Loyola University Chicago

Midwest Modern Language Association

Graduate Student MMLA Travel Scholarship

The MMLA offers a limited number of travel scholarships for graduate students presenting at the conference. To be considered for this year's $250 award, please submit the following by October 1 to mmla@luc.edu:
  • A brief cover letter asking to be considered for a travel award and indicating other institutional sources of support, if any. Note that the MMLA will give preference to students who demonstrate need.
  • An abstract for the paper that will be presented.
  • A CV indicating your expected graduation date.

Previous Winners of the Graduate Student Travel Scholarships

MMLA Convention
Graduate Students
2022
  • Elliot Koch, University of California Riverside
  • Ashley Johnson, The University of Texas at Arlington
  • Hye Hyon Kim, Illinois State University
  • Yixuan Jiang, University of Washington
  • Holly Burgess, Marquette University
  • Anne Garwig, Kent State University
  • Dasol Choi, Miami University of Ohio
  • Minki Kim, Miami University of Ohio
  • Adam de Caulp, Pennsylvania State University
  • Serenah Minasian, Illinois State University
2021
  • Jamie Chen, University of Iowa
  • Daniel Cymbala, Seton Hall University
  • Yi-Chen Andrea Lay, Indiana University, Bloomington
  • Maria Mothes, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany
  • Michael Oshindoro, University of Wisconsin at Madison
  • Judit R. Palencia Gutiérrez, University of California-Riverside
  • Meghna Sapui, University of Florida, Gainesville
  • Damián V. Solano Escolano, Indiana University-Bloomington
  • Jessie R. Wirkus Haynes, Marquette University
  • Savannah Xaver, Western Michigan University
2019
  • Tania Balderas, University of New Mexico
  • Kassie Baron, University of Iowa
  • Molly Becker, University of Cambridge
  • Maria Capecchi, University of Iowa
  • Amrapali Chatterjee, Western University, Canada
  • Francie Crebs, Universite Paris-Sorbonne
  • Lisa Holler, University of Oregon
  • Suhyun Kim, University of Connecticut
  • Anne Mahler, University College Cork, Ireland
  • Erin McNulty, Purdue University
  • Sarah Schmitt, Indiana University
  • Mary Wang, National Taiwan Normal University
2018
  • Vanessa Aguilar, Michigan State University
  • Sharon Fox, University of Arkansas
  • Giovanna Gobbi Alves Araújo, Universidade de São Paulo
  • Joyce King, University of California at Santa Barbara
  • Michelle Mastro, Indiana University at Bloomington
  • Tamara Mitchell, Indiana University at Bloomington
  • Anthony Palmiscno, The Ohio State University
  • Kelly Plante, Wayne State University
  • Juan Suárez Ontaneda, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 
  • Jesse Wirkus-Haynes, Marquette University
2017
  • Maxmillian Alvarez, University of Michigan and The Baffler
  • Sarah Coogan, University of Notre Dame
  • Shannon Derby, Tufts University
  • Kelly Douma, Pennsylvania State University
  • Frank Garcia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Daniel Henke, Iowa State University
  • Min Ji Kang, Purdue University
  • Leslie Malland, University of Kentucky
  • Jonathan Pountney, University of Manchester UK
  • Rachel Walerstein, University of Iowa