2019 Grant Recipients
2019-2020 CLLAS Research Support
Graduate Student Research Grants
- “Inner Exile in Formation and Sustenance of Racial, Sexual, and Gendered Communities in Chile and Argentina.” Jon Jaramillo, Romance Languages.
- “The Politics of Seeking Shelter: Gender-Based Violence and the Right to Safety Among Low-Income Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.” Emily Masucci, Anthropology.
- “Complicating Vulnerability: Gendered Disaster Narratives, Ice Loss, & Resilience in the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca.” Holly Moulton, Environmental Studies.
Faculty Collaboration Research Grants
- “Oregon’s Water Future: Climate Change, Environmental Disasters, and Community Resilience.” Alai Reyes-Santos, Ethnic Studies, in collaboration with Oregon Environmental Council (OEC).
Second Year Latinx Studies Seed Grant
- “Decolonial Environmentalisms: Race, Genre, and Latinx Literature.” David Vazquez, English.
Third Year Tinker Foundation Grants
Tinker Field Research Grants are open to students across all academic disciplines and graduate degree programs to assist master’s and doctoral students with travel and field-related expenses for brief periods of field research in Latin America. Administered by CLLAS, the program is funded by the Tinker Foundation, with matching funds from the UO Office of Academic Affairs and the Graduate School.
- “Recalling Runaways: Studies of Slavery and Absenteeism in Cuba.” Aziza Baker, History.
- “Nepantleres: LGBTQ+ Migrants’ Transborder Experiences.” Polet Campos-Melchor, Anthropology.
- “Transmission of Traditional Botanical Knowledge Among the Shuar of Amazonian Ecuador.” Sara Khatib, Anthropology.
- “A Case Study of Two Guatemalan Organizations Demanding Justice for the 41 girls.” Carla Osorio Veliz, Geography.
- “Small-Scale Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climatic Changes in the Chinantec Region, Mexico.” Adriana Uscanga Castillo, Geography.
- “Electoral Revolutions: A Comparative Study of Rapid Changes in Electoral Participation.” Alberto Lioy, Political Science.
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- 2014 Grant Recipients
- Thiago Castro: Endangered Amazon Language
- Charlie Hankin: Havana Hip Hop
- Kathryn Miller: Immigration and Gendered Violence
- Faculty Grant: Assessing the experiences of Latino high school students in Oregon
- Faculty Grant: Study of dual language education programs
- Faculty Grant: Assessing the experiences of Latino/a students at UO
- 2013 Grant Recipients
- Feather Crawford: Power, Capitalism, and Race: from Creek Country to the Florida Borderlands, 1765-1842
- Collin Eaton: Traditional Buildings in the Age of Block
- Amy Price: Beyond the Beauty of a Dozen Roses: Implications of Free Trade on Women in Colombia’s Cut Flower Industry
- Brandon Rigby: Representations of the “Other” and the Work of Poet Urayoán Noel
- Jimena Santillán: Inhibitory Control in the Bilingual Brain: Testing the Bilingual Advantage Hypothesis
- Erin Beck: Impacts of Education in Guatemalan Women’s Microcredit Programs
- PCUN Documentary: Farmworker Testimony and Collaborative Research
- 2012 Grant Recipients
- 2011 Grant Recipients
- 2011 Research Projects
- The Impact of Microfinance on Women’s Empowerment in Bolivia
- Unpacking Ethnotourism: Mapuche Struggles, “Development with Identity” and Tourism in South-central Chile
- The Political Economy of Land Conflict in a Transborder Oaxacan Community
- Huerto de la Familia
- Juventud FACETA and UO Researchers Collaborate to Investigate Links between Racism and Health among Latinos in the Eugene/Springfield Area
- 2010 Grant Recipients
- 2010 Research Projects
- Julia Ridgeway-Diaz: “Tracking Health and Stress in the Shuar of Ecuadorian Amazonia”
- Lindsay Naylor, “Harnessing Multiple Movements: The Intersection of Fair Trade and the Zapatista Movement in Chiapas, Mexico”
- René Kladzyk: Pathways and Fences: Gender, Violence, and Mobility in the Paso del Norte Region of the U.S./Mexico Border
- Anna Cruz: “After the Uprising: Gender Roles Among Oaxacan Teachers Post-2006 Uprising”
- Bussel, Mendoza, Olivos & Tichenor: Assessing Community Leaders’ Views on Immigrant-Community Relations
- Sandoval, Bernstein, & Lopez: Sustaining Latino Small Businesses in Eugene and Springfield, Oregon
- 2010 Research Projects
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