Research Honors and Awards

Derek Allen, MA candidate in Portuguese, won the CLACS Martins-Sadlier Award for Best Paper in Brazilian Studies.

Aline Araujo, PhD candidate in Portuguese, won a College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award.

Nick Blaker, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Andreina Colina, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Mackenzie Coulter-Kern, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Kane Ferguson, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, has been selected as the recipient of the 2020-2021 Latino Studies Dissertation Year Fellowship. She also received the Timothy J. Rodgers Summer Dissertation Fellowship.

Ollin García Pliego, PhD student in Hispanic Literatures, received the J.M. Hill Award for Outstanding Graduate Paper.

Tom Goebel-Mahrle, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics, won the Linguistics Program Award.

Kaitlin Guidarelli, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, won a College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award.

Jingyi Guo, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Stacey Hanson, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics, won the Linguistics Program Award.

Jessica Jacques, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Daniel Jung, PhD candidate in Hispanic Linguistics, was accepted to the Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship Program at Butler University.

Justin Knight, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, was accepted to the Future Faculty Teaching Fellowship Program at Butler University.

Gabriela Kolman, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Marcela Lemos, PhD student in Portuguese, won the graduate student Luis Dávila Essay Competition (Latino studies).

Guillermo López-Prieto, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, has been awarded the 2020-21 President's Diversity Dissertation Fellowship offered by the University Graduate School.

Anna Lurito, PhD student in Hispanic Linguistics, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Ellen Robinson, PhD in Hispanic Literatures, received the 2020 MIND (Motivación, Inspiración, Dedicación) Teaching Award for impactful teaching from the senior members of the IU Alpha Alpha Phi Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi.

Alysa Schroff, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, received the 2020 MIND (Motivación, Inspiración, Dedicación) Teaching Award for impactful teaching from the senior members of the IU Alpha Alpha Phi Chapter of Sigma Delta Pi.

Damián Solano Escolano, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, won the Merle E. Simmons Research Fellowship.

José Luis Suárez Morales, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Mónica Vega-González, PhD student in Hispanic Literatures, won the Doctoral Student Award for Academic Achievement.

Nilzimar Vieira, PhD candidate in Portuguese, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.

Tais Xavier Carvalho, PhD candidate in Portuguese, was selected for the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award.

Tingting Zhang, PhD candidate in Hispanic Literatures, won a 2019-2020 Department of Spanish and Portuguese Summer Fellowship.