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LLS affiliate professor Adrian Burgos Jr. named Norman P. Jones Professorial Scholar
LLS affiliate professor Adrian Burgos, Jr. has been named a Norman P. Jones Professorial Scholar for his contributions in education and research in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez named Conrad Humanities Scholar
Professor Mirelsie Velázquez has been named a Conrad Humanities Scholar for her contributions in education and research in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.Velázquez is...
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LLS affiliate professor Yuridia Ramírez receives 2025 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
LLS affiliate professor Yuridia Ramírez received a 2025 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award from the Institute of Citizens & Scholars...
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Latina/Latino studies major Cecelia Escobar selected for Fulbright's Summer Institute
Second-year student Cecelia Escobar, who is double majoring in political science and Latina/Latino studies, was selected for the three-week Understanding Northern Ireland” summer program at Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Professor Mirelsie Velázquez receives Campus Research Board Grant
The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is pleased to announce that professor Mirelsie Velázquez received a Campus Research Board grant from Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation. The grant will fund her...
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Professor Velázquez awarded Campus Fellowship from Humanities Research Institute
The Department of Latina/Latino Studies is pleased to announce that professor Mirelsie Velázquez has been awarded a 2025-26 Campus Fellowship from the Humanities Research Institute for her project “Genealogies of Empowerment and the Makings of Home: Latina/o Activism at the...
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LLS alumna Celina Villanueva receives LAS Outstanding Young Alumni Award
We’re pleased to announce that LLS alumna Celina Villanueva (BA, ’08, Latina/Latino studies) has been awarded the LAS Outstanding Young Alumni Award. The award recognizes alumni who have demonstrated the values...
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LLS affiliate professor Rochelle Gutiérrez named to National Academy of Education
Education professor Rochelle Gutiérrez has been named to the National Academy of Education. A professor of curriculum and instruction and of mathematics education, Gutiérrez challenges deficit views of racial minority students and believes that teachers must have more than pedagogical or content...
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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...