Overview
The Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies provides funding for graduate students completing their dissertations.
This fellowship is available for advanced graduate students in the last year of PhD dissertation writing to help them complete projects in Latin American or Caribbean Studies (broadly defined). Latin Americanists and Caribbeanists from all disciplines are welcome to apply.
Funding amount: A stipend of $2,000. Funds will be disbursed in the summer.
2025 Summer Dissertation Writing Grant Recipients
| Name | Program | Dissertation |
|---|---|---|
| Juan Campos | Political Science | The Politics of Police Reform and Organized Crime |
| Andres Julian Caicedo Salcedo | Environmental Science, Policy, and Management | Caring for Palm Trees Amid Bud Rot: The Racialized and Gendered Politics of Plant Health and Assisted Pollination in Colombian Oil Palm Plantations |
| Kate Cullen | Energy & Resources Group | Climate change, drought, and water access in Santiago, Chile: a critical approach to climate impact assessments |
| Jesús Gutiérrez | Sociocultural Anthropology | Quilombo Mnemonics: Metamorphosis and Multiplicity in an Afro-Brazilian Imaginary |
|
Adriana Ramírez |
Sociology | “De Aquí y De Allá”: Young Return Migrants’ (Re)Integration in Mexico |
Prior Years
2022 Summer Dissertation Fellows
| Name | Program | Dissertation |
| Bruno Anaya Ortiz | Rhetoric |
From Campesinos to Indigenous Peoples, A Shift in the Mexican State’s Post-Colonial Self-Critique |
| Mônica Carvalho Gimenes | Spanish & Portuguese | Bodies on the Border: Feminicide and Feminist Resistance in the Southern Cone and Brazil |
| Antonia Mardones Marshall | Sociology | Who counts as Black? Classification Struggles and the Legal Recognition of Afrodescendants in Argentina and Chile |
| Verónica Muñoz-Nájar Luque | History of Art | Art, Civility, and Religion in the Amazon |
Application & Review Process
To apply for funding, please submit a one page proposal (double spaced) that includes the following information:
- Your name and affiliation
- Your dissertation title and committee
- A brief description of your dissertation topic
Applications should be sent to clacs@berkeley.edu with the subject line "Dissertation Writing Fellowship"