Virgine de Castilho Sacoman

Sociology

Doctoral Student & Teaching Assistant

Fields: Cultural Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Asian/Asian American Studies

Sycamore 201D

VirgineBorgesdeCastilhoSacoman@my.unt.edu

Education

B.Ed. in History, Goiás State Univeristy; Lic. in Pedagogy, Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul Virtual; S.Ed. in Media. Federal Univeristy of Pelotas; M.Sc in Communication, Communication Sciences at Unisinos

Research Interests

Virgine Sacoman conducts research in the areas of cultural sociology, race and ethnicity, migration, and intergroup relations, with a special interest in relations between Brazil and South Korea. She is currently working on her master’s thesis, in which she investigates how exposure to different narrative framings regarding colonial history and immigration can influence Brazilians’ perceptions and attitudes toward Koreans. Through a survey experiment, her research examines how information about colonial experiences and demographic and migratory contexts relates to perceptions of cultural similarity, group differentiation, and attitudes toward immigration. Her research interests also include Hallyu (the Korean Wave), K-pop fandoms, digital activism, and political mobilization. More broadly, her research agenda seeks to understand how historical narratives, culture, migration, and social identities contribute to the formation of perceptions and intergroup relations.

Grants/Funded Awards

Popescu Hester Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, 2026

TGS R.B. Toulouse Scholarship (Doctoral & MFA), 2025

Scholarship for Academic Merit — CAPES (Brazil), 2022

Honorary Reporter of Korea — Korean Cultural Center in Brazil, 2017

3rd Place in the Article Contest — World Association for Hallyu Studies (WAHS), 2014