Nathália Fernandes Pessanha
Holds a PhD in Social History from the Graduate Program in History at Fluminense Federal University (PPGH-UFF), where she also earned her Master’s degree (2020) and Bachelor’s degree (2017) in History. Between 2022 and 2024, she conducted the research project “World of the Ball: Discourses and Practices of Women’s Football in International Perspectives (1921-1980)”, supported by a scholarship from CIES – International Centre for Sports Studies. She is currently a researcher at the Brazil Republic Laboratory (UFF), with a focus on gender studies, women’s football, female football supporters, and the history of the body. She is a member of the Ibero-American Network of Football Studies, the Football in the Classroom project, and is a contributor to the science communication platform História da Ditadura.