SUMMER GRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOP 2020
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Friday, February 7th
- 8:30- 8:50 Breakfast
- 8:50- 9:00 Welcome - Dr. Kasia Szremski (CLACS, Associate Director)
PANEL 1
- 9:00- 9:20 Brunna Bozzi (Spanish and Portuguese). “Gendering Development: Brazilian Women's Organizations in the Context of the International Women's Year (1975)"
- 9:20- 9:40 Lucas Squarize Chagas (Economics). “Commodity Price Changes and the Cost of Living in Sao Paulo”
- 9:40- 10:00 Brian Feld (Economics). "The Dynamics of Reservation Wages: Evidence from a Large Job Board in Argentina"
- 10:00- 10:20 Vinicios P Sant'Anna (Economics). “The Direct and Indiret Effects of Credit Shocks to Firm's Exports"
- 10:20- 10:40 Discussant: Dr. Angela Lyons (Agricultural & Consumer Economics)
- 10:40- 11:00 Coffee Break
PANEL 2
- 11:00- 11:20 Joe Coyle (Anthropology). "The Good Life is in God's Hands: Queer Evangelical Optimism in São Paulo"
- 11:20- 11:40 Claire Branigan (Anthropology). “Creating Justice in the Aftermath of Femicide in Argentina”
- 11:40- 12:00 Grazzia Grimaldi (Anthropology). "Clandestine Intimacies of Violence. Political Life in Postwar El Salvador"
- 12:00- 12:20 Discussant: Dr. Matthew Winters (Political Science)
- 12:20- 2:00 Lunch Break
PANEL 3
- 2:00- 2:20 Michael Rivera (Biology). "Does Worker Variation Reduce Scaling Bite Force"
- 2:20- 2:40 Katia Nakamura (Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences). "The Effectiveness of Funding for National Protected Areas: A Case Study for Ecological and Social Economic Impacts in Peru"
- 2:40- 3:00 Jessica Lira Viana (Plant Biology). “Interacting Effects of Genome Size and Phosphorus Availability on Fern Distribution"
- 3:00- 3:20 Discussant: Dr. Brian Allan (Entomology )
- 3:20- 3:40 Coffee Break
PANEL 4
- 3:40- 4:00 Sydney Blefko (Musicology). "Aural Politics in San Juan, Puerto Rico: Listing to the 2019 Protests Against Ricard Rossello"
- 4:00- 4:20 elizaBeth Simpson (ICR). “Bodies in the Round: Exploring Demechanization as a Model for Liberatory Problem Solving"
- 4:20- 4:40 Discussant: Dr. Carolyn Fornoff (Spanish & Portuguese)
Saturday, February 8th
PANEL 5
- 9:00- 9:20 Liliana Lule (Latin American Studies). "Migrant Spaciality: Mexican-American Migratory Movements and the Diaspora"
- 9:20 - 9:40 Ana I Mitchell (Nutritional Sciences). "Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Resilience on Metabolic Syndrome and Dietary Patterns in Mexican Adults”
- 9:40- 10:00 Brian Waters (URP). “The Right to the City: An Investigation in Fortaleza, Brazil”
- 10:00- 10:20 Discussant: Dr. Kasia Szremski (Associate Director CLACS)
- 10:20 - 10:40 Coffee Break
PANEL 6
- 10:40- 11:00 Manuel Perez-Troncoso (Global Studies). "Answers, Challenges and Successes of Public Education with Immigrant Students: Case Study in North Region of Chile from Intermediary Actors”
- 11:00- 11:20 Patricia Leon (Art Education). "Pedagogical Spaces: Art Education and Socially Engaged Art Practices in Rural Colombia"
- 11:20- 11:40 Catalina Hernandez-Cabal (Art Education). "Researching Encounters as Creative Practice"
- 11:40 - 12:00 Discussant: Dr. Jaime Forde (Art & Design)
