2024-08-07
- J. David Cisneros, a professor of communication and an affiliate of Latina/Latino Studies...
2024-07-24 - The deadline for the call for abstracts has been extended for the 2024 Latine Graduate Student Conference to July 31, by 11:59PM. The conference, themed "Reclaiming Insurgency"...
2024-07-17 - In the summer of 2024, LLS graduate minor, and history doctoral student Grace Maria Eberhardt traveled to the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island and the American Philosophical Society archive in Pennsylvania.
2024-05-16 - Jesse Carmona, a Latina/Latino studies major, gave the following speech at our convocation ceremony on May 11, 2024. It has been reprinted below with her permission.
2024-05-15 - Communications student Craig recently interviewed professor Mirelsie Velázquez for the College of LAS's 940 Feet interview series. Watch the interview with professor Velázquez to learn about the best coffee spots, her next book project, and why the Latina/Latino studies department is the best...
2024-04-26 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is pleased to announce that Lydia Socorro Alvarez has received a Fulbright U.S. Student Program award to serve as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Spain for the 2024-2025 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign...
2024-04-24 - An annual study of recent alumni reports 80% of sociology, anthropology, and interdisciplinary cultural studies graduates secured their first destination within six months of commencement. Latina/Latino studies majors were included in the data along with African American studies, gender and women’s...
2024-04-17 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is proud to announce that Professor Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada has been appointed as a National Humanities Center Fellow for the 2024-2025 academic...
2024-04-10 - The Department of Latina/Latino studies is pleased to announce that Professor Nic Flores was recently accepted to participate in three year Knowledge of AIDS (KOA) Research Collaboration Network. The KOA is a Research Community Development project supported by a collaborative grant from the...
2024-04-03 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is pleased to announce that Professor Mirelsie Velázquez and Lydia Socorro Alvarez, a LLS 100 TA and LLS undergraduate alumna, have each been awarded the Legacía Award for La Casa Cultural Latina’s 50th Anniversary. The Legacía Award is a...
2024-03-06 - The Department of Latina/Latino studies is proud to announce that four of our undergraduate students have been selected as Trio McNair Scholars: Alexa Rodriguez (LLS and sociology double major, social work minor), Zion Trinidad (LLS and history double major, Spanish minor), Judith Hernandez (social...
2024-03-06 - Professor Mirelsie Velázquez was featured in the latest issue of the College of LAS Quadrangle in an article highlighting the contributions of College of LAS faculty members to Chicago. Her book, "Puerto Rican Chicago: Schooling the City 1940-1977," was featured for its vital impact on...
2024-02-09 - The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is proud to announce professor Natalie Lira has been selected as a Conrad Humanities Scholar. The Conrad Humanities Scholars Award recognizes promising mid-career scholars and provides financial support for continued achievement, research, and...
2023-11-15 - Prof. Mirelsie Velázquez is featured in the College of LAS News! In the article, "she explains what led to her career as a professor, from camp counseling to becoming an 'accidental historian.'" For the full story, visit:...
2023-10-05 - Latina/Latino Studies Professor and Chair, Gilberto Rosas, was selected to co-lead the third HRI Interseminars Initiative project with colleagues Erik McDuffie (...