Ithaca College

The 15th Annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival (FLEFF) is pleased to announce this year's cohort of graduate students of color.  11 graduate students from PhD program across the United States and Canada have been competitively selected. 

Fellows are invited to the festival for three days to immerse in workshops, labs, panels, screenings and discussions.

The 2012 FLEFF Graduate Fellows of Color are:
 

Mansoor Behnam, Cultural Studies,  Queen's University, Ontario, Canada

Robert Chang , Anthropology,  New York University          

Zaira Zarza  Blanco, Cultural Studies,   Queen's University, Ontario, Canada.   

Adrianna Hernandez-Stewart, American Studies and Film, University of Buffalo  

Carlos Jimenez , Film and Media,   University of California  Santa Barbara     

Diana Louis, English,  Emory University  

Claude Mayo , Higher Education Administration,  Penn State University      

Joanna Perez , Sociology,  University of Illinois  

Kimberly Ross  ,American and African Studies, University of Michigan  

Jasmine Salters , Communications, University of Pennsylvania

Luis Sierra, Latin American History, Binghamton University

The FLEFF Graduate Fellows of Color Program is coordinated by Warren Schlesinger, School of Business.  Stewart Auyash, Health Promotion and Physical Education; Catherine Taylor, Writing; and Rachel Wagner, Philosophy and Religion served as this year's application review committee.

The Graduate Fellows of Color Program is supported by the Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance at Ithaca College

The 15th Annual Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival, exploring the theme of Microtopias,  runs from March 25-April 1 on the Ithaca College campus and downtown at Cinemapolis.

FLEFF: A Different Environment