Memorial acadêmico descritivo

Abstract

This descriptive academic memoir was prepared as part of the requirements for access to the Full Professor rank in the Higher Education Teaching Career, according to Resolution No. 03/2017 of the UFU Governing Council, which "Regulates the evaluation regarding Progression, Promotion and Acceleration of Promotion in the Higher Education and Basic, Technical and Technological Education Teaching Careers of the Teaching Staff of the Federal University of Uberlândia, via performance evaluation" and Resolution SEI No. 05/2018 of the UFU Governing Council. Therefore, I initially present my family and basic education background, leading up to my higher education studies in Geography at UNESP in Presidente Prudente, as well as my Master's degree in Geography from the same institution and my doctorate from UFU. In describing my master's degree trajectory, I present the beginning of my professional career, which occurred concurrently with this process, initially with occasional classes in public schools, classes in pre-university courses, and the beginning of teaching in higher education as a substitute professor in the Geography course at Unioeste, Marechal Cândido Rondon campus - PR, and, along with the doctorate at UFU, the experience of being a substitute professor in the Geography course at the same institution. Following this, I present and portray my academic and professional trajectory after joining the Federal University of Uberlândia – UFU, as a tenured professor at the Pontal campus, since March 2008, where I detail my activities in teaching, research, extension, and management, both in the undergraduate course in Geography and in the Postgraduate Program in Geography at Pontal, as well as the activities of supervision and intellectual production until October 2025.