SUMMER RESEARCH REPORTS

Summer 2003 Grants Enable Research Opportunities

Georgetown's Center for Latin American Studies awarded a total of $12,500 in support of Summer 2003 research. Thirteen students used these grants to assist their research in Latin America and the United States. A faculty committee selected the winners from a pool of Georgetown graduate students from multiple departments. The research conducted by these students contributes to their overall studies and, in some cases, is an important part of their thesis research.

Rachel Bowen conducted research in Guatemala on the modernization of the judicial sector, as well as social violence and public security issues, which will be used as a case study for her dissertation. Irina Feldman continued a research project on indigenous identity and tradition by traveling to La Paz, Bolivia. Working at El Centro Promocional Cristiano por la Paz y la Vida, Julie Walsh examined the women's movement in Nicaragua and conducted workshops on human rights, natural medicines and health issues.

Corina Clemente traveled to Santiago in the Dominican Republic, where she spent the summer working on a Tourism and Development Initiative and other community development projects for the CODESPA Foundation. Eric Jacobstein also traveled to the Dominican Republic, where he conducted research on HIV/AIDS related issues for his thesis.

Traveling to Chile, Ereni Roess carried out research on the way that human rights organizations and the women's movement developed under the Pinochet military regime. Katherine Hutter traveled to Santiago, Chile, where she attended the 51st International Congress of Americanists to present her paper, "Las crisis políticas de América Latina en el comienzo de siglo." Stephanie Larson also traveled to Santiago, where she attended Georgetown's program at the Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez and completed two separate independent studies on migration and trade.

Ben Fulwider conducted research in the national archives in Mexico City and the local archives in the state of Oaxaca on the environmental history of twentieth century Mexico. Isabel Estrada-Portales traveled to Brazil where she conducted research on issues of race and racism in Brazil, specifically issues of black subjectivity in literature and the media. Peride Kaleagasi-Blind conducted research on privatization and labor unions.

Traveling to Venezuela, Ben Kincaid performed research on the factors that have contributed to the rise of the nation's Evangelical movement. Adam Utesch conducted interviews in Venezuela with academics and delegates to the Venezuelan National Assembly on the breakdown of the traditional party system under President Hugo Chávez.

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