Erin Lin, Anna Babel and Laura Podalsky were recently honored.
Erin Lin, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, will conduct research in Cambodia for four months on the topic of “Airpower from Below: Civilian Strategies in Cambodia.” Lin seeks to connect U.S. Department of Defense declassified records of payload drops from the secret bombing of Cambodia to the civilian populace’s firsthand experience on the ground. Read more about her award on the Office of International Affairs' website.
Anna Babel, a professor of Hispanic linguistics in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, will conduct research in Bolivia and Spain for four months examining the topic “Sociolinguistic Awareness Among Bolivian Migrants to Spain.” Babel’s project addresses the question of how adults develop awareness of linguistic differences through life experiences such as migration and mobility. She asks how Bolivian migrants who have lived in Spain become aware of differences between their own dialect(s) and European Spanish(es). Read more about Babel’s award on the Office of International Affairs’ website.
Laura Podalsky, distinguished professor of Spanish and Portuguese in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, will investigate the emergence of youth films and other media products aimed at young adults as a niche market in Argentina between 1960-1973. Standard accounts of this period in Latin America focus on the transformational role of young political militants and avant-garde artists who called for and tried to enact radical socio-political and aesthetic change in their societies. Read more about Podalsky’s award on the Office of International Affairs’ website.