Dr. Nidia Bañuelos and her colleagues from the School of Education, Kyoungjin Jang-Tucci and Dr. Ross Benbow, have created a quantitative measure of Community Cultural Wealth (Yosso, 2005) that can be included in student surveys …
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Alfonso Morales Enriches Local Press Coverage of Public Markets
CLS affiliate faculty member Alfonso Morales shared his expertise on urban markets with the online news outlet Madison365 late this semester, providing perspective on the approaching debut of the Madison Public Market at 202 North First …
CLS Certificate Student Roselyn Pacheco Listed Among Notable 2026 Graduates
The University has included CLS certificate and Racine native Roselyn Pacheco in a list of some notable Spring 2026 graduates. Pacheco says that coming to UW–Madison as a first-generation Latina freshman “meant stepping into spaces …
CLS Faculty Honored with Vilas Awards
CLS affiliate and budgeted faculty are prominent among those recently honored by the University with Vilas Awards. These include Aurora Santiago Ortiz (CLS/Gender & Women’s Studies) and Christopher Saldaña (Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis), who …
Congratulations to the 2026 Salas and Somos Awardees!
The CLS Program is delighted to announce that juniors Xochitl Ortega-Mendez (’27) and Prisila Balderas-Rascon (’27) have been awarded this year’s Jesús Salas Academic Activist Scholarships, and Ashley Gorostieta (’27) and Kalani Rodríguez-Jiménez received Somos Student Professional Development …
Rubén Medina Presents at Book Festival in Chicago, Curates Exhibit in Spain.
Prof. Rubén Medina was invited to the Festival “Poesía en Abril,” sponsored by DePaul University, the Instituto Cervantes, and Casa Michoacán in Chicago, from April 23 to 26. He was also invited to the Feria …
Marla Ramírez’s “Banished Citizens” Attracts Further Acclaim, Awards
CLS faculty member Marla Ramírez’s Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women who Endured Repatriation continues to win awards and inspire acclaim from many different corners. The book chronicles the expulsion of nearly …
Marla Ramírez’s “Banished Citizens” Receives Award, Reaches Audiences Nationwide
Marla A. Ramírez’s Banished Citizens: A History of the Mexican American Women who Endured Repatriation (Harvard University Press, 2025) continues to reach new audiences and win prestigious awards. Recently, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) recognized …
Micha Espinosa Hosts Actor Training Laboratorio at UW-Madison
Suppose you’re a non-Latine actor tasked with playing a Latine character appropriately. Or suppose you’re a Latine actor asked to draw on your heritage for a role, and your training hasn’t prepared you to do …
A Message from the Director on the CLS Mural Honoring Farmworkers
Recent reporting from the New York Times and others has cast light on extremely concerning reports of sexual assault, sexual abuse and sexual harassment perpetrated by Chicano union and civil rights leader César Chávez toward …