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Undergraduate Affiliates Network

The Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies at the Yale MacMillan Center has launched the Undergraduate Affiliates Network for students interested in topics related to Latin American and Iberian studies. As a counterpart to the CLAIS Graduate & Professional School Affiliates network, the undergraduate fellows network will provide undergraduates with a close-knit interdisciplinary community; unique opportunities to work with graduate students, affiliated faculty and visitors prominent in the field; and small amounts of funding support for research, conference, and working groups.

The mission of the network is to encourage intellectual engagement and innovation in the undergraduate student community through supporting academic research and affiliated gatherings related to Latin American & Iberian Studies.

Students involved in the network are eligible for support to help them attend conferences related to Latin American & Iberian studies, broadly interpreted. In addition, students interested in traveling domestically or internationally for research purposes may also apply for funding. All applicants must apply through the Yale Student Grants & Fellowships database. Search for the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies (CLAIS) - Fall Semester, Winter, and Spring Break Travel/Conference Award.

Beyond funding, and the benefits of being a member of an academic community, this network also offers a variety of other opportunities, including access to reading groups, lecture series, and occasions to meet with affiliated faculty and alumni. There will also be a strong collaboration with the European Studies Council and its European Studies Council Undergraduate Fellows Network, including joint alumni and other prominent speaker series.

If you are a Yale undergraduate student interested in applying to our Undergraduate Affiliates Network, please submit an application here.  

Current Undergraduate Affiliates

Class of 2025

Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Alex Bavalsky
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Isaidy Medina
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Abigail Jolteus
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Maya Aidlin-Perlman
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25
Erica Flores
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Madeleine Zaritsky
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25, 2023-24
Julian Barrera
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25
Karela Palazio
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2024-25
Isabela Alvarado

Class of 2026

Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies, European Studies Council
Undergraduate Student
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Avi Patel
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
August Rios
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24
Stephanie Montealegre
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Tenzin Dhondup
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2025-26, 2024-25
Diego Del Aguila

Class of 2027

Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2026-27, 2025-26, 2024-25, 2023-24

Undergraduate Affiliate Alumni

Class of 2024

Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24
Alex Abarca
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Jean Tobar
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Madeleine Hanley
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Alex Sundberg
European Studies Council, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24
Melina Joseph

Class of 2023

MacMillan Center
Woodbridge Fellow, Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Leda Blaires Ciotti
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2022-23, 2021-22
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2022-23, 2021-22
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2022-23, 2021-22
Laura Palacio
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21, 2019-20, 2018-19
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2023-24, 2022-23
Council on Latin American & Iberian Studies
Academic Year: 2022-23