The Spring 2026 issue of Latinx Studies Journal, the CLS Program’s peer-reviewed journal of student writing and art, is now published. Congratulations to outgoing CLS Project Assistant Carmen Ibarra, who served as coordinating editor for the journal, and to our contributors: Reyli Cerda-Martinez Alexandra Galang Alexa Iraheta Angeline Morgado Ava Tijerina A special word of thanks …
Dr. Emmet Campos arrived at UW-Madison as part of a cohort of Chicane students recruited from Texas. While on campus, he was very involved with Mecha and creating community with fellow Chicane students. While he has since left Wisconsin for University of Texas-Austin, he remains connected to Wisconsin and those he met while attending UW-Madison, …
I began working for the Center for Campus History and CLS in the fall of 2024 as an undergraduate research assistant. I was nervous at the beginning because I hadn’t conducted an intense, year-long research project before, but most importantly, I wanted to do a good job and accurately represent the history of CLS the …
The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program was an opportunity that I had known about since my first semester on campus through my scholarship program, the Center for Academic Excellence. Ever since, the opportunity kept coming up as something I could pursue, almost as if it were haunting me until I committed to it. Unintentionally, …
After 35 years of brilliant teaching, pathbreaking research, and tireless advocacy for the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program, Prof. Benjamin Márquez is retiring. During his years in higher education, he has published no less than five books (two of them award-winning). Among the most notable are The Politics of Patronage: Lawyers, Philanthropy, and the Mexican …
The Puerto Rican Studies Hub (PRSH) at the University of Wisconsin Madison is closing its first year with a strong record of public programming, scholarly exchange, mentorship, campus collaboration, and institutional growth. Since its launch, the Hub has positioned UW–Madison as an important site for Puerto Rican Studies in the Midwest, creating spaces where scholars, …
In early March, community members gathered for “Reporting on immigration in times of crisis: Wisconsin and beyond” at the Memorial Union Play Circle at UW-Madison. This public discussion, presented by the Center for Journalism Ethics and co-sponsored by the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program and the Office of Strategic Communication, was facilitated by the Madison-based …
This past Spring, the Chicane & Latine Studies Program hosted two panels as part of its year-long Speaker Series on “Building Communities of Care and Resilience in Times of Crisis.” As a field grounded in histories of struggle and resistance, we wanted to encourage an open discussion on the myriad ways in which Latinx/e communities …
On May 9, 2026, the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program celebrated the achievements of its Class of 2026, recognizing 24 students who completed the BA/BS in Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies, 61 who completed the certificate, and one who completed the doctoral minor. Hundreds of relatives of this year’s graduates packed the large auditorium classroom in …
How do we grapple with uncertainty and a new wave of hostility towards Latinx and Chicanx populations in our current times? While dreaming radically of and for the future is essential work for communities and individuals, analyzing our history can aid and guide us in that dreaming. In the spring of 1974, Chicanx/e students from …