Fund for Latino Scholarship

Catherine Wineinger is a PhD candidate in political science at Rutgers University. Her research interests include women’s representation, Congress, and political parties. Her dissertation analyzes changes in Republican congresswomen’s rhetoric since the 1990s and their […]

  Dr. Brian Lovato is a visiting assistant professor at Augustana College with experience in teaching, research, and labor organizing. His research focuses on social movements, identity politics, and critical Marxist theory. His first book, […]

María Laura Veramendi García is a Peruvian sociologist (PUCP, 2010) and a third year PhD student at Syracuse University, studying comparative politics and public policy. She also holds an MPA from the same university (De […]

Gabriela Vitela is a PhD candidate in the political science department at Louisiana State University.  Her research interests include American politics, institutions, public policy, and race, gender and ethnicity.  Gabriela’s dissertation examines how women of […]

Rachel Torres (MFP 2017-18) is currently a third-year graduate student at the University of Iowa in the political science department, focusing on the study of race and ethnic politics. She graduated from the University of […]

Yanira Rivas Pineda de Melendez is a PhD candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research focuses on crime, the criminal justice system, and political participation in marginalized Latino communities. Yanira is currently […]

Dr. Fernando Tormos-Aponte is a postdoctoral fellow with the Scholars Strategy Network based at the University of Missouri in St. Louis and a research fellow of the Southern Methodist University Latino Center for Leadership Development. […]