CLACS funds 26 UWM students and faculty during 2025-26
As the academic year draws to a close, UWM’s Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies celebrates the many research initiatives and academic undertakings we have supported during 2025-26. This academic year, we supported 26 UWM faculty and students across 17 departments with $24,000 in financial support. Funding allowed faculty and students to travel for conference presentations, field research, and study abroad.
Congratulations to all of our awardees!
Faculty Awards
Faculty Fellows
Susana Antunes (World Languages & Cultures), “Resisting Erasure, Reclaiming Futures: Indigenous Cultures of Mato Grosso do Sul and the Tensions of ‘Progress’”
Gilberto Blasini (English/Film Studies), Research on Cinematic and televisual construction of cultural identities in Latin America
Susi Gómez Kennedy (Center for Student Experience & Talent), “Illegible Writing, Embodied Reading: Mirtha Dermisache and the Aesthetics of Cognitive Resistance”
Gabriela Nagy (Psychology), Research on acculturative stress and resilience factors in immigrants from Latin America
Faculty Research-Conference Award
Faculty Recipient
UWM Department
Conference or Research Location
Susana
Antunes
World Languages & Cultures
Brazil
Gilberto
Blasini
Film Studies
Illinois
Cesar
Ferreira
World Languages & Cultures
Peru and Spain
Simone
Ferro
Dance
France
Jon
Kahl
Freshwater Science
Mexico
Ashley
Lemke
Anthropology
Bolivia
Brian
Mueller
History
California
Jessica
Nelson
History
Mexico
David
Pacifico
Art History
California
Ermitte
Saint Jacques
African & African Diaspora Studies
Pennsylvania
Student Funding
Graduate Research-Conference Award
Student Recipient
UWM Department
Conference or Research Location
Monica
Cabria Zambrano
Mathematical Sciences
Mexico
Rivka
Comrov
Sociology
Wisconsin
Mer
Garcia
Art
Mexico
Billie
Harrison
Biological Sciences
Grenada
Amy
Klemmer
Anthropology
Ecuador
Kimathi
Muthee
English
Texas
Angela
Paredes
Clinical Psychology
Bolivia
Paulette
Winkels
Anthropology
Mexico
Isabella
Wyatt
Biological Sciences
Costa Rica
Ruggiero-Handelman Field Research Award
Student Recipient
UWM Department
Research Location
Kelly
Otto
Geosciences
Argentina
Eric
Schmitt
Electrical Engineering
Brazil
Paulette
Winkels
Anthropology
Mexico
Donald R. Shea Study Abroad Scholarship
Student Recipient
Program of Study
Study Abroad Destination and Program
Brandon
Cheeseman
Freshwater Sciences
Mexico: Atmospheric Science: Air Pollution and Ancient Cultures