Courses Taught
2018
Grinnell College
– Comparative Social Inequalities
– Gender across the Globe
2013-2015
University of Minho, Institute of Social Sciences
Associate Professor
– Social Inequalities and Public Policy (undergraduate) (5.4 out of 6, students’ evaluation)
– Social Research & Methods (undergraduate) (5.3 out of 6, students’ evaluation)
– Design, Culture and Society (undergraduate) (4.9 out of 6, students’ evaluation)
– Participatory Action Research Seminar (Master level)
– Introduction to Social Sciences (undergraduate level for Management & Marketing) (5.2 out of 6, students’ evaluation)
– Sociology of the Family (undergraduate) (5.0 ou of 6 students’ evaluation)
– Seminar on Research Project (undergraduate) (6 out of 6, students’ evaluation)
– Seminar on Internship Report (undergraduate) (6 out of 6, students’ evaluation)
– Seminar on Writing a Dissertation Proposal (Master level) (6 out of 6, students’ evaluation)
2010-2013
ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon University Institute
Invited Professor & Coordinator of the Master in International Migrations
– Research Project and Thesis Design on Public Policy, annual course (Doctoral level) (4.3 out of 5, students’ evaluation)
– Issues in Public Policy (coordination of conferences for Ph.D. in Public Policy)
– International Contemporary Migrations (Master level) (4.3 out of 5, students’ evaluation)
– Immigration Policies (Master level, coordination)
– Migratory Law (Master level, coordination)
– Families and Mobility (Master level) (4.8 out of 5, students’ evaluation)
– Sociology of Gender (Master level)
2008-2014
CIES, ISCTE-IUL & Casa da América Latina
Instructor – Summer course on Latin America Today)
– Social Dynamics in Latin America
– Ethnicity, Race Relations and Migrations in Latin America
– What is Latin America?
2005-2007
Higher Institute of Management – ISG
Assistant Professor
– Introduction to Social Sciences (undergraduate)
– Intercultural Management and Diversity (undergraduate)
– Leadership and Negotiation (undergraduate level)
– Negotiation (MBA)
2006
Higher Institute of Management – ISG
Instructor
– Intercultural & Diversity Management. Intensive training course for INOV Contact for the Instituto de Comércio Exterior Português (ICEP).
2002-2006
Technical University of Lisbon – Instituto Superior Técnico
Invited Professor
– Seminar on Research Methods for the MSc. in Engineering Policy and Management of Technology (Master level)
– Seminar on Research Methods for MSc. in Logistic (Master level)
2002-2005
Autonomous University of Lisbon – International Relations & Sociology Departments
Assistant Professor
– Seminar on Strategic Issues, Annual Course, (Senior Year Undergraduate)
– Negotiation of Accords and Treaties (Undergraduate)
– Teoria das Relações Internacionais (Undergraduate)
2003-2004
New University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Visiting Professor
– Graduate Seminar on Ethni-cities: cosmopolitism, gender and deviance in the Master on Migration, Ethnic Minorities and Transnationalism (Graduate level)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Sociology Department
2000-2001
Instructor
– Social Problems (Undergraduate)
– Research Methods (Upper level undergraduate)
– Social Problems in Comparative Perspectives (Undergraduate)
1997-1999
Teaching Assistant
– Environmental Sociology (assistant & grading);
– Gender Stratification (assistant & grading)
– Sociology of the Community (assistant and grading);
– Sociology of Aging (assistant and grading);
– Introduction to Sociology (leading discussion sessions and grading)
Fall 1996
UIUC – Italian, Spanish & Portuguese Department
Instructor
– Spanish 122 (undergraduate) using the communicative approach methodology
1990-1993
Nuestra Señora del Rosario High School -Argentina
Professor and Head of Social Studies Area
– Argentine History (annual curricular course, senior year)
– World civilization history (annual curricular course)
– Civic Education and Government (annual curricular course)
1991-1993
Colegio Nacional Nº2, High School, Argentina
Professor
– Argentine History (annual curricular course, senior year)
– Civic Education & Government (annual course, several years)
Special Training Delivered
2015
New University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities, CICS
Instructor
– Training on how to carrying out research on health and migration offered to community researchers. Instruction included 25 hours course including fieldwork, empirical aspects and mock interview. Activities took place as part of Norface Project UPWEB.
Beatriz Padilla 