2007 Fellowship Recipients

Mireya Loza (Brown University) Project Title: “Envisioning the Past: Public Collection and the History of the Bracero Program” Host Institution: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa

Héctor Alberto Reyes Zaga (University of Minnesota) Project Title:“Migración, literatura y derechos humanos: Un encuentro multidisciplinario en la narrativa contemporánea Mexicana” Host Institution: Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Suzanne L. Simon (School for International Training) Project Title: “Plan Puebla Panama: Participatory Challenges in Mexico's Economic Transnationalization and Development” Host Institution: Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla

Julie M. Weise (Yale University) Project Title: “Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the U.S. South, 1910-2010 Host Institution: Acervo Histórico, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores”

2006 Fellowship Recipients

Matthew A. Lieber (Brown University) Project Title: Political Remittances along the Puebla-New York Migratory Axis Host Institution: Benemérita Universidad Autonóma de Puebla

Kimberly A. Nolan Garcia (University of New Mexico) Project Title: Transnational Advocacy and Labor Rights Enforcement under the NAFTA Labor Side Agreement Host Institution: Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Ethan Philip Sharp (University of Texas- Pan American, Edinburg, TX ) Project Title: Prison Ministries in Mexico and the Transnationalization of Faith-Based Initiatives Host Institution: CIESAS- Programa Noreste

Jeffrey Smith (Kansas State University) Project Title: The impact of remittances on quality of life and gender roles in rural villages in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico Host Institution: Instituto de Geografia; UNAM - Mexico City

2005 Fellowship Recipients

Elda Miriam Aldasoro Maya (University of Washington) Project Title: The Ñuu savi ethnozoological knowledge in a transnaional community Host Institution: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte

Laura J. Briggs (University of Arizona) Project Title: Politics of Transracial and Transnational Adoption Host Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Ted Henken (Baruch College, City University of New York) Project Title: Who Are the "Native Americans" Here? Mexican-Indian Ethnic Identity and New Transnational Immigrant Communities in the Southeastern United States Host Institution: Colegio de Michoacan

Casimiro Leco Tomas (Colegio de Michoacan) Project Title: Who Are the "Native Americans" Here? Mexican-Indian Ethnic Identity and New Transnational Immigrant Communities in the Southeastern United States Host Institution: Museum of the Cherokee Indian

Cristóbal Mendoza Pérez (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa) Project Title: Sentido de lugar y procesos migratorios: Trabajadores inmigrantes mexicanos en Santa Fe (Nuevo México) Host Institution: University of New Mexico-Alburquerque

Efrén Sandoval Hernández (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social) Project Title: La diversidad de vínculos transnacionales entre Monterrey, Nuevo León, y San Antonio, Texas: Negocios, consumo, turismo y recreación
Host Institution: University of Texas-San Antonio

James Thing (University of Southern California) Project Title: Social Class and Globalization: Gay Identities among Mexican and Mexican Immigrant Men Host Institution: Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social

Patrick W Timmons (Augusta State University) Project Title: The Mexican Press and Capital Punishment: News Reports about the Mexican Nationals Condemned to Die in the United States, 1992 – 2005 Host Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

2004 Fellowship Recipients

Deborah Anne Boehm (University of California, San Diego) Project Title: “Generación Transnacional/Transnational Generation: Gender and Nation Among Youth in a Transmigrant Mexican Community” Host Institution: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Campus Iztapalapa-Department of Anthropology

Deborah Cohen (Southern Methodist University) Project Title: “Bordering Modernities:Race, Masculinity, and the Cultural Politics of Mexico-US Migration” Host Institution: Colegio de Michoacán-Centro de Estudios Antropológicos

Tomas Cruz-Cruz (University of Texas at Austin) Project Title: “Effects of remittances on Consumption and Agricultural Practices in the Indigenous Chatino Region of Oaxaca, Mexico” Host Institution: INAH-Oaxaca

Patricia H. Hamm (Iowa State University) Project Title: “The Transnational Politics of the Mexican Diaspora: A New Form of Doing Politics and its Consequences for U.S.-Mexico Relations” Host Institution: UNAM-Centro de Investigaciones Sobre America del Norte

Miriam Jiménez Hernández (Lehman College) “Transnational concerns: how responsive can members of Congress be?” Host Institution: Smithsonian Institution-Department of Anthropology

