John J. Kennedy Prize

for the Best Essay on Latin America

2011

Rodolfo Disi Pavlic
(Political Science/Italian)
"A Puzzling Agent and its Changing Principal: Analyzing the Organization of American States' Fluctuating Democracy Promotion, 1948-2011."

Stephanie Mulhern
(History/Spanish)
"The Devil or the Sinner: Idolatry and Gender in Late Colonial Lima."

2010

Justin Perez
(Anthropology)
“Pichanga de locas: Street Volleyball in Two Sectores Populares of Peru”

2009

Allyson Brantley
(History)
"Rebellion as Entertainment: Tijuana’s Tourist Industry, 1880-1910, and the 1911 Insurrection in Baja California"

2008

Christina Ginardi
(Political Science/Spanish)
"HIV/AIDS Action and Reaction: Why Brazil Succeeds and Argentina Falls Short"

2007

Jon Bischof
(Economics/Political Science)
"Tax and Spend Particularism: Assessing the Impact of Electoral Rules on Fiscal Bargaining in Latin America"

Kristina Leszczak
(Political Science/Spanish)
"Protecting the Youth Amidst Violence - Analyzing the Efficacy of Societal Accountability in Protecting the Rights of Children in Latin America"

2005

Charles Daniel Schnorr
(Philosophy/ALPP)
"The Climb of Coca Growers in Bolivian Politics: Seizing Symbols and Opportunities "

2004

Katherine Schlosser
(Political Science)
"Income Inequality and the Breakdown of Democracy: The Role of Left Parties"

2003

Beth Lauck
(Political Science)
"An Unmitigated Blessing or an Unperceived Threat? The Impact of Civil Society on Democracy in Uruguay"

2002

Laura Gunderson
(Political Science)
"Culture or Institutions? Understanding Women's Political Representation in Chile"

2001

Joseph Wiltberger
(Political Science)
"¿Cómo se dice quiero irme en inglés? Influences on the Decision of Male Youth in Guarjila, El Salvador to Emigrate to the United States"