UF Center for Latin American Studies
Students from LAS, MDP, and TCD named stand-out presentations in fieldwork research
March 26, 2025
Each year, to culminate their research funded by the Field Research Grant, students from Latin American Studies, the Masters in Development Practice Program, and the Tropical Conservation and Development Program gather and present their projects in a public forum. This is an opportunity for them to practice research communications skills and public speaking skills, as they must explain their research to any member of the community who attends the Fieldwork Festival.
At the end of the event, a panel of judges selects the winners across the three categories (LAS, MDP, and TCD) as well as a grand prize.
This year's winners are:
Winner: Ana María Ramírez Gómez
Socioeconomic Challenges Faced by Afro-Colombian Women Entrepreneurs
Runner-up: Thaís de Menezes Goncalves Zschaber
This Is Not About Voting Machines: Populist Strategies in Debating Electoral Integrity During Brazil’s 2022 Elections
Winner: Sydney Khanthavong
Dammed Futures: The Social Impacts of Hydroelectric Dams Along the Mekong River in Thailand
Runner-up: Rosemary Godfrey Maro
From Landfills to Zero Waste: Mitigating Greenhouse Gases for Climate Action
Winner: Thomas Kelly
Antimicrobial resistance prevalence in populations of Goodman’s mouse lemur (Microcebus lehilahytsara) across a gradient of direct human interaction
Runner-up: Lydia Soifer
Impacts of Microclimates on Biogeographic Patterns of Epiphytes in Cerro Chucanti, Panama
Daniel Hernández Castillo
The coast of North-Central Chile as an anthropogenic landscape: An assessment from the Longotoma Dune Field (32°24’ S)."
Congratulations to all!
