2023 AAHHE & ETS Outstanding Dissertations Competition (ODC)
Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding Dissertation Award Recipients

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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

Rosalinda Godinez, PhD
Sociology Lecturer
Hartnell College
Dissertation Title: Mexicana/Latina Campesinas Cultivating Knowledge: A Collective Agricultural Land-Based Education in Central Washington State in the Homelands of Yakama Nation
Degree Discipline: Education
Degree Granting Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Please see Dr. Godinez's bio here.

Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding Dissertation Award, Second Place Winner

Second Place Winner
Roberto C. Orozco, PhD
Presidential Postdoctoral Associate
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Dissertation Title: Aquí entre nos: Identity and socio-political consciousness development of queer Latinx/a/o college student activists through the Muxerista activist consciousness development framework
Degree Discipline: Higher Education
Degree Granting Institution: Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Please see Dr. Orozco's bio here.

Kurt M. Landgraf Outstanding Dissertation Award, Third Place Winner

Third Place Winner
Beatriz Maldonado, PhD
Researcher
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dissertation Title: Ordinary Salviness and the Exceptional Everyday
Degree Discipline: Sociocultural Anthropology
Degree Granting Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Please see Dr. Maldonado's bio here.

 

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