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New book by professor Aja Y. Martinez recounts history of critical race theory
A new book by rhetoric and history scholars examines the origins of critical race theory in legal studies. The movement is an area of legal scholarship that seeks to understand the relationship between race and racism and the law and other societal institutions in the U.S., the authors said. It is...
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New book examines the impact of colonialism on Puerto Rico: Interview with LLS affiliate professor Jose Atiles
Powerful hurricanes, the COVID-19 pandemic, spiraling public debt and political corruption triggered humanitarian, economic and environmental crises in Puerto Rico. However, a new book suggests that the Puerto Rican and U.S. governments made these multilayered crises catastrophic through the...
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LLS affiliate professor Mónica García Blizzard’s book “The White Indians of Mexican Cinema” receives Honorable Mention from International Latino Book Awards
The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is proud to announce that affiliate professor Mónica García Blizzard’s book, The White Indians of Mexican Cinema: Racial Masquerade throughout the Golden Age, has...
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Professor Gilberto Rosas’ book "Unsettling" receives honorable mention for 2024 American Ethnological Society Senior Book Prize
The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is proud to announce that professor Gilberto Rosas’s book Unsettling: The El Paso Massacre, Resurgent White Nationalism, and the US-Mexico Border has received an honorable mention...
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How have U.S. border policies affected attitudes toward migrants and violence against them? Interview with professor Gilberto Rosas
On Aug. 3, 2019, a shooter killed 23 people and injured two dozen more in an El Paso, Texas, Walmart. The gunman, who posted an anti-immigration manifesto online before the shooting, targeted Latinos. He was convicted of federal hate crimes. ...
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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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Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s
Professor Natalie Lira's recently published book Laboratory of Deficiency: Sterilization and Confinement in California, 1900-1950s combines insights and analytical frameworks from Latinx Studies, Disability...