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Debra A. Castillo, the Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies and professor of comparative literature, speaks with attendees at the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowships in Service-Learning reception April 23.

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Angela Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, speaks April 23.

Debra A. Castillo and Angela Gonzales were honored with the Kaplan Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowships in Service-Learning April 23.

The fellowships recognize faculty members who have had a significant impact on undergraduate, professional or graduate education at Cornell by involving their students in service-learning programs. Kaplan Faculty Fellows receive $5,000 to further develop a community-based learning or research project, to initiate a new effort or to make service-learning courses a regular part of the curriculum.

Castillo, the Emerson Hinchliff Professor of Hispanic Studies and professor of comparative literature, is a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow at Cornell and the incoming president of the international Latin American Studies Association. She specializes in contemporary narrative from the Spanish-speaking world, gender studies and cultural theory. Castillo is author, co-author, translator or editor of more than a dozen books and more than 100 scholarly articles. An advocate for new platforms for academic exchange, she has co-taught live video-streamed courses with international participants.

Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, focuses her research on disparities in the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer among American Indians. In 2006-07, as a fellow in the Native Investigator Development Program at the University of Colorado, Denver, Gonzales collaborated with the Hopi on a cross-sectional study of tribal members to understand the sociocultural correlates of social capital and cancer knowledge, attitudes and screening practices and is currently collaborating with the Hopi tribe on a study of cervical cancer prevention strategies among Hopi women and adolescents. As an enrolled member of the Hopi tribe, Gonzales works with the Board Hopi Education Endowment Fund, a community nonprofit providing grants and scholarships to Hopi college students.

The Kaplan awards are administered by the Public Service Center.