The Latin America and Caribbean Paper Award is offered annually by the OU Center for the Americas.
Undergraduate students of any major may submit a paper written for an undergraduate course in 2021 directly related to Latin America and the Caribbean.
First Prize: $250
Second Prize: $100
The 2022 Latin America and Caribbean Paper Award cycle is now closed. It will reopen in spring 2023.
2022 Winners:
1st Prize: Lilly Amechi, "A Case of Mistaken Identity: State and Cultural Constructions of Mapuche Womanhood Through Activism"
Written for the fall 2021 course ANTH 4843: Cross Cultural Study of Sex, Sexuality
2nd Prize: Gant Roberson, "Revolutionary Solidarity and Ideological Reference in the Global South: The FMLN and Revolution in El Salvador 1970-1992"
Written for the spring 2021 course HIST 3573, Latin American Refugees 1970-Present
