The Center for Latin American Studies is proud to announce six additional recipients of its Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship competition for Academic Year 2024-25. Please find a list of names below, with additional fellows' names in bold.

Three of these fellowships will support dissertation writing, and three will support the learning of advanced Spanish and beginning Portuguese. In total, FLAS awards for Summer 2024 and Academic Year 2024-2025 constitutes over $305,000 in funding from the U.S. Department of Education, as well as over $130,000 in matching funding from the Graduate School and $8,000 in stipend contribution from the Department of Spanish and Portuguese and the Department of Anthropology.

Summer 2024

Graduate

• Thomas Jones, Education and Human Ecology & Latin American Studies: Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Nik King, Spanish and Portuguese; Latin American Literatures and Cultures: Advanced Quechua (Lima, Peru)

Undergraduate

• Paul Renner, Biology & Public Affairs, Music & Portuguese (minors): Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)
• Jacob Masterson, Political Science, History (minor): Intermediate Portuguese (São Paulo, Brazil)

Academic Year 2024-25

Graduate

• Hannah Grace Morrison, Spanish and Portuguese: Dissertation Writing (Spanish)
• Deborah Waughtal, Spanish and Portuguese: Dissertation Writing (Spanish)
• Harold "Butch" Wright, Anthropology: Dissertation Writing (Portuguese)
• Abrar Abdelqader, Education and Human Ecology: Advanced Spanish
• Matty Machado, Studio Art (Photography); Beginning Portuguese
• Natalie Romeri-Lewis, Political Science; Dissertation Research Abroad (Spanish)
• Thomas Jones, Education and Human Ecology & Latin American Studies: Intermediate Portuguese
• Josmary Heredia Medina, Spanish and Portuguese; Hispanic Linguistics: Beginning Haitian Creole
• Ariana Sanabria, Occupational Therapy: Beginning Portuguese
• John Foppiani, Latin American Studies: Beginning Portuguese

Undergraduate

• Scarlet Munoz, Psychology & Spanish: Beginning Portuguese
• Sophie Toth, Education & Spanish: Intermediate Quechua
• Mary Grzybowski, Linguistics, Portuguese & Geographic Information Science (minors): Intermediate Portuguese
• Evan Beard, Linguistics & Romance Studies, International Relations (minor): Intermediate Portuguese
• Mariana Correia, Biomedical Engineering, Portuguese (minor): Advanced Portuguese
• Caitlin Creach, International Studies, Portuguese (minor): Intermediate Portuguese
• Ellie Munoz, Romance Studies, Art Studio (minor): Beginning Portuguese

Congratulations to all our fellows!

If you are interested in applying for FLAS, the Summer 2025 and Academic Year 2025-2026 competition will start accepting applications on November 1, 2024. Subscribe to our newsletter to newsletter to stay in the loop about info sessions and the application process!