A recent news report on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Madison’s Latinx community highlights the work of CLS Alum and Jesus Salas Scholarship recipient Gilberto Osuna León (’20). As a bilingual COVID-19 specialist …
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CLS Director Armando Ibarra on the “Latino” Vote
In the aftermath of the 2020 election, the mainstream press has struggled to understand the voting behavior of U.S. communities of Latin American descent. In a recent op-ed for The Progressive, CLS Director Armando Ibarra …
CLS Affiliate Prof. Barbato Calls for an End to Immigration Detention
Erin Barbato, a CLS affiliate faculty member in the UW School of Law and the director of the University’s Immigrant Justice Clinic, has published a forceful editorial in the Capital Times calling for an end …
CLS Program Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2020
This fall, the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to welcome two new faculty members. One of these, Dr. Theresa Delgadillo, is beginning her first year at the UW-Madison as Professor of English and …
CLS Faculty and Staff React to the Supreme Court’s DACA Decision
The faculty and staff of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program welcome the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. We also commend Chancellor Blank for her statement on the case. The news comes at …
CLS Statement of Solidarity and Consciousness
Like most people in the United States, the faculty and staff of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program find ourselves overwhelmed by grief and rage following recent reports of police and vigilante violence against African …
CLS Instructors win University Housing’s “Honored Instructor” Awards
CLS Instructors Rubén Medina (below, left) and Kristina Fullerton-Rico (left) are among the Spring 2020 recipients of University Housing’s “Honored Instructor” awards. Each semester, University Housing residents vote to recognize outstanding classroom instructors through the …
CLS Student Carolina Mora-Hurtado Wins Ebling Scholarship
CLS Certificate student Carolina Mora-Hurtado has received the 2020 Paul R. Ebling Pre-Medicine Scholarship, which recognizes academic excellence and service to the community. Carolina will begin medical studies at the UW School of Medicine and …
Congratulations to the 2020 Somos Professional Development Award Winners
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce the winners of the 2020 Somos Faculty and Student Professional Development Awards: Diego Xavier Román, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, …
Congratulations to the 2020 Jesus Salas Scholarship Recipients
The CLS Program is delighted to congratulate Raquel Tapia-Orozco and Daniela Loera-Rivera, the winners of the 2020 Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholarship. This award is conferred annually on a Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program Undergraduate …