The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of Latinx Studies Journal. Previously known as Concientización, this peer-reviewed journal of undergraduate writing promotes the study of Chican@ …
Year: 2019
“Daily Cardinal” Profiles the CLS Program
Reporter Alejandra Canales of the Daily Cardinal spoke to CLS faculty and alumni recently. Her welcome and thoughtful story on the Program, its history, and its roots in student struggles from the 1960s to the …
CLS Program Welcomes New Affiliate Faculty
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to welcome three new affiliate faculty members for the 2019-2020 academic year. Among our new colleagues is Sara McKinnon, an Associate Professor in the Communication Arts Department. Prof. McKinnon …
Statement on the 2019 Homecoming Video Controversy by the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program
As scholars of race and ethnicity in the United States, we were disappointed to learn that the University’s Homecoming Committee had posted a video online that ended up deepening the sense of alienation felt by many students …
CLS Welcomes New Faculty
As a new semester begins, The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to welcome our newest faculty colleagues to campus. If you’re interested in migration, borders, and citizenship, you’ll want to get to know …
Statement on White Supremacy, Mass Shootings, and ICE Raids by the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program (August 2019)
As scholars of Chicanx & Latinx Studies we rely on words to do our work, but we struggle to find them in the wake of the recent mass shootings by white supremacists in El Paso, …
Armando Ibarra’s “Latino Question” wins 2019 “Best Book in Latino Politics”
The Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association has chosen CLS Director Armando Ibarra’s co-authored book The Latino Question: Politics, Laboring Classes, and the Next Left for the 2019 Best Book in Latino Politics Award. …
Ben Márquez talks Politics on WPT4’s “Here and Now”
Latinx politics in Wisconsin was in the national spotlight recently as the President visited Milwaukee for a fundraising dinner and Democratic Presidential hopefuls spoke to the League of United Latin American Citizens’ 2019 Convention. On …
Congratulations to the CLS Class of 2019!
On May 11th, the CLS community gathered at the Genetics/Biotech Center Auditorium to celebrate the second-largest graduating class in the Program’s history…
Prof. Jim Escalante Retires after Decades of Service
After a thirty one year career at the University of Wisconsin, Professor of Art Jim Escalante has retired…