Dr. Natalie Lira has been named as one of the College of LAS's 2022-2023 Helen Corley Petit Scholars (for early career scholars) for her contributions in education and research. Congratulations, Natalie!
Natalie Lira receives 2022 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award
In Memoriam: Professor Dara Goldman
In Memoriam: Dr. Rolando Hinojosa-SmithThe Department of Latina/Latino Studies celebrates the life and legacy of Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
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Prof. Natalie Lira Awarded Latina/Latino Studies Teaching Award
- The Department of Latina/Latino Studies (LLS) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for a full-time 1.0 FTE, Lecturer position in Latina/Latino Studies for the 2022-2023 academic year. This is a one-year appointment with a start date of August 16, 2022. The expected start date is August 16, 2022. Full consideration will be given to applications received by July 7,...
- After more than a year working on cataloging the department's library collection of more than 1,500 volumes, the LLS Library Collection is available for students and others to peruse and check out. The collection is located in room 107 in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies and is open Monday-Friday 9-5pm. Thank you to...
More Department News
- LLS congratulates faculty member Natalie Lira upon receiving a 2022 Campus Distinguished Promotion Award. The Campus Committee on Promotion and Tenure identifies particularly excellent cases during the promotion review process, noting...
- The Department of Latina/Latino Studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign invites applications for two full-time, non-tenure track Instructors/Lecturers for the 2021-22 academic year. Start date of August 16, 2021. Candidates are required to...
- Prof. Sandra Ruiz has been awarded a Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Campus Fellowship for the 2021–22 academic year for her project titled, “Minoritarian Pedagogy: Psychoanalytic Affections in the Space of Aesthetics.” The...
Calendar
LLS 242Survey of literature by and about people of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Latina/o descent in the United States. Taught in English.
Tuesday & Thursday 2:00-3:20
LLS 343Examines how populations are criminalized due to race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and immigration status. Readings analyze how laws are created and normalized.
LLS 473This interdisciplinary seminar examines the social determinants of US racial and ethnic health inequalities through the lens of (im)migration.
LLS 100Interdisciplinary introduction to the basis for a Latina/Latino ethnicity in the United States.
