University of Houston Mellon Research Scholars and University of Texas at San Antonio Mellon Humanities Pathway Program Fellows were able to meet again for the first time since 2019. The Mellon programs gathered at Arte Público Press where Drs. Carolina Villarroel, Lorena Gauthereau, and Gabriela Baeza Ventura gave a presentation about digital humanities and their Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage project. Finally, the Mellons were given a tour around the Arte Público Press office.

Often times, a students’ research undertaken during the Mellon Research Scholars Program is extended to a senior honors thesis. Congratulations to 2021 Mellon Research Scholars Tara Georgeson (“Pathways to Vassalage: Conflict, Negotiation, and Rebellion in Early Colonial Panamá”) and Andreina Ruiz (“The Reception of Transgender Women in Online Women-Loving-Women Spaces”) for winning the Outstanding Senior Honors Thesis award!

https://uh.edu/honors/undergraduate-research/honors-thesis/ThesisRecipients/

Here at the University of Houston, we are fortunate to have access to a wealth of expertise, innovation, and exciting guest speakers.  In Fall 2019, the Mellon Research Scholars workshopped graduate applications, attended the Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series featuring Ta-Nehisi Coates, and learned about #usLdh at Arte Público Press and their work Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage.