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The following are the names of recipients of grants awarded by the Center for Latin American and Latino/a Studies at Georgia State University.
Center for Latin American and Latino Studies
Grants Awarded for Fall 2011
The Center for Latin American and Latino Studies is pleased to announce its most recent grant awards. The Center sponsors three competitive grant awards in the fall and spring semesters each academic year:
- Professional Activities Grants (PAG) are travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for faculty affiliates of the Center.
- Mark Alleyne Student Travel Awards (MAST) are student travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for graduate students, and in some exceptional cases, advanced undergraduates. These awards were named in memory of Dr. Mark Alleyne.
- Institutional Support Grants (ISG) are intended to sponsor the direct or indirect support costs of completing instructional projects or research and creative production.
Fourteen grants were awarded to 8 individuals for a total of $6,600.
Faculty Awards
- Sheldon Schiffer, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Communication, was awarded both an ISG ($400) and a PAG ($500) for a total of $900 to travel for a screening of his film, Portraits of the Malecon, at the Miami International Documentary Film Festival and to support promotional activities related to the film at additional events, including two screenings in Oaxaca, Mexico at the Oaxaca Independent Film & Video Festival,
- Monica Diaz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded both an ISG ($1,200) and a PAG ($500) for a total of $1700. Her ISG award will support conducting archival research in Mexico City during the summer of 2012 at the Historical Archive of the Archbishopric, and the General Archive of the Nation in Mexico City. Her PAG award will support travel to the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Congress in San Francisco, where she will present a paper and chair a panel entitled, "(Re)formations of Memory and Identity after the Conquest in New Spain/Mexico."
- Henry (Chip) Carey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, was awarded both an ISG ($1,200) and a PAG ($500) for a total of $1700. The ISG award will support expenses related to publishing licenses to reprint three essays on Latin America in his forthcoming edited book, entitled, "Trials and Tribulations: International Criminal Tribunals and the Challenges of, International Justice." The PAG award will support travel to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for field research in support of a book on Haiti.
- Molly Bassett, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, was awarded a $500 PAG to support travel to the College Art Association's national conference in Los Angeles where she will present a paper entitled, "Divining Order: Collecting and Classifying the Aztec Gods," as part of a symposium, "Crossing Disciplines: The Role of Precolumbian Art History and the Pursuit of Culture."
Student Awards
- R. Lillianne Macías, Graduate Student in Psychology, was awarded both an ISG ($200) and a MAST ($300) for a total of $500. The ISG award will support her research adapting and evaluating the Líderes program, a peer education intervention that trains Latina survivors of domestic violence as community leaders who will facilitate workshops on health and well-being for Latino families in Atlanta. The MAST award will support travel to San Francisco to present a paper entitled, "Líderes: An innovative training program for Latina survivors of DV," at the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence.
- Alvina Rosales, Graduate Student in Psychology, was awarded both an ISG ($200) and a MAST ($300). The ISG award will support her doctoral dissertation research on promoters and barriers to treatment adherence in a Latino immigrant population with diabetes mellitus type 1. The MAST award will support travel to San Francisco, to present a symposium titled, "Cultural Considerations and Community-Based Approaches for Understanding the Impact of our Work on Health, Well Being, and Resilience of our Participants" at the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence.
- Patricia Coloma Penate, Graduate Student in English, was awarded both an ISG ($200) and a MAST ($300) for a total of $500. These awards will support her travel to the University of Miami to examine the Lydia Cabrera Papers held at the Cuban Heritage Collection. Her doctoral dissertation examines possible connections between the work of this Cuban author and that of Zora Neale Hurston.
- Rebecca Rodriguez, Graduate Student in Psychology, was awarded a $300 MAST to support travel to San Francisco to present a poster, entitled, "Using PAR with Latino youth to explore immigration climate on domestic violence: Implications for well-being and physical safety."
Grants Awarded for Spring 2011
The Center for Latin American and Latino Studies is pleased to announce its most recent grant awards. The Center sponsors three competitive grant awards in the fall and spring semesters each academic year:
- Professional Activities Grants (PAG) are travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for faculty affiliates of the Center.
- Mark Alleyne Student Travel Awards (MAST) are student travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for graduate students, and in some exceptional cases, advanced undergraduates. These awards were named in memory of Dr. Mark Alleyne.
