2025 Awardees

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Adriana Hernández Castañeda- Sociology

Research Interests:

“Gender and Return Migration to Mexico.”

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Carlos Luis Paredes Hernández- History

Research Interests: Cold War, Latin America, Food Security, Digital History, and Archives.

“Dusting Off Food Distribution: Archival Reflections on State Policy and Communal Strategies in Late Twentieth-Century Peru.”

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Mara Uriol-Gárate- Spanish

Research Interests: Collective Memory / Human Rights/ silence and silencing/ ethics of representation/ Peruvian Post-conflict

“Coordinates of Silence: Martín Roca Casas, Tarata, and the Negative Archive in Lima.”

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Maria Paula Medina Pulido- Economics

Research Interests:

“Maternity Leave and Informality: Evidence from an Eligibility Expansion in Peru.”

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Nyah Mallak- Plant Sciences

Research Interests: Cacao, Agriculture Extension, Tropical Agriculture, Value Chain, Cacao Processing

“Is Chocolate Always Sweet? Perceptions of Production Variables Across Small and Large Scale Cacao Farms in Colombia.”

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Ricardo Aguilar- Spanish and Portuguese

Research Interests:

“El Vuelo del Águila y el Cóndor: Visiting the Mural at the U.S.-Mexican border, Cherán and Stories of Indigenous Resistance.”

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 Sylvia Oguna- Human Rights

Research Interests: Food security, Agricultural resources, Women, and equitable access

“Understanding the Role of Social Norms in Women’s Access to Agricultural Production Resources in Southern Mexico.”