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Deadline Extended! Call for Abstracts for Latine Studies Graduate Student Conference
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"...
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LLS graduate minor Grace Maria Eberhardt follows the trail of the Eugenics Record Office
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.
Awards and Honors
Latina/Latino Studies professors, graduate and undergraduate students are being consistently recognized for their scholarship, teaching excellence, and commitment to student success.
Careers for Latina/Latino Studies Majors
Latina/Latino studies graduates have gone on to pursue advanced degrees and find employment in a wide variety of fields.
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The Spaces We Create: 2024 Convocation Speech
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.
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College of LAS interviews Professor Mirelsie Velázquez for 940 Feet series
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...
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TA Lydia Socorro Alvarez receives Fulbright U.S. Student award for 2024-2025
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...
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80% of recent Latina/Latino studies majors secure first destination
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...