M.A. Virtual Celebration 2020

July 12, 2020

CLAS is honored to have had Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Rigoberta Menchú Tum give the keynote address at our virtual celebration.

Left to Right: CLAS Director Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Eda Marcela Benites Nieto, Jessica MagallónGálvez, Mary Elizabeth Prosser, Alan ArroyoChávez, Jessica F. Cordiglia, and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner and K’iche’ Indigenous feminist and human rights activist Dr. Rigoberta Menchú Tum.

CLAS M.A. Capstone Projects and Theses

Alan Arroyo-Chávez

Capstone: Understanding Violence Against the LGBT Community in the Colombian Armed Conflict: Constructing Durable Peace Through Education and Gender Ideology Advisor: Michael Rosenfeld

Eda Marcela Benites Nieto

Thesis: De-essentializing ‘Hispanic’: A Critical Approach to Ancestry Estimation with FORDISC 3.1 Advisor: Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt

Jessica F. Cordiglia

Capstone: Quechua Language and Identity in Peru: Huk Perupa Simin Tawachunka Pusaqniyuqmanta A Language Rights Journey Advisor: Guillermo Solano-Flores

Jessica Magallón-Gálvez

Capstone: When Legislation Isn’t Enough: How Systemic Underfunding and State Sanctioned Impunity Allow High Rates of Violence Against Women and Feminicide to Continue in Brazil Advisor: Alberto Díaz-Cayeros

Mary Elizabeth Prosser

Thesis: “Othering” and Integration: The Role of Ethnic Identity in the Assimilation of Second and Third-Generation Chinese Immigrants in Peru Advisor: Asad L. Asad