2017 Tinker Field Research Grant Recipients
February 27, 2017
2017 Tinker Field Research Grant Recipients
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) at Brown University is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2017 Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants.
Tinker Field Research Grants have been awarded to 10 graduate students across seven departments. The funding will help support their pre-dissertation travel during 2017-18 to Latin America and the Caribbean, providing them an irreplaceable opportunity to acquire critical knowledge of language and culture, familiarize themselves with information sources relevant to their areas of interest, conduct preliminary research, and develop local academic and professional contacts. Through this generous support, CLACS contributes to enhancing both the feasibility of students’ projects and the competitiveness of their subsequent proposals for external funding in support of their dissertation research.
2017 Recipients of the Tinker Foundation Field Research Grants
Thamyris Almeida (History)
Location: Brazil
The Country of Telenovelas: Modernity, National Identity, and Censorship in Brazilian Television, 1968-1985
Hannah Baron (Political Science)
Locations: Cuba, the Dominican Republic
Comparative study of political differences between Caribbean nations
Melody Chapin (Music)
Location: Brazil
Study of Brazilian composer M. Camargo Guarnieri’s one-act operas
Fabiola Hernandez (Anthropology)
Location: Peru
Quechua reproductive ethno-medicine and fertility regulation
Mai Hunt (Hispanic Studies)
Location: Chile
The work of Chilean poet and artist Juan Luis Martínez
Mallory Matsumoto (Anthropology)
Location: Guatemala
Archaeological fieldwork with Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilan in northwestern Guatemala
Daniel Plekhov (Archaeology)
Location: Peru
Study of pre-Columbian settlement history in the Chachapoyas region
Watufani Poe (Africana Studies)
Location: Brazil
Black LGBTQ resistance through a comparative study of Black movements, LGBTQ movements and intersectional Black LGBTQ movements
Alejandra Roche Recinos (Anthropology)
Location: Guatemala
Archaeological fieldwork with Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilan in northwestern Guatemala
Joshua Schnell (Anthropology)
Location: Guatemala
Archaeological fieldwork with Proyecto Paisaje Piedras Negras-Yaxchilan in northwestern Guatemala
The grant funds from the Tinker Foundation are matched by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs and the Graduate School.