June 2009 > Students > Honors

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Social and Cultural Studies Student Wins Two Awards

Kathryn Zamora-Moeller, a doctoral candidate in Social and Cultural Studies, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant as well as a 2009–10 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad award.

The NSF award, from the Geography and Spatial Sciences Program of the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences, will support Zamora-Moeller’s dissertation research which examines how a diverse set of international development actors are prioritizing girls' education in the global South and the emerging role of transnational corporations and their foundations as actors within this field. 

“I hope to use the empirical and theoretical findings from the research to contribute to policy and practice in the field of girls' education,” says Zamora-Moeller, whose project is entitled, "Girls' Education as a Globalized Priority: A Case Study of Corporate Philanthropic Investment in Brazil."

Zamora-Moeller became interested in the topic while teaching in formal and informal settings in the U.S. and Honduras, before returning to graduate school. At UC Berkeley, she is concurrently pursuing a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Department of Gender & Women's Studies.

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