- Institutional Support Grants (ISG) are intended to sponsor the direct or indirect support costs of completing instructional projects or research and creative production.
Eight grants were awarded for a total of $7,000.
Institutional Support Grants:
- Rudyard Alcocer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded $1,000 to support expenses related to publication of his book, entitled Time Travel in the Latin American and Carribean Imagination.
- Henry (Chip) Carey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, was awarded $1,200 to support expenses related to preparing an edited volume based on papers presented at the CLALS sponsored conference on Haiti after the Apocalypse.
- Julia Perilla, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, was awarded $1,200 to support a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study conducted by Latin@ adolescents at Caminar Latino regarding their experience as witnesses of domestic violence. The study is entitled, An exploration of the effects of current immigration laws and climate on Latino/a youth.
- Fernando Reati, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of Modern and Classical Languages was awarded $1,000 to defray the cost of publication of his edited volume, Autos, barcos, trenes y aviones (Medios de transporte, modernidad y lenguajes artísticos en América Latina), which is scheduled for publication by Alcion Editora of Argentina in 2011.
- Victoria Rodrigo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded $1,200 to purchase printed material for research on the effect of extensive reading (ER) --reading in large amounts for the purpose of content and enjoyment-- in the Spanish curriculum as a way to accelerate language acquisition and, enhance the Spanish program.
- Sheldon Schiffer, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Communication, was awarded $400 to support submission his films, entitled Transmigração and Retratos en el Malecón, to various film festivals
Professional Activities Grants:
- Monica Diaz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded $500 to support travel to the 58th annual conference of the Rocky Mountain Council on for Latin American Studies, to present a paper, entitled Legal Pluralism and the ‘India Pura’ in the Colegio and Convent of Nuestra Señora de Guadelupe y Neuva Enseñanza.
- Hector Fernandez-L’Hoeste, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded $500 to support travel to the PorColombia Conference at Yale University, to present an invited paper on the role of nationalism in Colombia.
Grants Awarded for Fall 2010
The Center for Latin American and Latino Studies is pleased to announce grant awards for Spring 2009. The Center sponsors three competitive grant awards in the fall and spring semesters each academic year:
- Professional Activities Grants (PAG) are travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for faculty affiliates of the Center.
- Mark Alleyne Student Travel Awards (MAST) are student travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for graduate students, and in some exceptional cases, advanced undergraduates. These awards were named in memory of Dr. Mark Alleyne.
- Institutional Support Grants (ISG) are intended to sponsor the direct or indirect support costs of completing instructional projects or research and creative production.
Six grants were awarded for a total of $3,300.
Institutional Support Grants:
- Sheldon Schiffer, M.F.A., Associate Professor of Communication, was awarded $1,200 to support final post-production for his film, entitled Transmigração .
Professional Activities Grants:
- Ryan Carlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, was awarded $300 to support travel to the National Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) where he presented present two papers based on research previously funded by CLALS.
- William Nichols, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded $500 to travel to Los Angeles to present a paper titled “Border Music in a Borderless World: Mapping the Sounds of of NAFTA between Mexico and the U.S.”” at the Modern Language Association Annual Convention.
- Victoria Rodrigo, was awarded $500 to attend the “Asociación para la Enseñanza de Español como Lengua Extranjera” (Association for the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language) conference in Salamanca, Spain, where she presented a paper entitled “El primer libro, la primera victoria! Percepción de los estudiantes sobre el valor de la lectura en L2.”
- Sheldon Shiffer, M.F., Associate Professor of Communication, was awarded $500 to travel to Los Angeles to support final post-production for his film, entitled Transmigração .
Mark Alleyne Student Travel Awards
- Teljer Liburd, a graduate student in Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded $300 to support his attendance at the Latin American Graduate Organization (LAGO) Fall Conference at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. There, he presented a paper based on his research on changes in musical form Reggaetón.
Grants Awarded for Spring 2009
The Center for Latin American and Latino Studies is pleased to announce grant awards for Spring 2009. The Center sponsors three competitive grant awards in the fall and spring semesters each academic year:
Four grants were awarded awarded for a total of $2,500.
