Every year, CLLAS invests $35,000 in innovative student and faculty research projects that shed light on critical social, cultural, and political issues within Latinx and Latin American communities. Click here to learn more about each research project.
Graduate Awardees
Giovanni Francischelli
PhD Student, Communication and Media Studies
PhD Student, Communication and Media Studies
Project: Documentary Films and the New Brazilian Far Right: How Documentaries Spread Misinformation and Cultural Wars on YouTube
Alejandro Marín
PhD Student, Romance Languages
Project: The New Errancy: Unveiling Contemporary Migrant Literature in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Equatorial Guinea
Janette Avelar
PhD Student, Quantitative Research Methods in Education
Project: Designing Learning Experiences for Latinx Students: Insights from The Canopy
Moe Gámez
PhD Student, English
Project: Queer Latinx Ecologies: Environmental Affect and Embodiment Beyond Survival
Omar Barahona
PhD Student, Spanish
PhD Student, Spanish
Project: Representing Land and Liberty: The Aesthetics of the Agrarian Question through Latin American Documentary Film
Faculty Awardees
Chanel Meyers
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Project: Latine individuals’ perceptions of diversity, dishonesty, and organizational fit
Guillem Belmar Viernes
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
Project: Mobilizing fieldwork data: an illustrated volume of Mixtepec Mixtec stories
Salvador Herrera
Assistant Professor of Latinx Literature and Cultural Production
Project: Trans* Epistemologies: Tracing the Womb across the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers
Project: Trans* Epistemologies: Tracing the Womb across the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers
Undergraduate Awardees
Jonah Gomez Cabrera
Senior ’25; Art and Art History
Senior ’25; Art and Art History
Awarded Project: “The Fragility and Visibility of The Authentic Mexican Identity- An Analysis of ‘La Revolución’ by Fabián Cháirez” completed in ARH 407 – Methods in the History of Art and Architecture – taught by Dr. Victoria Ehrlich.
Christian Sanchez
Sophomore ’27; Pre Business and History
Sophomore ’27; Pre Business and History
Awarded Project: A middle-class Mexicano family in Eugene: the Luna Family completed in HIST 399 – Writing the Latino History of Eugene and Lane County – taught by Dr. Julie Weise.
Sonoma Frederick
Senior ’25; Psychology and Anthropology
Senior ’25; Psychology and Anthropology
Awarded Project – Latino Roots Film: “La Frontera” completed in ANTH 427M – Latino Roots – taught by Dr. Lynn Stephen and Dr. Gabriela Martínez.
Claire Aspeitia
Senior ’25; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Senior ’25; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Awarded Project – Controlling Images: La Malinche and La Virgen de Guadalupe completed in ES 101 – Introduction to Ethnic Studies – taught by Dr. Courtney M. Cox. This project also referenced coursework from WGS 261 and WGS 321, both taught by Dr. Yvette Saavedra.
Daniela Cortes-Montesinos
Senior ’25 – Major: Art, Latinx Studies, and Multimedia
Senior ’25 – Major: Art, Latinx Studies, and Multimedia
Honorable Mention
Angelina Simpoo
Sophomore ’27; Cinema Studies
Project – Cartonera: “En Blanco” completed in the SPAN 218 – Latino Heritage – taught by Amy Costales