College of Letters & Science
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 …
CLS affiliate faculty member Diego Román, an Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, has won a distinguished teaching award from the University. He is one of twelve UW–Madison scholars so honored this year, and the fourth CLS affiliate in the last six years to receive the award. A ceremony will take place at 5 p.m. …
Former CLS director Armando Ibarra has been named a distinguished alumnus by his undergraduate alma mater, California State University, Chico. The institution has also published an interview with Prof. Ibarra exploring the scholarship and farmworker advocacy that earned him the honor. Armando Ibarra is a Professor in the School for Workers and served as CLS …
This Fall saw the publication of “Intersectional Methodological Approaches: Research movidas to Center Latino/Latina/Latinx Voices,” a special issue of the journal Latino Studies edited by Marla Ramírez Tahuado (CLS/History) and Sarah Rios (Community and Environmental Sociology). The issue was born of a 2019 roundtable discussion here at UW–Madison that brought five newly hired Indigenous, Latina, and …
Carolina S. Sarmiento, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the School of Human Ecology and Chican@ & Latin@ Studies faculty affiliate, has received the Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award from the UW System at a reception on November 10th. This honor is given annually to faculty, staff, students or community members to recognize their …
The online news publication Madsion365 has placed Prof. Mariana Pacheco Ortiz on its list of the 46 most influential Latino leaders in Wisconsin. Every year since its founding in 2015, Madison365 has compiled this list to recognize the achievements of influential leaders of color in the state. A former bilingual (English-Spanish) teacher in Southern California, …