In December of 2025, the Modern Language Association awarded its sixteenth Prize in United States Latina and Latina and Chicana and Chicano Literary and Cultural Studies to CLS Director Theresa Delgadillo for her 2024 book …
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Armando Ibarra Appointed to Governor’s Council on Migrant Labor
The Chicanx & Latinx Studies Program proudly shares that Professor Armando Ibarra, former CLS Director, has been appointed by Governor Tony Evers to the Wisconsin Governor’s Council on Migrant Labor as a migrant representative. His …
Theresa Delgadillo Speaks at Claremont McKenna College
Professor Delgadillo delivered the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum Lecture at Claremont McKenna College in California in October 2025. Professor Delgadillo’s lecture drew from her recent research in Geographies of Relation and extended this in new directions …
Theresa Delgadillo Discusses “Geographies of Relation” with the New Books Network
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor Theresa Delgadillo, who is also the Director of Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies, was recently interviewed about her latest book, Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the America, published by University of …
“Latinx Talk” Selected for OACIP Diamond Open Access Journals Cohort
The open access academic journal, Latinx Talk, co-founded and co-edited by Professor Theresa Delgadillo, has been selected as part of the 2025-2028 cohort of the Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) of the Lyrasis network. OACIP mobilizes …
UW-Madison Launches a Puerto Rican Studies Hub
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has just launched a new hub for Puerto Rican Studies, thanks to the work of CLS affiliate faculty member Jorell Meléndez-Badillo and core faculty member Aurora Santiago-Ortiz (Gender & Women’s Studies). …
Students celebrate Latine heritage with annual march up Bascom Hill
Every September, students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison kick off Latine Heritage Month with a march up Bascom Hill. The event is a chance for all UW students to celebrate Latine culture, make new connections …
Marla Ramírez discusses Depression-Era Mass Removals with WPR
On August 31, Marla Ramírez (Assistant Professor of History and Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies) appeared on WPR’s “University of the Air” to discuss her research on removals of ethnic Mexicans from the United States between …
Theresa Delgadillo Discusses Latinx Placemaking in the Midwest on WPR’s University of the Air
On the August 10th edition of Wisconsin Public Radio’s University of the Air, CLS Director Theresa Delgadillo shared her research on Latinx life in the Midwest with host Emily Auerbach. The conversation ranged from histories of …
CLS Affiliate Prof. Paola Hernández named Kellett Fellow
Congratulations to CLS Affiliate Faculty member Paola Hernández, who was recently honored with a Kellett Mid-Career Award by the University. Prof. Hernández is a Mellon-Morgridge professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, core faculty …