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MALAS Graduates continued from page 14.
Lourdes I. Catala Thesis: "The Framework Convention on
Tobacco Control: Effects of International Tobacco Regulation in
Brazil, 1990-Present."

Ma ry Mitc hell Waters Thesis: "From Partnership to Collapse:
Argentina and the International Monetary Fund through
Economic Crisis and Recovery."



Undergraduate Minor and

Certificates in Latin American Studies 2007
The following students completed an undergraduate minor or certificate
in Latin American Studies, or both, in Fall 2007.

Kathy Mari, Spanish
Nicole Rohrmann, Public Relations
Ana Segura, Political Science
Marina Spewak, Family, Youth & Community Services
Celia Tobin, Photojournalism
Paul Weaver, Business Administration




Two TCD Students Awarded

Grassroots Development
Fellowships

Two Ph.D. students enrolled in the Center's TCD Program were
 awarded prestigious Grassroots Development Fellowships from the
Inter-American Foundation (IAF) in July 2007. The Fellows were
selected on the strength of their academic record, the quality of their
research proposals, and their potential contribution to grassroots
development, and will conduct dissertation research in Latin America
during the coming year. Nationwide, only 11 students were awarded IAF
Fellowships this academic year.
 Christine Lucas (WEC) will pursue research on the management of
forest resources in the Brazilian Amazon under the supervision Emilio
Bruna (LAS/WEC). Mason Mathews (SNRE) is advised by Marianne
Schmink, TCD Director, and will be carrying out field research on social
networks in Amazonia.
 The IAF was created in 1969 by the United States Congress to fund the
self-help initiatives of the organized poor in Latin America and the
Caribbean and the groups that support them. Together the IAF and its
grantees have improved conditions for hundreds of thousands of poor
families in communities throughout the hemisphere.


UF Graphic Design Project

in Mexico

Maria Rogal (Art and Art History) had a Fulbright in Yucatan,
 Mexico during the 2006-07 academic year. In spring 2007, her
students in the UF graphic design studio ("Mint") and colleague Doug
Barrett traveled to Mexico to work on a project with a cooperative of
honey farmers in the southern part of the state, near the archeological
site of Uxmal. Their project was to design honey labels for the Lol-Bal
Ch6 honey cooperative in Santa Elena.
The cooperative of 40 honey farmers / ml
just finished building a new processing ..
and bottling factory with government / I[A
grants. Now the cooperative is preparing IP I t1I1I 1
to bring their honey directly to market. ..-LU r.u
They hope to export their product to '
Europe and the U.S. in the near future.
The objective of the graphic design students was to design labels that are
modern, sophisticated, and culturally responsible. In conversation with
their clients, they decided to share labels with potential consumers for
feedback by conducting a survey that gave them information on how to
make their designs more culturally appropriate. All the labels are
bilingual (English and Spanish). Images of the labels are located online
at: http://mintinmexico.ufdesigners.com/honey june07/.


 A Students observing the honey harvest at Santa Elena, Yucatan.


Doctoral Teaching Awards

he Center for Latin American Studies is pleased to announce the
 recipients of the 2007 Latin American Studies Doctoral Teaching
Awards. The two awardees, both PhD candidates, will each develop and
teach an upper-level undergraduate interdisciplinary seminar (LAS
4935) in the spring and fall 2008. The winners and the seminars are:

 Fleming Daugaard-Hansen (Anthropology)
 Transnational Migration in the Americas

 Osva ldo Jordan (Political Science) Racial and Ethnic
 Politics in Latin America


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