College of Letters & Science
CLS affiliate faculty member Edna Ledesma (Planning & Landscape Architecture) has recieved a Pandemic Affected Research grant to continue a longitudinal study of four Latino Vendor Markets (LVM), classified as flea markets or swap meets, in two predominantly Latino states, California and Texas. The study, which began in 2015, analyzed LVM through the lens of …
Almita Miranda, Assistant Professor of Geography and Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, received funding from the Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative (PARCI) to conduct follow-up ethnographic research with return migrants and transnational family networks in rural communities in central Mexico. She will be conducting semi-structured interviews, participant-observation, and archival research in Zacatecas, Mexico to examine the effects …
A group of faculty affiliated with the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, in partnership with the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective (WLHC), the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), and other collaborators, has secured funding from the National Archives to support the initial planning phase of a 10-year project titled ¡Presente!: Documenting Latinx History in Wisconsin through a Collaborative …
CLS affiliate faculty member Carolina Sarmiento was named an Outstanding Woman of Color for 2021 by the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement. The award acknowledges outstanding contributions her outstanding contribution to social justice advocacy, community, service, schoalarly research, and community building. Congratulations to Dr. Sarmiento for this much-deserved award.
The Tuesday, October 19 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal highlighted the work of Erika Rosales and CLS affiliate Erin Barbato, who are launching a statewide resource center for students with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Congratulations to all involved in this important new initiative.
CLS Certificate student Viridiana Carreno will be among three outstanding undergraduates who will address the College of Letters and Science’s Scholarship Reception this Friday, October 15th in Union South. This annual event celebrates recent scholarship recipients and honors the generosity of scholarship donors. A senior Biology major on a pre-medicine track, Viridiana is also pursuing …
CLS faculty member and former director Armando Ibarra has won the “Hispanic Achievement of the Year” award from “La Movida” Radio, Madison’s Spanish-language radio station. The station will present Dr. Ibarra will be presented with the award at its 11th annual Hispanic Heritage month luncheon, October 13, 2021 at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention …
The University’s annual Latinx Heritage Month begins this week with the “March Up Bascom,” organized by the Latinx Cultural Center, ChiLaCSA, and the CLS Program. Students will meet at the bottom of Bascom Hill at 5pm on September 15th, and will march up to the top with the flags of many Latin American nations. Activities …
Congratulations to CLS faculty member Marla Andrea Ramírez Tahuado, who has secured funding from OVCRGE’s Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative for oral history research on undocumented youth organizing in the United States.
CLS professor and former director Armando Ibarra will be among those honored when Community Shares of Wisconsin celebrates its 50th anniversary on September 23rd. Prof. Ibarra, whose home department is the School for Workers, was nominated by Voces de la Frontera for the Sally Sunde Family Advocate Award. The award is given every year to …