Graduate Fellows

PLAS awards 2 to 4 dissertation completion writing grants annually, for either a semester or the full academic year, to advanced graduate students who work in Latin American studies and who have reached Dissertation Completion Enrollment (DCE) status at Princeton University.

Full-year grant with a stipend ($27,000) plus full DCE costs*
Half-year grant with a stipend ($13,500) plus full DCE costs*

All recipients must submit a report on work accomplished by November 1 following the academic year of the grant award. 
* 2020-2021 DCE or in Absentia Enrollment is $6,480/academic year (includes tuition and student health plan fee).

 

Current Fellows

  • Charlie Hankin

    Charlie Hankin is a doctoral candidate in Spanish and Portuguese.

  • Galileu Kim

    Galileu Kim is a doctoral candidate in politics.

  • Elis Mendoza

    Elis Mendoza is a doctoral candidate in architecture history and theory.

  • Benjamin Murphy

    Benjamin Murphy is a doctoral candidate in art history focusing on modern and contemporary art from Latin America.

  • Lindsay Ofrias

    Lindsay Ofrias is a doctoral candidate in anthropology.