Awards Presented by the Latino Studies Section

LASA-LATINA/O STUDIES SECTION
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS AND SUBMISSIONS

The Latina/o Studies Section (LSS) of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) announces its 2009 Awards and invites nominations and submissions. The award winners will receive a small monetary prize and an award certificate. Award winners will be announced at the LSS reception to be held in June 2009 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BOOK AWARD
The LSS Book Award is presented to a single-authored book that reflects original research in the area of Latino Studies. Books awarded this distinction should contribute disciplinary and interdisciplinary knowledge of the lives and conditions of distinct Latino national-origin/ethnoracial groups, as well as exploring the connections among populations implicated in the "Latino" or "Hispanic" designation. Section members and publishers can nominate books for the prize. Self-nominations are also welcomed. We will not consider translations, reprints, re-editions of previously published works, edited volumes, multi-author collections of essays, or books previously nominated for this award. Nominations should include name of author, title of book, date of publication, publisher, and include a brief comment on the book’s merits and its contribution to the field. For 2009, the award will go to the best book published between June 2007 to December 2008. Nominations and book copies must be received by each committee member no later than January 15, 2009.

Book Award Committee
Patricia Zavella (UCSC), Chair
Amalia Pallares (UIC)
Gina M. Perez (Oberlin)
José Quiroga (Emory)

Contact Information

• Patricia Zavella, Latin American and Latino Studies Department, Merrill College, Merill Academic Building, Room 32, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Email: zavella@ucsc.edu
• Amalia Pallares, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, MC/219, 1513 University Hall, University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607. Email: amalia@uic.edu
• Gina M. Perez, Comparative American Studies Program, King Building, 305, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074. Email: gina.perez@oberlin.edu
• José Quiroga, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, 510S Callaway Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. Email: jquirog@emory.edu

ARTICLE AWARD
The LSS Article Award is presented to a peer-reviewed journal article that reflects original research in the area of Latino Studies, especially work that focus on Latina/o communities, issues, and topics. The article may be grounded in any disciplinary or interdisciplinary field. Section members can nominate articles for the prize. Self-nominations are also welcomed. In nominating an article for the award, please include a brief comment on the manuscript’s merits and its contribution to the field. For 2009, the award will go to the best article published between June 2007 to December 2008. Nominations and article copies must be received by each committee member no later than January 15, 2009.

Article Award Committee
Frances R. Aparicio (UIC), Chair
Silvia Pedraza (Michigan)
Katynka Z. Martinez (SFSU)
Carlos Decena (Rutgers)

Contact Information

• Frances R. Aparicio, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, MC/219, 1513 University Hall, University of Illinois at Chicago, 601 S. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60607. Email: franapar@uic.edu
• Silvia Pedraza, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan, 1225 S. University, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Email: spedraza@umich.edu
• Katynka Z. Martinez, Raza Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Avenue, EP 103, San Francisco, CA 94132. Email: katynka@sfsu.edu
• Carlos Decena, Department of Women's and Gender Studies and Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, 162 Ryders Lane, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Email: cudecena@rci.rutgers.edu

DISSERTATION AWARD
The LSS Dissertation Award is given for the best doctoral dissertation that focuses on Latina/o communities, issues, and topics. The work may be grounded in any disciplinary or interdisciplinary field. The competition is open to Ph.D.’s from institutions in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean who deposited their dissertation between June 2007 to December 2008. Nominations should include a letter of support from the chair or other member of the dissertation committee that addresses the contribution of the dissertation to the field of Latino Studies. Nominations and printed dissertation copies must be received by each committee member no later than January 15, 2009.

Dissertation Award Committee
Maria Elena Cepeda (Williams)
Horacio N. Roque Ramírez (UCSB)
Susana Peña (BGSU)

Contact Information

• Maria Elena Cepeda, Latina/o Studies Program, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267. Email: MariaElena.Cepeda@williams.edu

• Horacio N. Roque Ramírez, Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, 1713 South Hall – UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA 91306-4120. Email: roqueramirez@chicst.ucsb.edu
• Susana Peña, Ethnic Studies, Bowling Green State University, 233 Shatzel Hall, Bowling Green, OH. Email: susanap@bgnet.bgsu.edu

Research and Dissertation Award

Past Winners:

• 2007 Winner
• 2004 Winner: María Elena Cepeda. The Colombian Connection. Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, University of Michigan, 2003.
• 2003 Winner: Elizabeth M. Aranda. Weighing Hearts and Minds: Emotional Transnationalism and Puerto Rican Migration. Department of Sociology, Temple University, 2001.
  • Honorable Mention: Nancy Jean Burke. Creating Islands in the Desert: Place, Space, and Ritual among Santería Practitioners and Priests in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico, 2001.
• 2001 Winner: Adrian Burgos, Jr. "Playing America’s Game: Latinos and the Performance and Policing of Race in North American Professional Baseball, 1868-1959" Department of History, University of Michigan, 2000.
  • Honorable Mention: Ginetta E.B. Candelario, Honorable Mention, "Situating Ambiguity: Dominican Identity Formations." Ph.D. Program in Sociology, City University of New York, 2000.
• 2000 Winner: Iraida López, "A través del caleidoscopio: identidad y localización cultural en textos autobiográfico hispanos en los Estados Unidos", Ph.D. Program in Spanish, City University of New York, 1999.

 

Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award The Public Intellectual Award Committee of the LSS is now accepting nominations for the 2007 Award. This Award seeks to honor Latina/o Studies scholars whose work has contributed to our field of study, our communities and to the Academy at large. The first recipient of the Award was Frank Bonilla, and the Award was subsequently named after him. From 1973 to 1993, Dr. Bonilla was the director of the City University of New York’s Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños and Professor in CUNY’s Ph.D. Program in Sociology and Political Science. Between 1988 and December, 1995 he served as Executive Director of the Inter-University Program for Latino Research. He continues to serve on its National Advisory Board. The 2008-09 Award Nominations Committee is headed by:

Past Winners:

2007 Tomas Ybarra Frausto

2004 no award made

2003 Frank Bonilla, Hunter College, City University of New York