Coordination and Management
PPGCOM Coordination – Management 2025/2027
Coordination:
Helena Martins do Rêgo Barreto
📧 helena.martins@ufc.br | coordenacao.ppgcom@ufc.br | Lattes | ORCID| UFC
Doctor in Social Communication from the University of Brasília (UnB), with a sandwich period at the Higher Institute of Economics and Management of the University of Lisbon through the PDSE/Capes Program, Helena Martins is a professor in the Social Communication course – Advertising and Propaganda and the Graduate Program in Communication at UFC (PPGCOM-UFC), where she also serves as Coordinator for the 2025/2027 biennium.
Editor of the EPTIC Journal, she leads Telas – Research Laboratory on Communication Policies, Technology, and Economy, and is also a member of the GT Political Economy of Information, Communication and Culture of Clacso and the Communication, Political Economy and Society group (OBSCOM/CEPOS). She holds a Master’s degree in Communication (UFC, 2012) and a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism (UFC, 2009).
Her academic and professional work is marked by a commitment to topics such as the Political Economy of Communication, communication policies, impacts of technological changes on society, and human rights. She is associated with ULEPICC Brazil and was a member of the National Human Rights Council (CNDH) in its first term (2014-2016).
Before joining full-time teaching, she worked as a journalist at Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (2012-2018), gaining practical experience that strengthens her critical and applied approach to media and communication policies.
Vice-Coordination:
Maria Érica de Oliveira Lima
📧 mariaerica@ufc.br | Lattes | ORCID| UFC
Full Professor of the Journalism course and the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM-UFC), Maria Érica de Oliveira Lima has an academic and professional trajectory marked by national and international work in Communication, Journalism, and Cultural Industries.
She is a Collaborating Researcher at the Transdisciplinary Research Center Culture, Space and Memory (CITCEM) at the University of Porto, Portugal; at the Research and Production Center in Communication, Emergency (EMERGE) at UFF; and of the Studies Group on Cybermuseums (GREC) at UFBA.
Graduated in Social Communication – Journalism from PUC-Campinas, she holds a Master’s degree in Communication (Communication Theories and Teaching) and a PhD in Social Communication (Communication Processes) from Umesp, with a sandwich doctorate at Fernando Pessoa University (UFP), in Porto, Portugal, as a grantee of the AlBan Program (2004-2005). She completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Argentina (2022-2023), and was a Visiting Scholar/Visiting Researcher at the University of Texas at Austin through the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (2012).
Her research focuses on cultural industries and studies, local and regional media, folk communication, political and economic strategies of media groups, and the history and practices of journalism. She serves as a Counselor for the Network for Studies and Research in Folk Communication and has extensive experience in academic leadership: she was Coordinator of the Thematic Division Assibercom (DTI) 13 – Folk Communication at the XVI Ibercom Congress (2019, Bogotá; 2022, Porto) and Coordinator of the GP Folk Communication, Media and Interculturality at Intercom (2018-2020).
In the editorial area, she was Editor of the Passagens Journal (2018-2020) of PPGCOM-UFC and Guest Editor for dossiers in the E-Legis Journal (Chamber of Deputies) and the Lusophone Journal of Cultural Studies (CECS, University of Minho, Portugal).
Representative of Line 1 Communication, Image and Sound:
Aluísio Ferreira de Lima
📧 aluisiolima@ufc.br | Lattes | ORCID| UFC
Psychologist and nationally and internationally renowned researcher, Aluísio Ferreira de Lima holds a PhD, Master’s, and Postdoctoral degree in Social Psychology from PUC-SP, with specializations from USP and CRP-11. Full Professor at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), he supervises master’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral students in the Graduate Programs in Psychology and Communication (PPGCOM-UFC), and is a research productivity grant holder from CNPq (PQ-1D).
His career includes teaching at USP, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain), and Universidad de la República (Uruguay), as well as leadership roles in organizations such as ABRAPSO and CRP-11. He coordinates the Political Psychology Working Group of ANPEPP and the Coisas Frágeis project, which investigates, through narratives and images, the effects of psychological knowledge on the construction of contemporary identities.
