Current Recipients of Grants and Awards: 2008 - 2009
Visiting Fellowships
Matthew Carnes, SJ
Department of Political Science
Stanford University
“The Politics of Labor Regulation in Latin America”
SPRING
Luis Cosenza
(Hewlett Visiting Fellow)
Cosenza & Cia, Honduras
FALL
Sean T. Mitchell
Department of Anthropology
University of Chicago
“Relaunching Alcântara: Space, Race, Technology & Inequality in Brazil”
ACADEMIC YEAR
Noor O'Neill Borbieva
Department of Anthropology
Harvard University
“Development in the Kyrgyz Republic: Exchange, Communal Networks, and the Foreign Presence”
FALL
Valeria Palanza
Department of Political Science
Princeton University
“Lawmaking in Separation of Powers Systems”
SPRING
Eduardo Posada-Carbó
Latin American Centre
St. Antony’s College, England
“The Origins of Democracy in the Americas, 1770s-1880s”
8/22/08 – 9/22/08
Rachel Riedl
Department of Political Science
Princeton University
“Comparative Analysis of African Democracies: Variations in Party System Institutionalization”
8/22/08 – 9/22/08
Sanjay Ruparelia
Department of Political Science
New School for Social Research
“Divided We Govern: Federal Coalition Politics in India in Comparative Perspective”
SPRING
Leslie Schwindt-Bayer
Department of Political Science
University of Missouri
“Women's Representation in Latin America”
FALL
Ricardo Martin Tanaka Gondo
Department of Political Science
Instituto de Estudios Peruanos
“The Paths of Democracy in the Andean Region: Evolution or Collapse of the Party Systems, and its Political Implications”
SPRING
Nina Wiesehomeier
Department of Political Science
University of Konstanz, Germany
“Presidents and Party Policy in Latin America”
ACADEMIC YEAR
Mikael Wolfe
Department of History
University of Chicago
"'Engineerist' Ideology between State and Nature in Mexico”
SPRING
Joseph Wright
Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance
Princeton University
“When Does Economic Crisis Lead to Democratization?”
ACADEMIC YEAR
Eduardo Zimmerman
Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina
“Lawyers, Social Sciences, and State Modernization in 20th-century Argentina”
FALL
Dissertation Year Fellowships
Sergio Bejar
(Political Science)
“Explaining Variation in Vote Buying: Political Competition, Information Flows, and Political Trust in Mexico”
Cora Fernandez
(Political Science)
“The Impact of Social Movements on Public Policy. Women and Human Rights Movements in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay”
Michael Kelly
(History)
“The First Sin, the Master Sin, and the Common Sin: Sacrilege in Early Modern England”
Kunle Owolabi
(Political Science)
“The Colonial Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: British Rule and the Post-Independence Regimes of the Caribbean and Africa”
Suzy Sanchez
(History)
“Dictatorship, Revolution, and Democracy: Nicaraguan Political Regimes, National Representations and Uses of the Past (1936 - 1996)”
Charles Strauss
(History)
“Religious Mission, Central American Conflict, and U.S. Cold War Politics, 1944-1996”
Graduate Research Seed Grants
Andrew Bramsen
(Political Science)
“A Comparative Examination of Islamic Fundamentalist Parties in Muslin Africa”
Daniel Colon –FLAD Recipient
(Literature)
“Imagining and Remembering the Dictator. Representations of Salazar During and After the Estado Novo”
Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos
(Political Science)
“Measuring and Comparing the Quality of Bureaucracies in Latin America”
Jessica Weaver
(History and Philosophy of Science)
“Reforming the Raj: Florence Nightingales’ Biomedical Liberalism in British India”
Supplemental Award for Latin American Doctoral Students
2008-2013
Juan Yepez
(Economics)
2007-2012
Julio Garin, Kerrigan Doctoral Fellow
(Economics and Econometrics)
Carlos Meléndez, Kerrigan Doctoral Fellow
(Political Science)
Guillermo Montt, McGrath Doctoral Fellow
(Sociology)
Francisco Javier Osorio Zago, Garza Doctoral Fellow
(Political Science)
2006-2011
Ezequiel Gonzalez Ocantos
(Political Science)
2005 - 2010
Alejandro Guajardo Cuellar
(Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Gilberto Mejia-Rodriguez
(Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering)
Alonso Morcos Gonzalez
(Computer Science Engineering)
2004 - 2009
Cora Fernandez-Anderson
(Political Science)
Carlos Gervasoni
(Political Science)
César Hidalgo
(Physics)
Nicolás Somma González
(Sociology)
Quechua Fellowships
Holly Bird
(Political Science)
Jessica Maciejewski
(Education)
Justin Perez
(Anthropology)
Undergraduate Research Grants
Michael Angulo
(History/Peace Studies)
“A History of Popular Organizing and Resistance: The Case of the Movement against Water Privatization in El Salvador”
Susan Bigelow
(Political Science/Peace Studies)
“Catholic Liturgy and Authentic Human Development in Uganda”
Allyson Brantley
(History)
“Borderland Identities: The 1911 Socialist Invasion of Baja California”
Michelle Byrne
(Science-Business)
