Richard Flores Jardines, a senior Latina/Latino studies and political science major with a minor in minoritarian aesthetics, received second place for an undergraduate research talk at the 2026...
Awards
Mirelsie Velázquez, associate chair and associate professor of Latina/Latino studies, has been selected for the 2026-2027 OpEd Project Public Voices Fellowship.
Latina/Latino studies professor Aja Y. Martinez and gender and women's studies professor and Latina/Latino studies affiliate Damian Vergara Bracamontes are two of eleven faculty members across campus...
Latina/Latino studies professor Janett Barragán Miranda was awarded funding from the Campus Research Board’s Multiracial Democracy program for her project “From the Streets to the Laboratories: How...
Dr. Sean Ettinger, the Department of Latina/Latino Studies academic program coordinator, was honored with the 2026 Cathy Acevedo Faculty & Staff Award by La Casa Cultural Latina. The award...
Professor Natalie Lira was awarded the Humanities Research Lab Award by the Humanities Research Institute and Office of Undergraduate Research to transform the course LLS 100: Introduction to Latina/...
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...-
Professor Mirelsie Velázquez has been named a Conrad Humanities Scholar for her contributions in education and research in the...
LLS affiliate professor Yuridia Ramírez received a...
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...