LLILAS Seed Grants
The goal of the LLILAS Seed Grant Initiative is to foster a vibrant research ecosystem that propels the field of Latin American Studies forward and serves as a crucible for innovative thought and impactful scholarship. The Seed Grant provides the essential initial funding for faculty and graduate students to explore cutting-edge, interdisciplinary research questions. By supporting the early stages of research, this grant catalyzes faculty and students to formulate rigorous, well-developed projects that are strong candidates for future external funding.
- 2025 Seed Grant Recipients
Eugenio Arima, Geography & the Environment: Water Governance and Conflict in Mexico's Avocado Export Region (with Professors Rebecca Torres and Laurel Mei-Singh and PhD student Laura Botero)
Timothy Beach, Geography & the Environment: Maya Subsistence Strategies and Environmental Change at the Classic Maya to Modern Site of Laguna Seca in a Transboundary Watershed of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico (with PhD candidate Chris Ploetz)
Thomas Garrison, Geography & the Environment: Power and Community in Naranjo and Melchor de Mencos, Guatemala (with PhD student Fernando Véliz Corado)
Celeste González de Bustamante, School of Journalism & Media: Journalism at Risk: Authoritarian Threats against Local and Exiled Journalists in Costa Rica (with PhD candidate Gustavo Fuchs and PhD student Silvia DalBen Furtado)
Timothy Keitt, Integrative Biology: A Collaborative Effort to Develop Autonomous Sensing Technology in Latin America (with PhD student Joy Richardson)
Carlos Ramos-Scharrón, LLILAS / Geography & the Environment: Water Access Challenges and Possibilities for Rural Communities in Mexico's Volcanic Belt: The Case of San Isidro Canoas Altas, Estado de Puebla (with Dalia Vázquez, PhD student, and Matt LaFevor, U. Alabama)
Sandro Sessarego, Spanish & Portuguese: Examining Afro-Puerto Rican Heritage through Linguistic, Sociohistorical, and Legal Lenses (with PhD student Piero Visconte)
Amy E. Thompson, Geography & the Environment: A Multiproxy Assessment of Neighborhood Inequality among the Ancient Maya
Fred Valdez, Anthropology: A Multiproxy Assessment of Neighborhood Inequality among the Ancient Maya
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- 2024 Research Seed Grant Recipients
Javier Auyero, Sociology: Things That Work: A Comparative Study of Contentious Politics-based Initiatives in Marginalized Communities
Raissa Fabregas, LBJ School of Public Affairs: Enhancing Parental Mental Health and Children’s Outcomes in High-Poverty Areas in Mexico through a Low-Cost Scalable Program
Carlos Ramos-Scharrón, Geography & Environment / LLILAS: Water Access Challenges and Possibilities for Rural Communities in Mexico’s Volcanic Belt: The Case of San Isidro Canoas Altas in Estado de Puebla
Sandro Sessarego, Spanish & Portuguese: Minority Languages and Linguistic Human Rights in Latin America: Strategies to Revitalize Afro-Bolivian Spanish (Shared with graduate student Pamela Jiménez)
- 2024 Community Engagement Seed Grant Recipients
Octavio Kano-Galván, Moody College, and Boris Corredor, Spanish & Portuguese: Grasshopper Consumption for Sustainable Nutrition and Community Well-Being
Robin Moore, Butler School of Music: Seminar on Ecocultural Knowledge of the Huasteca / Seminario de Saberes Culturales-Ecológicos de la Huasteca (Shared with graduate student J.A. Strub)
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