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Every year, CLLAS invests $35,000 in innovative student and faculty research projects that shed light on critical social, cultural, and political issues within Latinx and Latin American communities. <\/i>Click here<\/a> to learn more about each research project.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Graduate Awardees<\/h2>\n
Giovanni Francischelli<\/strong>
\nPhD Student, Communication and Media Studies<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Project: <\/strong>Documentary Films and the New Brazilian Far Right: How Documentaries Spread Misinformation and Cultural Wars on YouTube<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Alejandro Mar\u00edn<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
PhD Student, Romance Languages<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Project: <\/strong>The New Errancy: Unveiling Contemporary Migrant Literature in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Equatorial Guinea<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Janette Avelar<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
PhD Student, Quantitative Research Methods in Education<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Project: <\/strong>Designing Learning Experiences for Latinx Students: Insights from The Canopy<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Moe G\u00e1mez<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
PhD Student, English<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Project: <\/strong>Queer Latinx Ecologies: Environmental Affect and Embodiment Beyond Survival<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Omar Barahona<\/strong>
\nPhD Student, Spanish<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Project: <\/strong>Representing Land and Liberty: The Aesthetics of the Agrarian Question through Latin American Documentary Film<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
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Faculty Awardees<\/h2>\n
Chanel Meyers<\/strong>
\nAssistant Professor, Psychology<\/em>
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Project: <\/strong>Latine individuals’ perceptions of diversity, dishonesty, and organizational fit<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Guillem Belmar Viernes<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Assistant Professor, Linguistics<\/em>
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Project: <\/strong>Mobilizing fieldwork data: an illustrated volume of Mixtepec Mixtec stories<\/em>
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Salvador Herrera<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Assistant Professor of Latinx Literature and Cultural Production<\/em>
\nProject: <\/strong>Trans* Epistemologies: Tracing the Womb across the Gloria Evangelina Anzald\u00faa Papers<\/em>
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Undergraduate Awardees<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
Jonah Gomez Cabrera<\/strong>
\nSenior ’25; Art and Art History <\/span><\/div>\n
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Awarded Project: <\/strong>“The Fragility and Visibility of The Authentic Mexican Identity- An Analysis of \u2018La Revoluci\u00f3n\u2019 by Fabi\u00e1n Ch\u00e1irez”<\/a> <\/em>completed in ARH 407 – Methods in the History of Art and Architecture – taught by Dr. Victoria Ehrlich.<\/span><\/div>\n
Christian Sanchez<\/strong>
\nSophomore ’27; Pre Business and History<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
Awarded Project: <\/strong><\/span>A middle-class Mexicano family in Eugene: the Luna Family<\/a> completed in HIST 399 – Writing the Latino History of Eugene and Lane County – taught by Dr. Julie Weise.<\/div>\n
Sonoma Frederick<\/strong>
\nSenior ’25; Psychology and Anthropology<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
Awarded Project – <\/strong>Latino Roots Film: “La Frontera”<\/a> completed in ANTH 427M – Latino Roots – taught by Dr. Lynn Stephen and Dr. Gabriela Mart\u00ednez.<\/span><\/div>\n
Claire Aspeitia<\/strong>
\nSenior ’25; Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
Awarded Project – <\/strong>Controlling Images: La Malinche and La Virgen de Guadalupe<\/a> 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.<\/span><\/div>\n
Daniela Cortes-Montesinos<\/strong>
\nSenior ’25 – Major: Art, Latinx Studies, and Multimedia<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n
Awarded Project – <\/span><\/strong>Latino Roots Film: “Growing Roots”<\/span><\/a> completed in<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Honorable Mention<\/span><\/h2>\n

 Angelina Simpoo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sophomore ’27; Cinema Studies<\/em><\/p>\n

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Project – <\/strong>Cartonera: “En Blanco”<\/a> completed in the SPAN 218 – Latino Heritage – taught by Amy Costales<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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