2026 Graduate Awardees
Alejandro Acero Ayuda
PhD Candidate in Romance Languages, University of Oregon
Awarded Project: Post-Graduation Critical Language Awareness: Voices of SHL Alumni
Mariana Rivera Ramirez
PhD Candidate in Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon
Awarded Project: A New Kind of Gangster: Edgars, Hip-Hop Fashion, and the Hyper-criminalization of Latino Boys
Nathan Juarez
PhD Student in Music, University of Oregon
Awarded Project: Cycles and Spheres: Documenting New Music for Voice and Percussion by Latin American and Diasporic Composers
Sanjula Rajat
PhD Student in Philosophy, University of Oregon
Awarded Project: Thinking the Outside of Freedom through Modernity: Decolonial Thought and the Framework of Rights
2026 Faculty Awardees
Dr. Blanche Wright
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Oregon
Awarded Project: Linguistically Appropriate Care for Newcomer Adolescents from Latin America: Implementing a School-Based Mental Health Intervention
Dr. Maria Fernanda Escallon
Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon
Awarded Project: “Unequal Inclusion: Civil Society Participation in Global Heritage Governance”
Dr. Ramón Resendiz
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oregon
Awarded Project: A Chronicle for Cameron Park: An Intergenerational Documentary of Archival Resistance on the U.S.-Mexico Border (2026)
2026 Undergraduate Awardees
Allison Enriquez
Awarded Project: “Women, Peacebuilding, and Economic Empowerment: A Case Study of the Guatemalan Peace Accords” completed in PS 403: Thesis class, taught by Erin Beck through Clark Honors College.
Aishiki Nag
Awarded Project: “Maria Da Penha’s Law and the Current State of Domestic Violence Prosecution” completed in GLBL 446: Development and Social Changes of Latin America, taught by Lanie Millar.
Grace Gómez
Awarded Project: Cartonera: “Ferrocarril de mi vida” completed in Span 218: Herencia Latina taught by Amy Costales
Chloe Cobos
Awarded Project: “The Music of Nepantla” completed in PHIL 471: Advanced Introduction to American Philosophy, taught by Scott Pratt.
Madelin Hawk (Honorary Award)
Awarded Project: Reframing Authoritarianism in Chile and Argentina: The Limits of Plastic Memory in Historical Revisionism and Mneumonic Rhetoric completed in PS 403: Thesis class, taught by Erin Beck through Clark Honors College.