With a significant intellectual output—dozens of books, chapters, and articles published in Portuguese, Spanish, and English—his research covers topics such as critical social psychology, language theories, image studies, decoloniality, Black feminism, and critical mental health. He also acts as editor and reviewer for national and international journals.
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Representative of Line 2 Communication and Sociocultural Practices:
Diógenes Lycarião Barreto Sousa
📧 lycariao-d@ufc.br | Lattes | ORCID| UFC
Assistant Professor in the Journalism Course at ICA-UFC and Permanent Researcher in the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM-UFC), Diógenes Lycarião has built a solid academic career in Political Communication and related areas, combining national and international experience.
Graduated in Social Communication – Journalism from UFC, he holds a Master’s and Doctorate in Social Communication from UFMG. He completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UFF and two sandwich internships: the first during his Master’s at UFBA, and the second during his doctorate at the University of Mannheim (Germany).
His research addresses themes such as the media system, climate change communication, online social networks, journalism, content analysis, and the public sphere, with more than twenty published works, including articles in high-impact Communication journals.
He serves as Coordinator of Communication and Scientific Dissemination at the National Institute of Science and Technology on Disputes and Informational Sovereignties (INCT/DSI) and participates in the international project Raumkonflikte und Klimagerechtigkeit in sozialen Medien (“Spaces of Conflict and Climate Justice on Social Media”), based at the Freie Universität Berlin.
He is the leader of Gruppocom (Research Group on Communication, Politics, and Society), vice-coordinator of the GT Communication of Science and Scientific Policies of Compós, and coordinates the outreach project “Scientific dissemination through online platforms.”.
Among his recognitions is the Compolítica Thesis and Dissertation Award (2021), in the Best Dissertation category, received by his advisee Thatiany do Nascimento. He also served on the board of the Brazilian Association of Researchers in Communication and Politics (2021-2023) as executive secretary.
Representative of Line 3 Journalism Studies:
Edgard Patrício de Almeida Filho
📧 Contato: edgard@ufc.br | Lattes | Orcid | UFC
Journalist, doctorate and Master’s degree in Education from UFC, with undergraduate degrees in Social Communication and Data Processing. Professor of the Journalism Course and the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM/UFC), where he supervises research in the areas of transformations in journalism, insurgent journalism, educational radio, and public communication policies.
He coordinates the research group PráxisJor – Praxis in Journalism (UFC), the Extension Program Communication and Public Policies, and the research network Work and Identity of Journalists (Retij), linked to the Brazilian Association of Researchers in Journalism (SBPJor). He is also the creator and coordinator of the podcast PapoCom, aimed at scientific dissemination in communication.
Throughout his academic and professional career, he has held course coordination roles, participated in institutional councils and committees, led relevant research and extension projects at regional and national levels, and contributed to the training of communication professionals and researchers.
Awards include the Adelmo Genro Filho Award – Scientific Initiation (2022) as advisor, granted by SBPJor; the ACI Radio Journalism Award (1997 and 1998) granted by the Ceará Press Association; the ABES Award for Reporting through the Broadcasting System (1997), from the Brazilian Association of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering; and the Regional Northeast and National Awards at the XXIV Exhibition of Experimental Research in Communication (2017), granted by Intercom.
Registrar’s Office:
Alexandrina Cássia Ramalho Oliveira (Administrative Assistant) – Contato: secretaria.ppgcom@ufc.br.
Graduated in Social Communication – Advertising and Propaganda. Specialization in Strategic Marketing Management.
Previous Administrations
Coordination: Profa. Drª Gabriela Frota Reinaldo. Vice-Coordination: Profª. Drª. Silvia Helena Belmino Freitas (2023 – 2025)
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Jorge de Lucena Lucas. Vice-Coordination: Profª. Drª. Silvia Helena Belmino Freitas (2021 – 2023)
Coordination: Prof. Dr. Edgard Patrício de Almeida Filho. Vice-Coordination: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Jorge de Lucena Lucas (2019 – 2021)
