Selected Press & Media
‘My Gender States’ art exhibit debuts at Lane Hall. Michigan News. Marissa Corsi (February 2024)
U-M professor explores childhood trauma and gender identity through new exhibit. Concentrate. (Natalia Holtzman, 2024)
Go to a ‘Drag Race’ Party, See ‘Wicked,’ View a Gender-Focused Art Exhibit. Pride Source. Sarah BrickerHunt (January 2024)
Art project invites audience to dive into complex subjects. Michigan News. Fernanda Pires. (September 2021)
Art Heals in Rogério Pinto's Intimately Personal 'Realm of the Dead' U-M Exhibit. Pride Source. D’Anne Witkowski. (October 2021)
The new COVID-19 Optimization Study in East St. Louis. Illinois News Bureau (March, 2022)
Felony disclosure unnecessary for employees, University of Michigan faculty leaders say.MLive bySamuel Dodge (January 27, 2022).
Conversations for change: Celebrating pride & advocating for acceptance. U-M Social dedicated the month of June to elevating voices, challenging perceptions and educating audiences on the importance of inclusion, acceptance, and offering support. (June 2021).
Conheça Miss Major, símbolo da rebelião de Stonewall. Get to know Miss Major, Stonewal rebelion symbol. Marie Claire Brazil by Humberto M. Tozze. (June 28, 2021).
Transgender, non-binary search for selves, rights. Downtown Newsmagazine by Lisa Brody. (June 23, 2021)
Last year’s ‘record-breaking’ global protests were effective in making change. Fox17 West Michigan News by Lauren Edwards. (May 27, 2021).
Thousands of Michiganders have marched through tears and tear gas to protest police brutality. Are We Finally Ready For Real Change? MLive, by Julie Mack. (June 5, 2020).
New research project to adapt the HIV Treatment Cascade to COVID-19. Featured in Illinois Public Media (December 2020)
Michigan Research: News from the University of Michigan – A Global Epidemic, by Alex Piazza. January 2019.
PODCASTS
Serviço Social nos Estados Unidos (Social Work in the United States). Serviço Social Cast. Pinto recounts his trajectory in the United States, how he became a social worker, and how social work in the United States compares with Brazil. June 2024.
Understanding the Importance of Transgender Awareness Week. Michigan Minds: Faculty News, Public Engagement and Impact. The significance of Transgender Awareness Week and explains his research to examine the health and structural challenges facing individuals in the transgender and broader LBGTQ+ community. November 2020.
Strength in the Midst of Change: Harnessing the Power of Social Capital. Center for the Education of Women Plus. In this episode Rogério Pinto shares his insights about what led him to his career in Social Work and acknowledges the importance of social capital in DEI efforts. January 2020.
A Sense of Purpose It's Your Sister Podcast. What can we do to find meaning in our own suffering and the suffering of the world? K & F asks Dr. Rogério Pinto this low-key question during a morning call in quarantine. Rogério describes his process of “psychological excavation” through which he has found peace and meaning from a childhood trauma through art. He provides encouragement that everyone has the ability for this kind of healing work. May 2020.
Art Installation as a Theater Stage to Broadcast Unheard Voices. Center for Social Justice and Human Rights. In the occasion of the Art and Education for Social Justice Symposium in Athens, Georgia (https://art4socialjustice.wordpress.com/). Dr. Pinto was one of the invited presenters for the symposium. The goal of this symposium was to share the methodologies and results of practices that strive to have a direct public impact. This symposium was attended by 175 persons from across the U.S, along with persons from Israel and Canada. February 2020.
