levels. Besides teaching, she is very active in research, writing, editing books, and participating in international conferences, and is part of advisory committees and editorial boards where she examines theses and academic articles. At the International level, Elaine Rocha is the Co-Chair for the ERIP-Lasa, a session of the Latin American Studies Association dedicated to studies of ethnicity, race and indigenous peoples.