University of Wisconsin–Madison

Category: News

CLS Welcomes New Faculty

As a new semester begins, The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to welcome our newest faculty colleagues to campus.  If you’re interested in migration, borders, and citizenship, you’ll want to get to know these top-notch scholars. Joining the CLS Program with a joint appointment in Geography is Assistant Professor Almita Miranda.  Dr. Miranda …

Statement on White Supremacy, Mass Shootings, and ICE Raids by the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program (August 2019)

As scholars of Chicanx & Latinx Studies we rely on words to do our work, but we struggle to find them in the wake of the recent mass shootings by white supremacists in El Paso, Dayton, and Gilroy, California, and workplace ICE raids in food production plants in Mississippi. These attacks hit home, and they …

Armando Ibarra’s “Latino Question” wins 2019 “Best Book in Latino Politics”

The Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association has chosen CLS Director Armando Ibarra’s co-authored book The Latino Question: Politics, Laboring Classes, and the Next Left for the 2019 Best Book in Latino Politics Award.  The caucus will recognize Prof. Ibarra and his collaborators, Alfredo Carlos of California State University Long Beach and  Rodolfo Torres …

Ben Márquez talks Politics on WPT4’s “Here and Now”

Latinx politics in Wisconsin was in the national spotlight recently as the President visited Milwaukee for a fundraising dinner and Democratic Presidential hopefuls spoke to the League of United Latin American Citizens’ 2019 Convention.  On July 9th, CLS Affiliate Professor and former Director Ben Márquez spoke to Wisconsin Public Television’s “Here and Now” about the …

Statement on Family Separation at the United States/Mexico Border by the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chican@/Latin@ Studies Program (July 2018)

As scholars of Chicanx and Latinx Studies and other academic fields we unequivocally denounce the practice of separating families by the United States Immigration Customs Enforcement …