During their 10-day graduate bootcamp, the 2023 Mellon Scholars visited Arte Público Press, where they met Drs. Carolina Villarroel, Lorena Gauthereau, and Gabriela Baeza Ventura, learned about digital humanities and their Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage project, and explored the Arte Público Press office.
The Mellon Scholars spent a day with the UH Special Collections. Under the guidance of University Archivist Mary Manning, they handled primary source documents to uncover the history behind the founding of UH’s African American Studies program.
For the second year in a row since the COVID-19 pandemic, Mellon Scholars have been able to present their findings in-person to a group of their peers and faculty.
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.
Three 2021 Mellon Research Scholars were among the ten talented University of Houston students who received fellowships from the U.S. Fulbright Student Program this year. Ariel Durham, Morgan Thomas, and Sandra Tzul were awarded English Teaching Assistantships in South Korea, Mexico, and Ghana respectively.
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!
The 2021 Mellon Research Scholars reunite in person for Undergraduate Research Day after completing the year-long research program remotely due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
This year's Undergraduate Research Day had a total of 280 presenters, 261 posters, and 1,100 unique visitors on the first day.
The 2020 Mellon Research Scholars attended a ten-day online graduate school bootcamp and carried out their individual research projects in summer 2020 despite the challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Congratulations to all 2019 Mellon Research Scholars who continued on to write and defend a senior honors thesis! And a special shoutout to Outstanding Honors Thesis Award recipients Jacob Foreman, Wafa-e-fatima Kazmi, and Manuel Martinez Alvarenga.
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.
Collaboration continues as the Mellon Scholars meet up over the summer to discuss their progress and keep moving their projects forward using the Write-on-Site method.
In April 2019 the UH Mellon Research Scholars met with Mellon recipients from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). The event began with a mixer in the Honors College Commons. This was an occasion for the students from both campuses to meet, and for the program coordinators at both universities to share and collaborate on their respective programs. After the mixer, the students attended panel discussions at the 2019 Latino Art Now! Houston conference, held at the University of Houston.
The 2018 Mellon Scholars cohort and program coordinators enjoyed a summer visit to the Menil Museum.
Mellon Research Scholars presented their research at the 2018 Undergraduate Research Day on Thursday, October 18, 2018.