César Chávez Fellowship Recipients 1994-2020

César Chávez Fellowships 1994-2023

  • Gabrielle Cabrera (2023) Rutgers.
  • Melanie Plasencia (2021) UC Berkeley.
  • Joanthan Cortez (2020) Brown University.
  • Christine Castro (2019) PhD candidate, University of Texas, Austin.
  • Mark Ocegueda (2019) Professor, California State University-Sacramento. PhD Univerity of California-Irvine.
  • Orquidea Morales (2018) Assistant Professor, American Studies/Media & Communications, SUNY Old Westbury. PhD University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.
  • Evelyn Soto (2018) Assistant Professor, Sam Houston State University. PhD University of Pennsylvania.
  • Vanessa J. Diaz (2017) Assistant Professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Loyola Marymount University. PhD University of Michigan.
  • Elias D. Krell (2016) Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Vassar College. PhD Northwestern University.
  • Almita Miranda (2015) Professor, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies and Geography, Anthropology affilitate, University of Wisconsin-Madison. PhD Northwestern University
  • Charlene Cruz Cerdas (2014) Faculty Fellow, NYU School of Culture, Education and Human Development. PhD University of Pennsylvania.
  • Jessica De La Ossa (2013) PhD candidate in the School of Geography and Development at the University of Arizona.
  • Ariana Ochoa Camacho (2012) PhD candidate in the American Studies Program at New York University in the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis.
  • Christopher Loperena (2011) Assistant Professor, CUNY. PhD University of Texas, Austin in the African Diaspora Program.
  • Robb Hernandez (2010) Currently a post-doctoral fellow at Center for Mexican American Studies, Univ. of Texas, Austin.  PhD American Studies, University of Maryland, College Park.
  • Graciela Monteagudo (2011) Currently the Associate Director for Social Thought and Political Economy at the Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst. PhD in Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
  • Albert Sergio Laguna (2008) PhD Assistant Professor of Ethnicity, Race & Migration and American Studies, Yale University.
  • Rocío Magaña (2007) Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Rutgers University. 
  • Patricia Herrera (2006) Assistant Professor of Theater, University of Richmond. PhD in Theater, City University of New York Ph.D. in Anthropology, University of Chicago. 
  • William Orchard (2005) Instructor of English, North Central College, IL. ABD in English, University of Chicago.
  • Rebecca Gordon (2004) Assistant Professor of English and Humanities, Reed College. PhD in English and American Studies, Indiana University.
  • Lourdes Gutiérrez-Nájera (2003) Assistant Professor, Western Washington University.  PhD in Anthropology and Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  • Roberto Tejada (2002) Associate Professor of Art and Art History, University of Texas, Austin. PhD in English, State University of New York, Buffalo.
  • Mark Overmyer-Velazquez (2001) Associate Professor of History and Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut. PhD in Latin American History, Yale University.
  • Emiliano Corral (2000) PhD in History from the University of Chicago; JD  from the University of North Carolina School of Law.
  • Alma Martinez (1999) Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance, Pomona College. PhD in Drama, Stanford University.
  • Carlos Martin (1998) Senior Fellow, Urban Institute. PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University.
  • Gaston Espinosa (1997) Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Claremont McKenna College. PhD in History, University of California, Santa Barbara.
  • Edmund Campos (1996) Visiting Assistant Professor of English, Northwestern University. PhD in Comparative Literature, Stanford University.
  • Nancy Mirabal (1995) Associate Professor of Raza Studies, San Francisco State University. PhD in History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
  • Tiffany López (1994) Associate Professor of English, University of California, Riverside. PhD in English, University of California, Santa Barbara.