Two students from the Department of Romance and Classical Studies have been awarded summer fellowships from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Please congratulate Mayra Flores Mejia and Ana Ponce Castañeda for receiving CLACS Summer Fellowships for current research projects.

Mayra Flores Mejia

Mayra Flores Mejia (Hispanic Cultural Studies) for Entre lo sagrado y lo profano: mediació, censura y género. Edición critica de casos de hechicería indigena de los Andes centrales, sigo XVII. Mayra will conduct archival research in Cusco, Peru.

Ana Patricia Ponce Castañeda

Ana Patricia Ponce Castañeda (Hispanic Cultural Studies) for Female Representation Throughout the History of Mexican Horror Cinema. Ana’s research aims to produce a state-of-the-art project on women’s representation in Mexican horror cinema—as heroines, victims, or monsters.

Visit the CLACS website to see all award winners.