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
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
PhD Student, Quantitative Research Methods in Education
Project: Designing Learning Experiences for Latinx Students: Insights from The Canopy
Moe Gámez
PhD Student, English
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
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
Assistant Professor of Latinx Literature and Cultural Production
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