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    More than A Scholar: A Symposium to Honor Dr. Edna Viruell-Fuentes’ Legacy in Scholarship, Public Health, and Higher Education
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    Professor Gilberto Rosas was interviewed for a story on NPR today, February 10, 2011. He was interviewed in connection to his work on the Labor, Health, Equity, Action Project (LHEAP), a collective community-engaged research project that makes it possible for marginalized workers in Rantoul, IL to be tested for COVID-19....
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    Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and TAs who made it onto the University's list of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring 2020! Eddie Bonilla - LLS 238 Adrian Burgos - HIST 390 David Coyoca - LLS 265, 357 Julie Dowling - LLS 355, 490 Dara Goldman - SPAN 254 Monica Gonzalez - CI 415 Rochelle Gutierrez - CI 404 Jonathan Inda - LLS 387 Natalie Lira - LLS 279 Maria Lopez...
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  • More than A Scholar: A Symposium to Honor Dr. Edna Viruell-Fuentes’ Legacy in Scholarship, Public Health, and Higher Education
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  • Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE): Issue 1, Volume 1
    We are pleased to spread the word on the first NUVE publication. LLS majors Fatima Valerio and Marlene Santos and other students are the creators of Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE). Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE) is happy to share their first...
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    LLS 479

    Race, Medicine, and Society

    The idea of race has historically been central to how Western cultures conceptualize and think about human difference. This course examines the historical significance of race through one domain of knowledge: medicine.

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    LLS 100

    Intro Latina/Latino Studies

    Interdisciplinary introduction to the basis for a Latina/Latino ethnicity in the United States.

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    LLS 343

    Criminalization and Punishment

    Examines how populations are criminalized due to race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class, and immigration status. Readings analyze how laws are created and normalized.

    Course Description for LLS 343

Department of Latina/Latino Studies
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1207 W. Oregon Street
Urbana, IL 61801    MC-136

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Fax: (217) 244-4526
Email: lls-studies@illinois.edu

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