The Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA would like to congratulate the following faculty on receiving awards during the 2025-2026 year:
- Leisy J. Abrego: Gold Shield Faculty Prize
- Genevieve Carpio: UCLA CSW Writing Retreat Grant Award and Research Excellence Award.
- Laura Chávez-Moreno: American Sociological Association’s Section on Sociology of Education 2026 Anna Julia Cooper Award
- Kency Cornejo: Co-Winner of the Best Book in Latin American Visual Culture Studies Award by the Visual Cultural Studies section of the Latin American Studies Association, Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Book Prize & ALAA-Arvey Foundation Book Award presented by the Latin American Art section of the College Art Association
- Yessica Garcia Hernandez: Undergraduate Research Week Faculty Mentor Award from UCLA Division of Undergraduate Education, Catrióna Rueda Esquibel Publication/Creative Works Recognition Award from Chicana Caucus at National Association of Chicana/o Studies, and UCLA CSW Writing Retreat Grant Award.
