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LACSI Faculty and Student Awards - Spring 2024
Latest Round of Faculty and Student Awards (Spring 2024)

Dr. Pablo Lapegna obtains a National Endowment for the Humanities grant and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences' Multidisciplinary Seed Grant with two different teams Dr. Pablo Lapegna, Associate Professor in Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Dr. Johana Kunin, Professor at the Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina, obtained the National Endowment for the Humanities grant Dangers and Opportunities of Technology…
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Faculty and Student Awards - Spring 2024
LACSI's Core Faculty and Certificate student's awards

We're thrilled to announce LACSI's Core Faculty and Certificate students' latest round of awards this spring.  Big kudos to: Prof. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru2024-25 Fulbright Distinguished Scholar Award.  Prof. Melisa Cahnmann-TaylorJosiah Meigs Distinguished Teaching Professorship. Ph.D.(c) Jean Costa-SilvaGraduate School Excellence in Teaching Award.
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Dr. Chad Howe. Interim Director at LACSI
Dr. Chad Howe receives the 2024 Dean's Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education

Congratulations to Dr. Chad Howe, core-faculty and recently appointed LACSI's Interim Director, for receiving the 2024 Dean’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate Education!  Granted by UGA's Graduate School office, the award:  […] recognizes excellence in service and advocacy on behalf of graduate students and graduate education at the University of Georgia. Dr. Howe obtained the award due his outstanding performance as…
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Dr. Frans Weiser
Dr. Frans Weiser obtains "Study in Second Discipline Fellowship"

Kudos to Dr. Frans Weiser, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Latin American Studies for being selected for the 2024-2025 Study in Second Discipline Fellows Program by the UGA Provost Office. Dr. Weiser, a LACSI's joint-appointment faculty and the Institute's Undergraduate Advisor, will pursue the program's Teaching-Intensive Track to develop a new interdisciplinary course.  From the program's webpage: Study in a Second…
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Pablo Lapegna - Profile Picture
Dr. Pablo Lapegna receives the Willson Center Research Fellowship

Dr. Pablo Lapegna, Associate Professor in Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, has received the Willson Center Research Fellowship at the University of Georgia.  The fellowship "supports excellence in arts and humanities research or creative practice and activity." It will allow Dr. Lapegna to work on his project titled, "Prosperity, Plants, and Pesticides,” during the 2024-2025 academic year.  Kudos to Dr. Lapegna for…
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Dr. Nora Benedict
Dr. Nora Benedict receives 2024 Sandy Beaver Excellence in Teaching Award

Every year, the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia honors outstanding faculty who have shown "a sustained commitment to high-quality instruction" through the Sandy Beaver Excellence Award. First granted in 1985, this is one of the most prestigious and longstanding recognitions for teaching in the College. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Benedict, Assistant Professor of Spanish and Digital Humanities and a…
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Dr. Eric Morales-Franceschini
Dr. Eric Morales-Franceschini wins the Modern Language Association's Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize

New York, NY – 6 December 2023 – The Modern Language Association of America today announced its thirty-third annual Katherine Singer Kovacs Prize for an outstanding book published in English or Spanish in the field of Latin American and Spanish literatures and cultures. The winner is Éric Morales-Franceschini, associate professor of English and Latin American and Caribbean studies at the University of Georgia, for The Epic of Cuba Libre: The…
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