ALAA Dissertation Award ‍

Call for Nominations for the 2027 ALAA Dissertation Award

Deadline: August 1, 2026

The Association for Latin American Art is pleased to announce the biennial award for outstanding doctoral dissertation in the field of Latin American visual culture. The award consists of a $500 honorarium and will be announced at the ALAA business meeting during the College Art Association Annual Conference, in New York, February 3-6, 2027. This award is generously funded by Susan Verdi Webster, Mahoney Professor of Art History at the College of William and Mary.

Dissertations deposited between August 1, 2024 and July 31, 2026, on any aspect of the visual culture of Latin America/Latinx are eligible, and they may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Dissertations in languages other than these may be considered based on prior consultation with Sean Nesselrode Moncada, the chair of the Dissertation Award Committee. Self-nominations will be accepted, but all submissions must include a letter from the doctoral advisor describing the dissertation’s contributions to the field. 

These letters, which should include the nominee’s current contact information, must be sent by August 1, 2026, to the chair of the award committee. Nominees and nominators are not required to be members of the Association for Latin American Art. Should an applicant be deemed eligible a PDF of the dissertation must be sent to all three members of the committee by August 15, 2026. A dissertation advisor who wishes to nominate more than two candidates must consult with the chair of the award committee. 

Nomination letters should be sent to Sean Nesselrode Moncada, by email only, at snesselr@risd.edu.  

Dissertation Award Committee

Sean Nesselrode Moncada, Chair snesselr@risd.edu

Andrew Finegold, afineg2@uic.edu

Carmen Fernández Salvador, cmfernandez@usfq.edu.ec