Dr. Joel E. Correia (he/him), Assistant Professor in the Center for Latin American Studies, has received a 2021 Fulbright Scholar Flex award in support of his project “Building the future: Infrastructure and environmental justice in Paraguay’s Chaco.” As a Fulbright Scholar, he will collaborate with two leading human rights organizations to help launch local environment justice research groups, teach two short courses in the country’s premier anthropology program, and conduct field research. The Scholar “Flex” award will support project activities during summer 2022 & 2023 (delayed per Covid conditions in Paraguay) alongside the Centro de Estudios Antropológicos of the Universidad Católica, Tierraviva de los Pueblos Indígenas del Chaco, and the Coordinadora de Derechos Humanos en Paraguay.

Congratulations to Dr. Correia!