2020-09-10
- 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...
- 2020-09-09 - The Department is now accepting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for 2021-22. The application deadline is December 4, 2020. For information on the fellowship and how to apply visit https://lls.illinois.edu/academics/postdoctoral-program/apply.
2020-08-26 - LLS Advising All advising appointments will take place online via Zoom, at least for the fall. If a student has difficulty accessing Zoom, meetings can be held over the phone. If you have any questions concerning the advising protocols for Fall 2020, feel free to contact Alicia P. Rodriguez at aprodrig@illinois.edu or (217)...
2020-08-24 - Dear Latina/o Studies Family and Friends, It is with great sadness that we write to tell you that our dear friend and colleague Prof. Edna Viruell-Fuentes passed away yesterday morning (Sunday, August 23, 2020) in Urbana, IL. We in the Department of Latina/Latino Studies are very much in grief. Edna was an all-around wonderful...- 2020-06-23 - It gives us great pleasure to announce that Prof....
2020-06-05 - by Kerime Alejo, Ivan Saucedo, Fatima Valerio, and Dr. Natalie Lira In the late 1960s, Elaine Riddick, a fourteen-year-old Black girl was sterilized while giving birth. Doctors and the North Carolina Eugenics Board considered her "promiscuous," despite the fact that her pregnancy was the result of a rape, and "unable to get along with others." While there was a consent form for the operation,...- 2020-06-03 - June 2, 2020 On May 25, Minneapolis police officers killed George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man. As he lay restrained on the floor, with an officer kneeling on his neck, Floyd cried out in pain, “I can’t breathe.” His agony fell on deaf ears. Black pain is simply not audible to the law. Floyd’s death is not an isolated event. African American deaths at the hands of police authorities have...
2020-05-29 - by Melody Contreras La Estación Gallery welcomed guests on December 13th and 14th, 2019 for its new exhibition: Objects Who Hold | Objects Who Let Go. It surrounded the work of 8 artists who were enrolled in the Curating Performance seminar taught and curated by LLS Professor Sandra Ruiz. In addition, the collective worked closely with LLS staff–Laura and Alicia in all events...- 2020-05-13 - It gives us great pleasure to announce the winners of this year’s LLS scholarships and awards. Ivan Saucedo, Latina/Latino Studies major, is the winner of the Dr. Jorge Chapa Memorial Scholarship in Latina/o Studies. Through taking courses in Latina/...
2020-04-28 - By: Patricia Bejarano, Fatima Valerio, and Marlene Santos What is Nuestra Verdad Publicación? Nuestra Verdad Publicación (NUVE) is an online publication focusing on Latinx and Hispanic culture, news, and art through media. Our goal is to bring light to the struggles and triumphs of the Latinx/Hispanic society...- 2020-04-14 - Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and teaching assistants who made it onto the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2019! Burgos, A. HIST 200, 280 Cacho, L. LLS 220, 320 Cardenas Gonzalez, N. TA-LLS 100 Coyoca, D. LLS 242 Dowling, J. LLS 392, 596 Lira, N. LLS 235 Mora, J. TA-LLS 100 Ngo, F....
- 2020-02-13 - Sandra Ruiz has been named a 2020-2021 Helen Corley Petit Scholar in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. The award was endowed by Helen Corley Petit to recognize the scholarship and teaching of early career scholars. Each year LAS selects up to 5 award recipients based on the extraordinary record of research, teaching and...
2020-02-05 - Latina/Latino Studies major alum Dr. Monica Gonzalez Ybarra returned to campus this year as an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. She graduated with a PhD in 2018 from the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. Gonzalez Ybarra is from Bolingbrook, Illinois and was part of the first...- 2020-01-17 - The Department invites applications for teaching assistantships for the 2020-2021 academic year. For more information, visit https://lls.illinois.edu/award/teaching-assistantships.
- 2019-10-15 - Moisés Contreras (class of 2018)—Latina/Latino Studies minor, and Psychology and Italian major—is the recipient of a Fulbright award. Moisés will spend the 2019-2020 school year as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in a Sicilian High School in Italy. He will work with students in their 3rd, 4th, and 5th years on topics to promote conversation, foster intercultural learning and...