Grants awarded
Día de Los Muertos Celebration
Theme area: Reno Arts & Culture Commission, Arts & Culture Event Grants 2022
Cohort: Fall 2022
Collaborators: Latino Research Center, Multicultural Center
Description: Día de Los Muertos, a two-day celebration with roots in Aztec culture, occurs November 1- 2. During this period Latinx families remember and honor lives of their dearly departed. Our on-campus celebration will provide an opportunity for all community and students to celebrate culture and learn about Día de Los Muertos.
El Grito of the University
Theme area: Nevada Arts Council
Cohort: Fall 2022
Collaborators: Latino Research Center, Associated Students of the University of Nevada, Center of Student Engagement, and Student Life Services
Description: A celebration of arts, family and Latinx/Hispanic heritage roots with ties to past and modern lived experiences. El Grito means the cry, (UNR “Law of the Jungle” poem). Inclusion of both languages in the event name reflects community-university collaboration. This event, focused on University faculty, students, clubs and the local community, will be the first of its kind that will invite Lowrider aficionados to engage in a car display show and street fair celebration on campus. As Hispanic soldiers returned from WWII, they took their military service funds and invested in cars that captured their history, family, patriotism and love of community. The dominant culture took this affinity and connected it to gang activity, so a major goal is to give the art form its rightful place in American culture.
Dimensions Grant
Theme area: The acquisition of information structure by child heritage bilinguals
Cohort: 2022-2023
Collaborators: Latino Research Center, Department of World Languages and Literatures
Description: The goal of this project is to conduct an experiment on the acquisition of information structure in child heritage Spanish. Anticipated outcomes include conference presentations and a journal article, dissemination of findings through the Latino Research Center, community stakeholders and other interest groups who can use language understandings to support child and family needs.
College of Education & Human Development Grant
Theme area: A pilot study on the acquisition of information structure by child heritage bilinguals
Cohort: 2022-2023
Collaborators: Latino Research Center, Department of World Languages and Literatures
Description: This project is in collaboration of the Dimensions Grant project to conduct an experiment on the acquisition of information structure in child heritage Spanish to better understand the child and family needed support.
Documenting Heritage Languages in Nevada, Sven and Astrid Liljeblad Endowment Fund
Theme area: Grants in Great Basin Studies
Cohort: 2022-2023
Collaborators: Latino Research Center, Department of World Languages and Literatures, Department of English Linguistics Program
Description: To provide grants for scholarly research (including fieldwork, oral history, cultural heritage programs, curriculum development and publication help) in Native American ethnography, linguistics, folklore and related subjects with emphasis on the Great Basin region of North America.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Food and Health, Interdisciplinary Research Leaders
Theme area: A Study of the Influence of Housing Instability on Mental Health and Well-Being for Latinx Families in Washoe County, NV
Cohort: 2020- 2023
Collaborators: Faith In Action Nevada, University of Utah Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Geography, Latino Research Center
Description: This research investigates the causes, experiences and service gaps related to unstable housing within Latinx communities in Northern Nevada. With evidence-based research that outlines the specific experiences and needs of the Latinx community, our project aims to address racial inequalities in housing and the mechanisms by which these inequalities are created and exacerbated. This collaboration seeks to improve health inequities related to housing and race.
Inter-University Program for Latino Research, Working Group Seed Grant
Theme area: Emerging HSIs Amidst Latinx Faculty Departures
Cohort: 2022-2023
Collaborators: University of Nevada, Reno College of Education and Human Development, Latino Research Center, IUPLR
Description: The purpose of this study is to better understand the Latinx staffing patterns at Emerging HSIs and examine why Latinx faculty are considering leaving or have departed from institutions. In conducting this study, we will (a) identify descriptive data to better understand the landscape of current Emerging HSIs as they work toward the HSI designation, (b) establish a cross-institutional effort to identify themes or patterns in Latinx faculty departure, (c) explore current strategic plans of emerging HSIs in relation to current retention efforts and their pursuit of the HSI designation and (d) disseminate findings through various article publications.
Grants under review
Science Education Partnership Award, CBESS 2.0
Theme area: Community of Bilingual English-Spanish Speakers Exploring Issues in Science and Health (CBESS) 2.0
Cohort: Pending
Collaborators: Latino Research Center, UNR School of Medicine, College of Education and Human Development.
Description: The Community of Bilingual English-Spanish Speakers Exploring Issues in Science and Health (CBESS) project seeks to engage bilingual rural high school students to increase Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) plus health exposure.
Office English Language Acquisition, National Professional Development Grant Program
Theme area: To improve classroom instruction for English learners and assist educational personnel working with children to meet high professional standards
Cohort: Pending
Collaborators: College of Education and Human Development Department of Human Development and Family Science, Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities, Latino Research Center
Description: The NPD Program provides grants for eligible entities to implement professional development activities intended to improve instruction for English Learners (ELs) and assists education personnel working with ELs to meet high professional standards. Professional development activities may include both pre-service and in-service activities.