College of Letters & Science
Marla Ramírez’s essay “Gendered Banishment: Rewriting Mexican Repatriation through a Transgenerational Oral History Methodology” has won the Article Award from the Oral History Association, the principal membership organization for people committed to the value of oral history in the United States. Published in 2022, the article is part of a special issue of the journal …
When NPR’s Franco Ordoñez needed context for a story on the Latine vote in Wisconsin and a later follow-up, he turned to CLS affiliate faculty member and former Director Benjamin Márquez (Political Science). Prof. Márquez explained that while voters of Latin American descent tend to vote Democratic, they are not “committed Democratic ideologues.” He noted …
A recent story by Pro Publica on the problems facing undocumented dairy workers in Wisconsin who cannot obtain driver’s licenses drew on needs assessment of Wisconsin’s farmworkers authored by CLS Professor Armando Ibarra and his colleague Alexia Kulwiec of the UW–Madison School for Workers. After the passage of the 2006 RealID act, Wisconsin stopped granting …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program joins the Madison community in mourning the loss of community leader Juan Jose Lopez. One of many ethnic Mexican students who came to the University from Texas during the 1980s, Mr. Lopez remained in Madison after completing a BA in social welfare in 1990. Since then, he distinguished himself …
On May 13, 2023 in Ingraham B10, the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program recognized eighty one students from a variety of majors who are graduating with our Program’s Certificate, another record-breaking class. Assistant Dean Emerita Andrea-Teresa “Tess” Arenas gave a moving address recognizing our graduates’ hard work and the thanking those who struggled for so …
The undersigned faculty and staff of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program join the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s administration as well as ChiLaCSA and other student groups, in condemning a recent video of a profane and abusive racist rant that has provoked a disturbance in the University community. We also applaud the recent statement by Deputy …
CLS affiliate faculty member Kate Vieira is this year’s winner of the Kay W. Levin Award for Short Nonfiction from the Art+Literature Laboratory for an essay titled “Someone Else’s Language” that was published in Guernica Magazine. The essay is a meditation on language and culture drawn from Prof. Vieira’s experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will offer an undergraduate major in Chican@ & Latin@ Studies starting Fall 2023. On March 30th, the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approved the proposal for the new major, and the CLS Program is moving forward with implementation. This will be the …
The CLS Program seeks a lecturer (MA required, Ph.D. preferred) to teach CHICLA 328 or 330, intermediate-level Topics classes offering examination of specific themes in Chicana/o life, ways and culture for Fall 2023 (08/21/2023-01/03/2024). To apply, see the listing on the UW–Madison job site. CHICLA 328 is humanities focused and CHICLA 330 on social sciences. …
Professor Armando Ibarra (School for Workers/CLS) has been awarded a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. This award provides generous research funding and is among the most prestigious awards granted by the university. With the award, Dr. Ibarra joins a growing list of CLS budgeted and affiliate faculty who have been named Vilas professors, including Theresa Delgadillo …