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The Impact of ICE Raids on Street-Food Vendors and Cultural Legacy in California

Professor Janett Barragán Miranda published a new essay in "California History" on the impact Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) agents have had on Latina/o street food vendors. Read full story The Impact of ICE Raids on Street-Food Vendors and Cultural Legacy in California
Alumna Jasmin Patrón-Vargas' work for educational justice

Q&A with Jasmin Patrón-Vargas (BA, '11, Latina/Latino studies and gender and women's studies) an assistant professor of teaching, learning, and culture at Texas A&M University. Read full story Alumna Jasmin Patrón-Vargas' work for educational justice
Professor Nic Flores selected to co-develop Humanities Research Institute Interseminars course

LLS professor Nic Flores and French and Italian professor Daniel Nabil Maroun have been selected by the Humanities Research Institute's Interseminars initiative to develop the graduate seminar "Remembering and Reimagining HIV/AIDS in Contemporary Times." Read full story Professor Nic Flores selected to co-develop Humanities Research Institute Interseminars course

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Why Study Latina/Latino Studies?

Professor Mirelsie Velázquez shares the value of the major, favorite spots in Champaign-Urbana, and why the Latina/Latino studies department is the best kept secret on campus in an interview with the College of LAS.

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Highlighted Courses

Intro Latina/Latino Studies

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

LLS 100

Latina/o Migration

Topics discussed include the history of international migration to the United States, the relationship between history and the contemporary context, the development of U.S. immigration policy, the incorporation of Latino immigrants in U.S. society, and immigrant and community responses to migration.

LLS 220

Intro to Latina/o Literature

Survey of literature by and about people of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Latina/o descent in the United States.

LLS 242

Race, Sex, and Deviance

Explores how racial stereotypes rely on sexual stereotypes by examining the intersections of ethnic studies, gender and women's studies, and queer studies. Interdisciplinary course that draws from critical legal studies, sociology, anthropology, literary criticism, and history.

LLS 465

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Alumni spotlight: Angelica Sanchez ’15 – Garden Educator and Community Engagement Associate

The Latinx/a/o Studies Department, that I once knew was revolutionary at the minimum and the reason for that was their mighty tenderness and willingness to support students at the student's convenience. They (Alicia Rodriquez, dear Laura, Professor Sandra Ruiz, and Professor Lisa Cacho) deeply believed in our success by any means necessary. While organizing around Affordable Housing to working within the Cook County Forest Preserves, I have heard organizations speak to centering the most affected, but contrary to this belief many people/organizations misplace this understanding and struggle...

Faculty spotlight: Janett Barragán Miranda

Janett Barragán Miranda is currently working on her book manuscript tentatively titled, "Hungering for Equality: Mexican and Mexican Americans from Post WWII To Civil Rights," a monograph about the community of Mexican origin and their struggle for food justice in the 1960s.