Graduate Student Kinny Torre awarded Waterhouse Family Institute Grant

The Department of Communication is thrilled to announce that Graduate Student Kinny Torre has been awarded the Waterhouse Family Institute (WFI) grant for his research on how CHamorus, the Indigenous people of Guåhan (Guam), are advancing their sovereignty on their island and abroad. The work he has done on how CHamoru sovereignty movements use language revitalization as a means to enact rhetorical survivance and decolonization is making a significant impact on his community and has been recognized by institutions across the nation. This grant will allow him to further his research on this important matter and he looks forward to using these funds to advance his fieldwork back on the island next summer.

The WFI reported that this pool of applicants was the largest and one of the strongest they’ve ever had and thus their acceptance rate was just below 10% this year. The Department acknowledges the prestige and significance of this grant and are so proud of Kinny and all the work he does. 

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