José William Vesentini (born in 1950 in Presidente Bernardes) is a Brazilian human geographer.
[1] For more than 10 years he taught in the first and second grades and participated in important educational experiences during the 1970s: the supplementary course in the Metalworkers Union of São Bernardo do Campo and Diadema (1974-1976), and the Centre for Educational Guidance COE, from 1973 to 1977, a private high school transformed into a cooperative run by teachers.
In 1984 he became a professor and researcher in the Department of Geography at the Faculty of Philosophy, Literature and Human Sciences at University of São Paulo (FFLCH).
He conducted consultancies for schools, state and local departments of education and research institutions and / or specialized publications.
He explained Brazil's public and private positions on Brazilian Geography, as well as Milton Santos, Aziz Ab'Saber, Jurandyr Ross, Manuel Correia de Andrade, Ruy Moreira, Antonio Christofoletti, among others.