Institutional Support Grants:
Ryan Carlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science, was awarded $700 to support his research on the development and evolution of interpersonal trust and reciprocity in Chile and Uruguay.
Fernando Reati, Ph.D., Professor of Modern and Classical Languages, was awarded $1,000 to support implementation of the “Human Rights in Argentina” study abroad program.
Professional Activities Grants:
David McCreery, Ph.D., Professor of History, was awarded $500 to support travel to the State Archive of Bahia, Brazil in Salvador, Bahia for research on his project entitled, “Maritime History of Brazil, 1780-1880.”
Mark Alleyne Student Travel Awards
Patricia Coloma, doctoral student in English, was awarded $300 to support travel to the 2010 NCBS Conference in New Orleans, where she will present a paper entitled, "Sacred Spaces: Hurston and Cabrera's Anthropological Approach to Folk Magic." Ms. Coloma’s work on “Africanity” focuses specifically on linking African American religious notions to Hispanic ones.
Grants Awarded in Fall 2009
The Center for Latin American and Latino/A Studies at GSU is pleased to announce the grant awards for Fall of 2009. The Center sponsored the following grants this year:
- Mark Alleyne Professional Activities Grants (PAG) are travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for faculty affiliates of the Center. These awards were named in memory of Dr. Mark Alleyne.
- Mark Alleyne Student Travel Awards (MAST) are student travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for graduate students, and in some exceptional cases, advanced undergraduates. These awards were named in memory of Dr. Mark Alleyne.
- Institutional Support Grants(ISG) are intended to sponsor the direct or indirect support costs of completing instructional projects or research and creative production.
Information on the grant recipients for Fall 2009 can be seen here.
Grants Awarded in Fall 2008
The Center for Latin American and Latino Studies is pleased to announce grant awards for Fall, 2008. The Center sponsors two competitive grant awards in the fall and spring semesters each academic year:
- Professional Activities Grants (PAG) are travel grants intended to assist in the development of research and creative production for faculty, graduate students, and in some exceptional cases, advanced undergraduates.
- Institutional Support Grants (ISG) are intended to sponsor the direct or indirect support costs of completing instructional projects or research and creative production.
For details on the PAG/ISG awarded in Fall 2008, click here.
Grants Awarded in 2004-2007
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste
Project Title: Travel to LASA Montréal
2007
Amount $ 500.00
Jennifer McCoy
Project Title: Travel to LASA Montréal
2007
Amount $ 500.00
Zachary Jones
Project Title: Travel to the Southern Conference on Language Teaching conference
2006
Amount $ 300.00
Sheldon Schiffer
Project Title: Film Presentation in Brazil (presentation will occur at two venues: SESC Arsenal, a Brazilian cultural center, and the Universitario de Matto Grosso in Cuiaba)
2006
Amount $ 500.00
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste
Project Title: Hegemonía gubernamental y transporte urbano: de Transmilenio cual potenciador institucional de una versión identitaria nacional (to be presented at LASA Puerto Rico)
2005
Amount $ 500.00
Michele Reid
Project Title: Paper Presentation in Brazil
2005
Amount $ 200.00
John Bunting
Project Title: Travel to the “VI Congreso Estatal de Idiomas: Entrelazando Culturas” at la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) in Mexicali, Mexico on September 29 - October 1, 2005.
2005
Amount $ 500.00
Jonathan Duarte
Project Title: Travel to HENAAC (Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corporation)
2005
Amount $ 300.00
Jeremy Paden
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2005
Amount $ 396.00
Sofia Tosello
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2004
Amount $ 300.00
Roberto Arévalo
Project Title: The Mirror Project
2004
Amount $300.00
Julia Perilla
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2004
Amount $1000.00
Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste
Project Title: Rockin’ las Americas
2003
Amount $500.00
Florencia Bazzano-Nelson
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2003
Amount $ 500.00
Fernando Reati
Project Title: Conference Panel on Twentieth Century Literature
2004
Amount $500.00
Dana Tottenham Warren
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2004
Amount $ 300.00
Bernardo Roque
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2004
Amount $ 300.00
Arthur Murphy
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2004
Amount $
Ana Fernandez
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2004
Amount $ 300.00
Adam Darnell
Project Title: Paper Presentation
2004
Amount $ 300.00