Thank you for the correction Patricia- The information that Ford sent did not include our esteemed colleagues who have been recipients of the Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the past- what an incredible group of colleagues we have at UTSA!

~Margo

Margo DelliCarpini, Ph.D.

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From: Patricia Sanchez <Patricia.Sanchez@utsa.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:00 AM
To: Margo DelliCarpini <margo.dellicarpini@utsa.edu>; coehd@lists.it.utsa.edu <coehd@lists.it.utsa.edu>
Subject: RE: Congratulation to Dr. Claudia Garcia-Louis awarded the Ford Foundation 2020 Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Congratulations, Claudia!!! A truly amazing and prestigious award!! Dale gas!

***But in celebrating one of our own, let’s please not erase our Latina/o/x history:

· COEHD has indeed had a Post-doc winner in the past: Dr. Armando Trujillo (hired at UTSA in BBL in 1993 and awarded in 1995)

· UTSA has indeed had a female Post-doc winner in the past: Dr. Rhonda Gonzales (hired at UTSA in History in 2004 and awarded in 2006)

This makes me think that UTSA should have a permanent webpage dedicated to prestigious awardees such as these.

From: Laura Earleywine <Laura.Earleywine@utsa.edu> On Behalf Of Margo DelliCarpini
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 7:31 AM
To: coehd@lists.it.utsa.edu
Subject: [Coehd] Congratulation to Dr. Claudia Garcia-Louis awarded the Ford Foundation 2020 Post-Doctoral Fellowship

Dear Colleagues,

Please join me in congratulating Dr. Claudia Garcia-Louis on being awarded the Ford Foundation 2020 Post-Doctoral Fellowship! Dr. Garcia-Louis notified Dr. Aleman and me of this amazing external recognition of her excellence and I want to share it broadly. Not only is this award highly prestigious and competitive, but in reviewing the Ford Foundation directory, Dr. Garcia-Louis is only the second UTSA faculty member, and first female , and first COEHD faculty member to receive the Ford Post-Doctoral Fellowship. To underscore the competitive nature of this honor, from 1980-2017 only 2% of these awards went to the field of education. This is a wonderful honor and recognition.

Dr. Garcia-Louis was awarded the fellowship for her research project, “ A Chicana Feminist Approach to Disaggregating Hispanic Ethnicity in Higher Education: An Analysis on Latina/o/x Students Sense of Belonging”. This work will assess “Latina/o/x student’s postsecondary education stagnation by considering how deculturalization, the imposition of a perpetual foreigner identity, and the homogenization of Hispanic ethnicity, at the K-12 level, influences their relationship with education in college.” Her work will have a direct impact on the type of work that is central to the UTSA and COEHD mission and have great impact on the field.

What an honor! Congratulations, Dr. Garcia-Louis!

Warm regards,

Margo