Announcing the Winners of our 2025 - 2026 Undergraduate Essay Prize!

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A mid-century typewriter in the chair's office, to go with those mid-century Padelford vibes (to be fair, she does use it!).

2025 - 2026 marked the third year of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize, which is the first undergraduate essay prize on campus that includes essays written in languages other than English!  Each Spring faculty nominate outstanding undergraduate essays (or pieces of creative writing), and prize recipients are chosen by our department's Undergraduate Awards Committee.

Here are the Prize Winners for the 2025 - 2026 academic year!

  • Vanessa Maria Alvarez, nominated by Professor Rodrígez Argente, "Anecdote of a Chicana Organizer Exploring the MEChA Archives"
  • Eleanor Finne, nominated by Professor Rueda, "Explotación para entretenimiento: la representación de la cultura e identidad gitana en literatura Española"

  • Alexa Tarango, nominated by Professor Viana da Silva, "Estigma da saúde mental no Brasil"

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