Tinker Foundation Field Research Grant Recipients

2020

Mario Gomez-Zamora

The P’urhépecha Sexualities in the Local and in the Transnational Space

Latin American and Latino Studies PhD Program, Division of Social Sciences

Advisor: Dr. Fernando Levia

Country of research: México

Julia Harencar

Solving the mystery of a contradictory pattern of beetle damage in Panamanian spiral gingers

Ecology & Evolutionary Biology PhD Program, Division of Physical & Biological Sciences

Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Kay

Country of research: Panamá

Juan Carlos Jeri Vidal

Project Ayniqucha: A dynamic and participatory strategy for bycatch prevention and improvement of fishing efficiency in Peru

Coastal Science and Policy Master Program, Division of Physical & Biological Sciences

Advisor: Dr. Elliott Hazen 

Country of research: Perú 

Boyeong Kim

Miracles Revisited: Developmentalism and the Government of Gendered Citizen in Chile and South Korea

Latin American and Latino Studies PhD Program, Division of Social Sciences

Advisor: Dr. Cecilia Rivas

Country of research: Chile

Katie Ligmond

Women and Textiles: A Look at Empire from the Margins

History of Art and Visual Culture PhD Program, Division of Arts

Advisor: Dr. Carolyn Dean

Country of research: México, Chile, Argentina

Piper Milton 

Spatial and Cultural Transformations: Centers of Religious Devotion in Colonial Central Mexico

History PhD Program, Humanities Division

Advisor: Dr. Matt O'Hara

Country of research: México

Lucas Solorzano

Freedom is a Place: Shaping abolitionist geographies in the wake of migrant containment and detention

Social Documentation M.F.A. Program, Division of Arts

Advisor: John Jota Leaños 

Country of research: México

Lucia Vitale

INGOs and National Health Care in Costa Rica: Towards Health for All

Politics PhD Program, Division of Social Sciences

Advisor: Dr. Matthew Sparke

Country of research: Costa Rica