ALESSANDRA DE SÁ MELLO DA COSTA 
QUADRO PRINCIPAL 
alessandra.costa@iag.puc-rio.br 
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Associate Professor and current Director of the Department of Business Administration and of IAG/Business School at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). She holds a PhD in Business Administration from EBAPE/Fundação Getulio Vargas, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from IBMEC-RJ, and undergraduate degrees in Business Administration and History.

She served as Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Business Administration at PUC-Rio from 2021 to 2025; as the elected Coordinator of the Organizational Studies Division (EOR) of the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD) for the 2018–2020 term; and as a member of the Scientific Committee of ANPAD’s Organizational Studies Academic Division (EOR) for the 2015–2017 term.

She serves as a consultant and reviewer of research funding proposals for CAPES, CNPq, and FAPERJ, and as a member of CAPES evaluation committees. She is an Associate Editor of Revista de Administração de Empresas (RAE) and a member of the editorial boards of Cadernos EBAPE.BR (FGV), Organizações & Sociedade (UFBA), Contextus (UFC), Revista Pensamento Contemporâneo em Administração (UFF), and Observatório Nacional de Turismo (FGV). She also serves as a reviewer for national and international academic journals, including Organization, Management Learning, Journal of Management History, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management, Revista de Administração Pública, Revista de Administração Contemporânea, Revista de Administração de Empresas, Organizações & Sociedade, and Brazilian Administration Review, among others.

She leads the Historical Research in Management Research Group and her research interests include: (1) History, Memory, and Organizations; (2) Communication, Narratives, and Organizational Identity; and (3) Organization Theories and Critical Perspectives.