Prof. Carolyn Fornoff's article Planetary Poetics of Extinction in Contemporary Mexican Poetry," published in Mexican Literature as World Literature (2021) has been named the recipient of the Best Article in the Humanities by LASA Mexico Section. The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest professional organization in the world for scholars and the study of Latin American studies in the world. This is huge honor and attests to the cutting-edge scholarship conducted by our faculty in the Department.