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Louis Mendoza / Curriculum Vitae / p. 18
UTSA Faculty Development Leave. Fall 2000. Research proposal to complete
book project: The Re-education of a Xicanindio: Selected Prison Writings of
Raúl Salinas, (1957-1972).
Grant (co-director and resident scholar): ―Derrumbando Fronteras: Institute for
the Integration of Mexican American and Latino Literature and Culture into
the Curriculum.‖ NEH Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers. In
Collaboration with Drs. Ellen Riojas-Clark of BBL and Ben Olguín, ECPC.
(Summer 2001, $170,000)
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Gateways 2000 Humanities Fellowship Program
(runner up). Collaborative project with Drs. Yolanda Chavez Leyva and Ben
Olguín to conduct extensive research, including oral histories, on
Mexicanos/Chicanos and War in the Twentieth Century.
Grant (co-author and resident scholar): ―Derrumbando Fronteras: Institute for
the Integration of Mexican American and Latino Literature and Culture into
the Curriculum.‖ NEH Summer Institute for Secondary Teachers. In
Collaboration with Drs. Ellen Riojas-Clark of Division of BBL and Ben Olguín
of English, Classics, Philosophy and Communication. (Summer 1999,
$152,000)
UTSA Faculty Research Award for ―Cartas, Cuentos, y Cantos del Carcel:
Selected Prison Writings of Raúl Salinas (1957-1972).‖ (Summer 1999,
$5,000)
Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project, Grant, Arte Publico Press
for ―Mexicanismo and Feminist Aesthetics in the Work of Sara Estela
Ramirez‖ (Summer 1995, $3,000)
Grants through Hispanic Research Center (Principal Investigator or Co-PI)
2000 Making Connections-San Antonio, Annie E. Casey Foundation (Co-PI,
$224,000)
2001 Making Connections-San Antonio, Annie E. Casey Foundation (PI,
$314,000)
12/01—2/02 City of San Antonio, Department of Community Initiatives, Study
of TNFF Polices ($24,000)
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hispanic Leadership in Agriculture and
Natural Resources ($180,000, in collaboration with Texas A&M
University)