We are very proud to have funded the following KU students for these awards.
Charles Stansifer Fellowship
The Charles Stansifer Fellowship is a $5,000 award to outstanding doctoral students graduate students who are working to complete their dissertations on a Latin American or Caribbean topic. Preference is given to research on Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and US-Latin American relations, respectively.
2022 Kevin Chovanec – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2023 Timmia Hern – Theater
2023 Luís Sánchez – Spanish
Tinker Field Research grants
Tinker Field Research grants are co-funded by a grant from the Tinker Foundation and KU College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Tinker grants support Masters and pre-dissertation doctoral students for 2+ weeks of travel to Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking Latin America for exploratory research.
2022
Daniel Bagheri Sarvestani – Anthropology
Idaima Calderon – Medicine
Carola Emkow – Latin American & Caribbean Studies
Rafa Gonzalez – Geography
Ana Paula Mumy – Speech, Language, & Hearing
Luis Sanchez Arrocha – Spanish
Melissa Terrall – Music
2023
Carola Emkow – Indigenous Studies
Luisa Garcés – Spanish
Andrés Herrera – Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Lorena Mosquera – Spanish
Manuel Rodríguez – Spanish
Cesia Espinal – Spanish
Robert Oppenheimer Research Travel Grant
The Robert Oppenheimer Research Travel Grant honors a former KU professor of Latin American history and funds graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who wish to perform research in Latin America or the Caribbean. The center awards the grant(s) in odd years, and the Department of History selects applicants in History in even years.
2023
Pere DeRoy – Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Hipatia Medina – Spanish
Guillermina Peña-Sandoval – Spanish
Rafa González – Geography
CLACS Graduate International Research Award
(for PhD candidates or students traveling to non-Spanish or non-Portuguese-speaking countries)
2023
Silvia Sánchez - Anthropology
Anita Herzfeld Study Abroad Scholarship
The Anita Herzfeld Study Abroad Scholarship honors former center Undergraduate Director, Study Abroad Director, and Latin American linguist who helped shape into what it is today.
Spring 2022
Victoria García Unzueta – Strategic Communication
Margarita Nuñez Arroyo – American Studies
Ava Taylor – Global & International Studies
Fall 2022
David H Matson – Human Biology (Pre-med)
Spring 2023
Anika Schroeder – Global & International Studies, Slavic, German, & Eurasian Studies
Jeannine Lopez – Biochemistry, History
Sofia McCoy – Human Biology (Pre-med)
Angel(a) Salinas-Villa – Foreign Lang Education, French, Spanish
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships are funded via an institutional grant awarded by the US Department of Education (USDE). The intent is to build a reservoir of scholars with linguistic and cultural expertise on all areas of the world. FLAS Fellowships focus on “Less Commonly Taught Languages”, which currently includes all non-US languages except Spanish, German, French, and Italian. Due to generous support from the USDE and the KU College of Arts & Sciences, the center funds instruction in the indigenous languages of Guaraní, Kaqchikel Maya, Mískitu, Quechua, Tlapanec (Me’phaa), and Yucatec Maya, as well as Haitian Creole, Portuguese, and Spanish.
SUMMER 2022
Graduates
Nikita Duling, Portuguese (Spanish)
Korbin Jones, Guaraní (Latin American & Caribbean Studies)
Jesse Sullinger, Quechua (Latin American & Caribbean Studies)
Undergraduates
Victoria Garcia Unzueta, Portuguese (Strategic Communications)
Alysia Martínez, Quechua (Linguistics, Psychology)
Yareli Ortiz, Quechua, (Social Work)
Sophie Whitney, Portuguese (Global & International Studies, Sociology)
ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-23
Graduates
Kevin Chovanec, Haitian Kreyol (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology)
Korbin Jones, Guaraní (Latin American & Caribbean Studies)
Katlyn Maas, Portuguese (Global & International Studies)
Madeleine Stewart, Kaqchikel Maya (Linguistics)
Jesse Sullinger, Yucatec Maya, (Latin American & Caribbean Studies)
Undergraduates
Sayan Grover, Kaqchikel (Global & International Studies, American Studies)
Alysia Martínez, Yucatec Maya (Linguistics, Psychology)
Yareli Ortiz, Quechua (Social Work)
Salem Sanfilippo Solindas, Kaqchikel Maya (Linguistics, German)
SUMMER 2023
Graduates
Margarita Nuñez, Kaqchikel (American Studies)
Christa Osarczuk, Kaqchikel (Anthropology)
Undergraduates
Alysia Martínez, Quechua (Linguistics, Psychology)
Itzel Nava, Portuguese (Business)
Yareli Ortiz, Yucatec (Social Work)
Wesley Pittack, Kaqchikel (Psychology, Finance)
Raegan Stiger, Haitian Creole (Biochemistry)
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023-24
Graduates
Korbin Jones, Guaraní (Latin American & Caribbean Studies, English)
Margarita Nuñez Arroyo, Kaqchikel (American Studies)
Kiera Eckhardt, Portuguese, (Anthropology)
Salem San Filippo, Kaqchikel Maya (Indigenous Studies)
Fernanda Reyes, Kaqchikel Maya (Medicine)
Undergraduates
Alysia Martinez, Yucatec Maya (Linguistics, Psychology)
Yareli Ortiz, Yucatec Maya (Social Work)
Jason Brown, Portuguese (Music Education)