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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez featured in the College of LAS Quadrangle
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...
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Professor Natalie Lira selected as Conrad Humanities Scholar
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...
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez Featured in College of LAS News
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:...
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Professor Gilberto Rosas co-leads HRI Interseminars Initiative Project
Latina/Latino Studies Professor and Chair, Gilberto Rosas, was selected to co-lead the third HRI Interseminars Initiative project with colleagues Erik McDuffie (...
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez Receives 2023 American Educational Studies Association Critics' Choice Book Award
Prof. Mirelsie Velázquez has won the American Educational Studies Association's (AESA) Critics' Choice Book Award for her book...
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez receives Campus Research Board Grant
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...
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez Receives Humanities Research Institute Summer Fellowship
Congratulations to Prof. Mirelsie Velázquez for being chosen as a Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Summer Fellow! The Humanities Research Institute at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has awarded its annual Summer Faculty...
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José de la Garza Valenzuela and Yuridia Ramírez Receive ACLS Fellowships
Latina/Latino Studies faculty affiliate Yuridia Ramírez and Latina/Latino Studies professor José de la Garza Valenzuela have been awarded 2023 American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships....
LLS Teachers on List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students for Fall 2022
Congratulations to the LLS faculty, affiliates, and teaching assistants who made it onto the University's List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students for Fall 2022! Burgos, A. HIST 390Callesano, S. SPAN 308Cervantes-Gomez, X. SPAN 246De La Garza, J. LLS...
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Prof. Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada co-leads HRI Interseminars Initiative Project
Latina/Latino Studies Professor Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada was selected to co-lead the second Humanities Research Institute (HRI) Interseminars Initiative project with colleagues Professor...