Spring Travel Grant Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of the spring travel grants! Thirty-two CDIP Scholars have been awarded to present or attend national conferences around the globe.

Travel Grant Recipients

Edson Andrade Vargas
Presenting at the American Counseling Association Conference​
April 16-19, 2020
Funded: $1495
Mentor Funded: $947​

Farin Bakhtiari
Presenting at the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)
March 19-21, 2021
Funded: $1,122
Mentor Funded: $1,024​

Sara Bartlett
Presenting at the 2020 Aging in America Conference
March 24-27, 2020
Funded: $1500​

Reka Barton
Presenting at the ATHENS INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
May 4-7, 2020​
Funded: $1500

Elizabeth Bogumil
Presenting at the Society for Applied Anthropology
March 17-21
Funded: $1500
Mentor Funded: $1,​500

Lorena Camargo Gonzalez
Presenting at the Critical Race Studies in Education Association
May 20-23, 2019
Funded: $1,305
Mentor Funded: $1,182

Edgar Campos
Presenting at the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA)
March 26-29, 2020
Funded: $941
Mentor Funded: $841

Selena Carbajal
Presenting at the 2020 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
May 4-6, 2020
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,500​

Joseph Curran
Presenting at the The Southwest Symposium
January 30-February 1, 2020
Funded: $605

Rebecca Dinkel
Presenting at the Linguistic Society of America/Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas Conference
January 2-5, 2020
Funded​: $1500

Alyssa Dye
Presenting at the Western Psychological Association Convention
April 30-May 3, 2019
Funded: $1,252
Mentor Funded: $980

Malihe Eshghavi
Presenting at the 18th Annual Alumni of Color Conference (AOCC)
February 28-29, 2020
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,500​​

Jannah Fusenig
Presenting at the National Consortium for Instruction and Cognition
April 14-21, 2019
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,500

Veronica Gonzalez
Presenting at the California Association for Bilingual Education CABE
April 8-11
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded​: $1,500

Theodore Harrison
Presenting at the New York University, Steinhardt Faculty First Look Workshop
March 25-26, 2019
Funded: $1,500

Alicia Herrera
Presenting at the Charlotte S. Huck Children's Literature Festival
February 28-29, 2019
Funded: $1,169
Mentor Funded: $775

Charlene Holkenbrink-Monk
Presenting at the 14th Annual International Conference on Sociology
May 4-7, 2020
Funded: $1,500

Sarah Kimakwa
Presenting at the 21st AABD Annual Conference 2020
May 19-23, 2020
Funded: $1,500

Rosalinda Larios
Presenting at the AERA 2020 Annual Meeting
April 17-22, 2022
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,500

Rosalinda Larios
Presenting at the Council for Exceptional Children
February 5-8
Funded: $1,300​

Gema Ludisaca
Presenting at the CHLA
June 17-20, 2020
Funded: $1177
Mentor Funded: $1,357

Oscar Mejia
Presenting at the Western States Communication Association
February 21-24, 2020
Funded: $1,306

Oscar Mejia
Presenting at the Western States Communication Association
May 20-24, 2020
Funded: $1,300

Allison Monterrosa
Presenting at the Sociologist for Women in Society
August 10-12, 2019
Funded: $1,500

Arlyn Moreno Luna
Attending the Council for the Study of Community College
April 1-4, 2020
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,500

Brian Myers
Presenting at the Evolution
June 19-23, 2019
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,500

Orvic Pada
Presenting at the Pacific Sociological Association 2020 Conference
March 26-29, 2020
Funded: $1,200
Mentor Funded: $1030

Christine Parisek
Presenting at the Society for Freshwater Science 2020 Annual Meeting
June 7-12, 2020
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,500

Guadalupe Remigio Ortega
Presenting at the Rhetoric Society of America conference
May 21-24, 2020
Funded: $1,253
Mentor Funded: $978

Tiearea Robinson
Presenting at the National Council of Black Studies
March 11-14
Funded: $1,122
Mentor Funded: $1,262

Jose Rocha Rangel
Presenting at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting
May 26-30, 2020
Funded: $1,500

Cecilia Salvi
Presenting at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Society
March 17-21, 2020
Funded: $1,165
Mentor Funded: $1,500


Lalaine Sevillano
Presenting at the SRCD 2020
May 4-6, 2020
Funded: $1,500

Bryan Thornton
Presenting at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
June 26-28
Funded: $1,500


Jose Torres
Presenting at the Twentieth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations
June 10-12, 2020
Funded: $1,500

Marbella Uriostegui
Attending the Pacific Sociological Association 2020 Conference
March 26-29, 2020
Funded: $1,062
Mentor Funded: $966


Cristina Verdugo
Presenting at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists
April 15-18, 2020
Funded: $1,055

Andres Vindas Melendez
Presenting at the Discrete Geometry Seminar at FU Berlin
January 17-February 19, 2020
Funded: $1,500


Marlena Wolfgramm
Presenting at the PI-STEM/NASAI
June 4-5, 2020
Funded: $1,046
Mentor Funded: $1,270

Ashley Woody
Presenting at the "Racial Politics in America's Whitest Big City" and Graduate School Workshop
April 20-22, 2020
Funded: $321


Angela Wootton
Presenting at the Kettil Bruun Society's 46th Annual Meeting
June 1-5, 2020
Funded: $1,500
Mentor Funded: $1,450

Braedon Worman
Presenting at the Western States Communication Association Convention
February 21-24, 2020
Funded: $1,200


Jeanette Zambrano
Attending the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
February 27-29, 2019
Funded: $1,356