During spring semester 2012 the University of Georgia Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI) carried out its first Director’s Award, Future Scholar Award and Research Development Award competitions.
Undergraduate students compete annually for the Director’s Award, given to a LACS major who demonstrates superior academic achievement, and the Future Scholar’s Award, presented to a UGA student in any major for production of a superior research paper on a Latin American or Caribbean topic. The Research Development Award is given annually to any graduate student who submits an exceptional research paper on a Latin American or Caribbean topic.
LACSI congratulates the following students for their commitment to academic excellence and thank them for helping LACSI fulfill its mission of promoting knowledge of the Latin American and Caribbean region:
Director's Award:
Juan Carlos Cardoza-Oquendo
Georgia Undocumented Youth Movement Frames and the Media
Future Scholar's Award:
Mary McTague
Fordlandia and the Jari Project: Perhaps not as similar as they seem
Graduate Research Development Award:
Cristiane Barbosa de Lira
Cárcere e libertação: Uma leitura comparativa de "Cambio de armas" e "A imitação da rosa"
Each student award recipient receives a certificate of achievement and a cash award in the amount of $100.00.
LACSI also announced that 11 graduate students have received Graduate Field Research Travel Awards to carry out preliminary research in Latin America during summer 2012. The Graduate Field Research Travel Award, administered annually by LACSI since 1998, provides students with travel funds generously provided by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Graduate School. This year’s cohort includes students from 6 UGA departments traveling to 10 Latin American countries:
Timothy Gill, Sociology, will travel to Venezuela
Fernanda Guida, Romance Languages, will travel to Brazil
Kristin Hanewald, Romance Languages, will travel to Chile
Kimberly Kellet, Odum School of Ecology, will travel to Costa Rica
Cristiane Lira, Romance Languages, will travel to Brazil
Ximena Gonzalez-Parada, Romance Languages, will travel to Ecuador
Leanne Purdum, Geography, will travel to Guatemala
Ashley Roseberry, History, will travel to Argentina
Asher Rosinger, Anthropology, will travel to Bolivia
Jilian Sico, Anthropology, will travel to Panama
Ashley Wood, Romance Languages, will travel to the Dominican Republic
Congratulations to all these students, and to the Institute for creating mechanisms to connect them with the means to conduct research and further their learning.