College of Letters & Science
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 argues that class differences, occupational niches, and different Cold War histories are central to understanding Latinx voters’. Ibarra argues that …
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 to immigration detention in the United States. She notes that recent reports of forced sterilizations in immigration detention facilities have …
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 Chican@ & Latin@ Studies. A native of Milwaukee, Prof. Delgadillo is a noted authority on U.S. Latinx spirituality and religion, …
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 a time when the University and the country as a whole are facing unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, …
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 Americans. The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery are, unfortunately, only the latest examples of a nationwide pattern of disregard for Black …
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 Honored Instructor program. Kristina Fullerton-Rico is a doctoral student in Sociology and has taught CHICLA 201 (“Introduction to Chican@ & …
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 Public Health this Fall. Within the CLS familia, we’re always pleased to see one of our students doing well and …
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, and Katya Garza, a Junior CLS Certificate student majoring in Neurobiology and Spanish. Prof. Román (left) received the award for …
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 Certificate student who has excelled academically and made outstanding service contributions to the Chican@ and Latin@ Community. Administered by the …
Because of COVID-19-related disruptions to campus operations and student life, the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program has extended the deadline for the new “Somos” development award competitions for students and faculty. The Deadline for Spring 2020 awards is April 10th. Application procedures have not changed. The “Somos” awards are made possible by the generous support …