Faculty

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

Latina/Latino Studies Professor and Chair, Gilberto Rosas, was selected to co-lead the third HRI Interseminars Initiative project with colleagues Erik McDuffie (...

Prof. Mirelsie Velázquez has won the American Educational Studies Association's (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award for her book...

Prof. Mirelsie Velázquez has received a grant from the Campus Research Board to work on her second book project, “Genealogies of Empowerment and the Makings of Home: Puerto Rican/Latina Activism at the University of Illinois at...