2021 AAHHE & ETS Outstanding Dissertation Competition (ODC)
Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipients
Co-sponsored by ETS


AAHHE and ETS share a vision of the future of Hispanics in higher education and a commitment to actions that can help them get there. Join us as we honor and congratulate this year's winners!

Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding Dissertation Award, First Place Winner
Laura Minero, PhD
LGBTQ Youth Trauma
Resilience and Community Education Post-doctoral Fellow
UCLA Nathason Family Resilience Center
Dissertation Title:
The Impact of Detention Proceedings and Solitary Confinement on Latinx, Transgender,
Undocumented and Asylum Seeking Immigrants
Degree Discipline: Counseling Psychology
Degree Granting Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding Dissertation Award, Second Place Winner
Gisele Martinez-Negrete, PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation Title:
Bilingual Ways with Words: An Ethnographic Study of Language and Social Constructions in a Kindergarten Dual Language Class
Degree Discipline: Educations

Degree Granting Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding Dissertation Award, Third Place Winner
Amilcar Guzmán, PhD
Director, Evaluation & Outcomes
League of Women Voters of the United States
Dissertation Title: Uncovering Typologies of Civically Engaged Latinx/a/o College Graduates
Degree Discipline: Higher Educations
Degree Granting Institution: University of Maryland, College Park

 

 

 
Honorable Mention
Jorge Burmicky, PhD
Assistant Director of Research
University of Texas at Austin
Dissertation Title:
Latino Men and the College Presidency: Career Ascension and Interactions of Social Identities
Degree Discipline: Educational Leadership and Policy
Degree Granting Institution: University of Texas, Austin

 

 For award recipients from other years from 2020 to 2008, please click here.