Undergraduate Program

Government DRCLAS Thesis Prize Winners

Department: 
Undergraduate

Government Concentrators Ethan Amaker '11, Laura Jaramillo '11, and Yoonhee Gloria Park '11 have won David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Undergraduate Thesis Prizes for 2011.

Kenneth Maxwell Thesis Prize in Brazilian Studies is awarded to:
Ethan Patrick Amaker
"Past Its Prime: How the PMDB has Endured the Transition from
Authoritarianism to Democracy"


James R. and Isabel D. Hammond Thesis Prize is awarded to:
Laura Jaramillo
"Colombia's Partido de la U: The Role of Electoral Institutions
 and Structural Leadership in New Party Success"


Joan Morthland Hutchins Thesis Prize in Latino Studies is awarded to:
Yoonhee Gloria Park
"Becoming Civic: The Community Integration of Afro-Mexican Newcomers into
Winston-Salem"