College of Letters & Science
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce that Dr. Benjamin Márquez and junior Katheryn Saavedra-Ballesteros are the winners of the 2022 Somos Faculty and Student Development Awards. Dr. Márquez is a Professor of Political Science. His research focuses on Mexican American politics and the politics of race and ethnicity in the United …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce that senior Student Stephanie Salgado Altamirano has won this year’s Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholarship. A vocal leader in grassroots movements for climate justice and immigrant rights, Stephanie is pursuing a BA in Environmental Studies and Political Science with certificates in public policy and Chican@ …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program seeks a Project Assistant to help with publications, events, and outreach during the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a 40% appointment, 14 hours per week, and it comes with tuition remission and benefits. If you’re a graduate student at the UW–Madison, and you’re interested in the program, think about …
CLS Affiliate professor Paola S. Hernández has published Fifty Key Figures in Latinx and Latin American Theatre with co-author Analola Santana. Published by Routledge, the book offers a critical introduction to the most influential and innovative theatre practitioners in the Americas, all of whom have been pioneers in changing the field. The chosen artists work through political, …
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program Student Assistant A student hourly/work study position is available for the Spring 2022 semester in the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program. The position may be extended to future semesters at the discretion of the Program’s Director. This position requires general clerical and administrative tasks, maintenance of the CLS …
Prof. Theresa Delgadillo (English/CLS) has received a grant from the University’s Brittingham Trust for a project titled “Latinx Studies in the Digital Sphere” to create two Open Educational Resources on the topics of Latinxs and Environmental Change and Latinxs and Gender Equality, in partnership an advanced undergraduate student. These Mini-Readers will follow the pattern of …
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.