Some recipients of the Autumn 2022 CES Travel and Research Grants have reported on their research projects. They were asked to give a short account of how they used their grant, and how this money helped further their research and study in the area of Ethnic Studies.

We are currently accepting applications for the Spring 2023 Travel and Research Grants. Find more information and apply here.

Audra Crouch will travel to the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Minnesota for Indigidata: Indigenous Data Science Education workshop to study gut microbiome composition and the possible contribution to the disproportionate incidence of RA on the Cheyenne River reservation.

Maretha Dellarosa used the grant to support her dissertation research, using it for proofreading purposes and purchasing relevant applications. Her research focuses on teachers’ practices that affirm students’ culture.

Julie Kim went to the American Studies Association conference to participate in a seminar on her ongoing collaborative project, Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities. This seminar engaged the theme of Black and Asian feminist solidarities through histories, practices, and frameworks on care, community, and survival for the tools and strategies to continue to build towards collective liberation.

Anisa Kline went to Tucson, Arizona over Christmas for a writing retreat. She spent 14 days at an Airbnb, writing every day, so she could finish a complete rough draft of her dissertation. Anisa was able to turn in the draft to her advisor on January 1^st, 2023. Her project is about agricultural guestworkers in Ohio

Franshelly Martinez Ortiz presented at the PRIEC Conference at The University of Texas at Austin. She presented a pilot study about the effects of negative advertisements on Latino vote choice and candidate perceptions. 

Bhumi B. Patel attended the National Women’s Studies Association annual conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota. At the conference, she presented her paper “Horizons of Liberation: Unlearning, Hybridity, and Relationality as Decolonial Approaches to Movement-based Performance” to a robust audience on a panel with two additional scholars.

Yukina Sato presented her recent embodiment research, Redefine the Act of “Seeing” at the 2022 World Dance Alliance Americas mini-conference at Texas A&M University in Corpus Christi, Texas. She and her collaborator, Yujie Chen, showcased the live performances as well as the creative process.

Charlize Wang travelled to national foreign language teaching conferences. As the recipient of the Patrick T. Raven Grant awarded by the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (CSCTFL), she was invited to attend the conference to share her empirical study on culturally sustaining pedagogy and collaborate with stakeholders and language teachers to critically reflect on students of color’s needs in world language classrooms.

Man Yao used the grant to fund her dissertation project on name-based microaggression experiences among Chinese international students in the U.S. Based on in-depth qualitative interviews, this study investigates how Chinese international students experience, understand, and respond to the name-based microaggressions.