On behalf of the SPPO Awards Committee, we are pleased to announce the recipients of the Rymer, Crane, Iglesias, Munthe, and Kubayanda Awards for the 2022-2023 academic year. We would like to thank all the students who applied -- we received more than 20 excellent applications/nominations, and the advisors/mentor who wrote letters of support or nomination. Also a huge thanks to the committee members and the Center for African Studies for the Kubayanda award.

2022 Award Winners

Judith Marquis Rymer and Glenn Rymer Travel Award: Alyssa Bedrosian, Tara Hazel, Sanjana Ranade, Liyah Varghese

Loann Crane Undergraduate Award for Hispanic Studies: Nyah Conway, Sanjana Ranade, Liyah Varghese

Loann Crane Graduate Awards for Hispanic Studies: Alyssa Bedrosian, Paola Enríquez Duque, Anthony Palmiscno

The Susan Pratt Munthe Fund for Latin American Studies: Alyssa Bedrosian, Victor Vimos Vimos, Paola Enríquez Duque, Andrea Armijos Echeverría

Mario Iglesias Award for Excellence in the Study of Spanish and Portuguese: Andrea Armijos Echeverría

Mario Iglesias Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Spanish and Portuguese: Anthony Palmiscno

Josaphat Kubayanda Graduate Student Scholarship: Ayodeji Olugbuyiro 

Fernando Díaz Buiza Fellowship: Paige Thobe

Congratulations!