MPSA LATINA/O CAUCUS AWARDS
Award Winners
2024 Award Winners
Early Career Award*: The recipient of the MPSA Latina/o Caucus Early Career Award is Dr. Vanessa Cruz Nichols, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.
Best Graduate Student Paper: The recipient of the MPSA Latina/o Caucus Best Graduate Student Paper is Chris Flores, for the paper: “La Raza Cósmica? The Construction of Latinx Racial Identities Beyond Panethnicity.” Chris is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.
Please join us at the Midwest Latino/a Caucus Business Meeting on Saturday April 6th 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the Medinah Parlor (6th Floor) to formally celebrate our award winners!
Early Career Award*: The recipient of the MPSA Latina/o Caucus Early Career Award is Dr. Vanessa Cruz Nichols, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Indiana University.
Best Graduate Student Paper: The recipient of the MPSA Latina/o Caucus Best Graduate Student Paper is Chris Flores, for the paper: “La Raza Cósmica? The Construction of Latinx Racial Identities Beyond Panethnicity.” Chris is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.
Please join us at the Midwest Latino/a Caucus Business Meeting on Saturday April 6th 3:00 to 4:30 pm in the Medinah Parlor (6th Floor) to formally celebrate our award winners!
2023 Award Winners
Distinguished Career Award: Alfonso Gonzales Toribio, University of California, Riverside
Early Career Award: Angela X. Ocampo, University of Texas at Austin (pictured left)
Graduate Student Paper Award Winner: Kennia L. Coronado, University of Wisconsin - Madison (pictured below-left)
Graduate Student Paper Honorable Mention: Derek Wakefield, Princeton University (pictured below-right)
Distinguished Career Award: Alfonso Gonzales Toribio, University of California, Riverside
Early Career Award: Angela X. Ocampo, University of Texas at Austin (pictured left)
Graduate Student Paper Award Winner: Kennia L. Coronado, University of Wisconsin - Madison (pictured below-left)
Graduate Student Paper Honorable Mention: Derek Wakefield, Princeton University (pictured below-right)
Previous Award Winners
Call For Nominations 2024 MPSA Latina/o Caucus Awards
The MPSA Latino Caucus is currently seeking nominations for the 2023-24 Distinguished Career Award, Early Career Award and Graduate Student Paper Award. Please submit nominations via email to Álvaro J. Corral ([email protected]) by Monday, January 29, 2024.
The MPSA Latino Caucus is currently seeking nominations for the 2023-24 Distinguished Career Award, Early Career Award and Graduate Student Paper Award. Please submit nominations via email to Álvaro J. Corral ([email protected]) by Monday, January 29, 2024.