Danna Alexandra Levin Rojo (Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana) Project Title: “¿Conquistadores o Conquistados?: Identidad Hispana, Resistencia Cultural y Relaciones Interetnicas en el Condado de Rio Arriba, Nuevo México” Host Institution: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque-Department of History

Martin Medina (Colegio de la Frontera Norte) Project Title: “Informal Transborder Recycling in Juarez / El Paso” Host Institution: University of Texas at El Paso-Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Karen Lee Ogulnick (Long Island University) Project Title: “Empowering Indigenous Women and Children through Popular Education Programs in Mayan, Native American and Immigrant Communities” Host Institution: CIESAS-Centro Sureste

Julia María Schiavone Camacho (University of Texas, El Paso) Project Title: “Mexicans and Chinese in the Formation of Gender, Race, and Nation in the U.S.-Mexican Borderlands, 1910-1940” Host Institution: INAH-CentroHermosillo

2003 Fellowship Recipients

Fernando Saúl Alanis Enciso (El Colegio de San Luis, A.C.) Project Title: “El impacto en la frontera México-Estados Unidos de la repatriación masiva de mexicanos durante la Gran Depresión (1929-1934).” Host: The University of Texas at El Paso

Susan J. Rippberger (University of Texas at El Paso). Project Title: “Cultural Expectations for Schooling: a Mexico-United States Perspective.” Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

Juana de los Angeles Mejía Marenco (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Project Title: “Transnacionalismo femenino: una nueva visión del cuerpo, la maternidad y la salud.” Host Institution: Hampshire College

Juan Manuel Mendoza Guerrero (Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa). Project Title: “Americanización, dieta y vendedores en español en El Paso, Texas, 1910-1920.” Host Institution: The University of Texas at El Paso

Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz (University of Texas at Austin). Project Title: “Shared Sovereignty and Dual-Civic Participation: The Mexican Transnational Community and Mexican Politics.” Host Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Gustavo Perez-Verdin (Universidad Autónoma Chapingo). Project Title: “Evaluación de condiciones sociales y económicas en municipios forestales del Estado de Durango.” Host Institution: Northern Arizona University

Daniel Ramírez (Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California San Diego). Project Title: “Migrating or Transgenic Faiths?: Rethinking Religious Pluralism and Cultural Flux in the Oaxacan Diaspora.” Host Institution: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia

Gerald Shane Lewis (Southwest Texas State University). Project Title: “Prospects for Expanded Transnational, Alternative Tourism in Los Cumbres de Monterrey.” Host Institution: CIESAS-Noreste

2002 Fellowship Recipients

Jaime Aguila (University of Texas of the Permian Basin). Project Title: “Protecting México de Afuera: Mexican Emigration Policy, 1848-1940". Host Institution: Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

Matthew Dunne (University of Texas at Austin). Project Title: “A Comparative Study of the Transnational Aspects of Classical Guitar in Mexico and the United States. ”Host Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Escuela Nacional de Música.

Elaine M. Hampton (University of Texas at El Paso). Project Title: “Impact of the Maquiladora Industry on Education in Mexico. ”Host Institution: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Programa Latinoamericano de Actividades en Población.

Char Ullman (University of Arizona). Project Title: “English Matters? Mexican Transmigration and the Negotiation of Language and Identities in a Global Economy. ”Host Institution: CIESAS Occidente.

Neyra Patricia Alvarado Solís (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social). Project Title: “Los tohono o' otham entre dos naciones: un estudio comparativo sobre sus transformaciones culturales en el marco de las relaciones antiguas entre las culturas de lo que hoy es México y Estados Unidos. ”Host Institution: University of Arizona, Tucson.

Gustavo Alfonso Cano Hernández (Columbia University). Project Title: “The Mobilization of Mexican Immigrants in Chicago and Houston. ”Host Institution: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Tomás Martínez Saldaña (Colegio de Postgraduados). Project Title: “Los usuarios tradicionales del riego en Nuevo México y en el norte de México. ”Host Institution: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.

Martha Idalia Chew Sánchez (University of California- Los Angeles). Project Title: “Masking Inequalities: Gender Performance and Sexuality in Transnational Mexican Communities in the United States. ”Host Institution: University of Texas at El Paso