“The Source of Water System Development: Bridging the Gap Between Problems and Solutions Regarding Water Issues in Nindye, Uganda”
Kathleen Day
(Theology/Political Science)
“Lost in Translation: The Role of Effective Governance in the Implementation of Uganda’s Health Sector Strategic Program II (2005-2010)”
Sean Hoskins
(Political Science/Economics)
“Determinants of Agricultural Output in Nnindye, Uganda”
Maureen Howard
(Political Science/ Peace Studies minor)
“A Child’s Right to Education: Uganda’s Response, 1997-2008”
Internships
Robert Bernardin
(Theology)
Building Tomorrow, Uganda
Brian Beyersdorf
(History/Economics)
Foundation for Sustainable Development, India
Katherine Bilek
(American Studies)
Center of Concern, Washington, DC
Stephen Brennen
(Spanish)
WorldTeach, Costa Rica
Caitlin Buchanan
(Arts and Letters Preprofessional/English)
ProWorld Service Corps. Peru
Chris Carrington
(Political Science/History)
Foundation for Sustainable Development, India
Patrick Cochrane
(Economics)
Foreign Commercial Service, Argentina
Montserrat Corbera
(Preprofessional Studies)
FUSAL, El Salvador
Cristina Crespo
(Science Preprofessional/Anthropology)
ProWorld Service Corps, Peru
Mary DeAgostino
(Biological Sciences/Anthropology)
Global Service Corps, Tanzania
Colleen Desmond
(Political Science)
WorldTeach, Namibia
Ashley Farrington
(Science Preprofessional)
Cross Cultural Solutions, Tanzania
Lisa Floran
(Program of Liberal Studies)
Foundation for Sustainable Development, Uganda
Rebecca Gannon
(Program of Liberal Studies/Psychology)
United Planet, Ghana
Marcus Gatto
(Romance Languages)
Inter American Press Association, Miami
Anne Greteman
(Political Science/Accounting)
Women in Progress, Ghana
Michael Hawking
(Arts and Letters Preprofessional/Philosophy)
Foundation for the International Medical Relief of Children, Uganda
Caitlin Ivester
(English/Spanish)
WorldTeach, Costa Rica
Jonathan Kennedy
(Political Science)
Foundation for Sustainable Development, Uganda
Matthew Kernan
(Finance)
Foundation for Sustainable Development, Uganda
Patrick Kibbe
(Program of Liberal Studies)
Azafady Pioneer Madagascar Program, Madagascar
Jennifer Knapp
(Peace Studies/Anthropology)
Building Tomorrow, Uganda
Kelly Mannion
(Political Science)
Foundation for Sustainable Development, Argentina
Kevin Marvinac
(Finance/Spanish)
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis
Kerry McGuire
(Arts and Letters Preprofessional/Spanish)
ProWorld Service Corps, Mexico
Melissa Miller
(Political Science/Finance)
Women in Progress, Ghana
Sarah Miller
(Political Science)
United Planet, Ghana
Michael Moses
(Philosophy/Political Science)
ProWorld Service Corps, Mexico
Tiffany Nelson
(Psychology)
Coprodeli, Peru
Emily Newport
(Anthropology)
ProWorld Service Corps, Peru
Theophilus Ossei-Anto
(Political Science)
BRIDGE, Ghana
Matthew Panhans
(Economics/Peace Studies)
Tanzania
Guadalupe Pineda
(Finance)
Foreign Commercial Service, Brazil
Gregory Podolej
(Biological Sciences)
Ibero and Casa del Migrante
Raquel Rios
(Romance Languages and Literatures)
ProWorld Service Corps, Mexico
Casey Robinson
(Environmental Science)
United Planet, Ghana
Ellen Rolfes
(Music)
Coprodeli, Peru
Marie Sanchez
(Sociology)
Ibero and Casa del Migrante
Patrick Tighe
(Philosophy)
Cross Cultural Solutions, Ghana
Andrea Torres Hermoza
(Political Science)
Organization of American States, Washington, DC
Experiencing the World (ETW) Fellowships
Tara Clerkin
(Finance)
“The Benefits of Micro-Enterprise in Developing Rural Economies”
Christina Haller
(Political Science/English)
“The Inadequacies of Educational Resources for Rural Ecuadorians”
Andres Klaric
(Finance/Economics)
“Bolivia: Sustainable Economic Growth by Remittance”
Bridget Mullins
(First Year of Studies)
“Research on Women and Globalization and Non-Profit Work with COAR Peace Mission”
Kerry Pecho
(Anthropology/Spanish)
“Street Children in Puebla, Mexico: A Threat to Society or a Reflection of a Society’s Neglect?”
Carolynn Price
(Anthropology/Arts and Letters Preprofessional)
“Health Myths and the Impact of Medical Care in Jamaica”
Derek Sanchez
(Political Science)
“Verano en Tejas”
Cristina Velez
(Finance)
“Education in Bolivia: A Merging Experience Between Research and Service”
Considine Award
Michael McKenna
(Anthropology/Peace Studies)
Monteiro Prize
Francis McCormick
(Anthropology)
“Verdade é Mais Estranho que Ficção: a Realidade Sobre Surrealidade Brasileira”
Michael McKenna
(Anthropology/Peace Studies)
“Sonhar Alto: A história migratória lusofônica expressada pela música e o futebol”
Kennedy Prize
Christina Ginardi
(Political Science/Spanish)
"HIV/AIDS Action and Reaction: Why Brazil Succeeds and Argentina Falls Short"
Migration Essay Prize
Allyson Brantley
(History)
"Current Immigrant Policy: In the Best Interests of the Child?"
Stuart Mora
(History)
"Immigrant Solidarity: Organized Labor as an Immigrant Power-Base"
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