Alexandra Lamiña

Geographer, Urban Planner, and Amazonia Advocate

2024-26 Post-Doctoral Program NSF SPRF #2404493. Project in Amazonian Indigenous Geographies. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

• Voluntary withdrawal to accept a TT assistant professorship at UConn, Storrs. Geography Department with joint appointments in WGSS and NAIS.

2024 PhD in Latin American Studies, Institute of Latin American Studies LLILAS. The University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin.

• Dissertation: Indigenous Geospatial Mobility: Agency, Gender, and Urbanization in Ecuadorian Amazonia.
• Predoctoral Mellon Fellow at the American Philosophical Society, APS. Mellon Initiative for Native and Indigenous Studies. Philadelphia, PA. 2023-24.
• Fellow of The Society of Women Geographers “Pruitt Fellowships” for Doctoral Research, 2022-23.
• Fellow of The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research “IJURR Studentship” for Doctoral Research, 2022-23.

2017 Dual Degree Master’s Program in Community and Regional Planning (MSc) & Latin American Studies (MA). The University of Texas at Austin, UT Austin.

• Latin American Institute’s Best Thesis Award: From Llacta to Millennium Community, Neo-urbanism in the Ecuadorian Indigenous Amazonia.
• SENESCYT Scholarship, Ecuadorian grants in recognition of the academic excellence.

2013 Bachelor of Science, Major Administration in Environmental Studies. The Technical Particular University of Loja, Ecuador (UTPL)

• Thesis: Ethnocartography as a Participative Method for Community Planning and Natural Resources Management of the San Jacinto Indigenous Community, Ecuadorian Amazonia.
• College Grants for Supporting Women Education from Rural Areas.

2011 Bachelor of Science, Major in Geography and Environmental Studies. The University of the Ecuadorian Army (ESPE).

• Thesis: Development and Validation of Chemical Methods for the Analysis of Water and Wastewater.
• Department Studentships for extracurricular activities in Environmental advocacy.