UNM Graduate Student Receives AAUW American Fellowship

Lucinda Grin­nell, a Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico doc­toral can­di­date in his­tory, was awarded a 2012–13 Amer­i­can Fel­low­ship by the Amer­i­can Asso­ci­a­tion of Uni­ver­sity Women.

AAUW Amer­i­can Fel­low­ships are given to highly qual­i­fied women schol­ars who are com­plet­ing doc­toral dis­ser­ta­tions, con­duct­ing post­doc­toral research, or fin­ish­ing research for publication.

“I did not expect to win this award. I am hon­ored to receive it because so many won­der­ful schol­ars apply for it and it is very com­pet­i­tive,” Grin­nell said. “The award will allow me to com­plete my dis­ser­ta­tion in the com­ing year and will help me advance my career afterward.”

Grinnell’s dis­ser­ta­tion, “Les­bianas Pre­sente: Les­bian Activism, Transna­tional Alliances, and the State in Mex­ico City, 1968–1991” exam­ines the emer­gence of les­bian move­ments between 1968 and 1991 in Mex­ico City within the con­text of the Cold War and the onset of eco­nomic neo-liberalism. She received her M.A. in Latin Amer­i­can Stud­ies from UNM in 2006 and her B.A. from Sarah Lawrence Col­lege in 2000.

“The fund­ing we pro­vide to the AAUW Amer­i­can Fel­lows affords them the abil­ity to become lead­ing thinkers in their fields. It’s also a recog­ni­tion of their great poten­tial because they are receiv­ing sup­port from one of the nation’s most respected women’s orga­ni­za­tions,” said Glo­ria Black­well, AAUW direc­tor of fel­low­ships, grants and inter­na­tional programs.

Media Con­tact: Car­olyn Gon­za­les (505) 277‑5920; email: cgonzal@unm.edu