Latina/Latino Studies professors, graduate and undergraduate students are being consistently recognized for their scholarship, teaching excellence, and commitment to student success.
2025-2026
Faculty
- Professor Mirelsie Velázquez, Campus Fellowship from Humanities Research Institute
Affiliates
- Rochelle Gutiérrez, elected to National Academy of Education
Alumni
- Celina Villanueva (BA, ’08, Latina/Latino studies), LAS Outstanding Young Alumni Award
2023-2024
Faculty
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Professor Gilberto Rosas, Honorable Mention for 2024 American Ethnological Society Senior Book Prize
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Professor Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada, National Humanities Fellow
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Professor Natalie Lira, Conrad Humanities Scholar
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Professor José de la Garza Valenzuela, 2023 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez, Legacía Award
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez, 2023 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Book Award
Affiliates
- Professor Mónica García Blizzard, 2024 Honorable Mention Latino Book Awards
- Professor Yuridia Ramírez, 2023 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
Students
- TA Lydia Socorro Alvarez, Legacía Award
- TA Lydia Socorro Alvarez, Fulbright U.S. Student Award
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Undergraduate students Alexa Rodriguez, Zion Trinidad, Judith Hernandez, Nadia Alpuche, Trio McNair Scholars