College of Letters & Science
Jesús Salas, a longtime labor organizer, educator, former UW System Regent, and benefactor of the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program, was honored earlier this month with a plaque at Alumni Park commemorating his achievements. He was one of eleven distinguished alunni of the University whose images are now visible in the park. Like many of …
On September 22, the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program held the first of a series of panels in the “Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Today” series. The panel brought contributors to the new volume Building Sustainable Worlds: Latinx Placemaking in the Midwest, just out from the University of Illinois Press, to discuss the ways that people …
At its recent annual Gala, the Milwaukee-based immigrant and labor rights organization Voces de la Frontera recognized former CLS Director Armando Ibarra with the Joe Rody Labor Rights Award. The son farm workers and longtime educators, Prof. Ibarra is a founding member of the Voces de la Frontera’s Essential Worker Rights Network and a member …
CLS Professor Theresa Delgadillo and her students in CHICLA 520 “Latinx Digital Publics” spent a semester exploring how to use the digital sphere to create and share public-facing Latinx Studies knowledge. You can read their original Latinx Studies digital projects on the CLS website’s “Chicanx & Latinx Studies Online” page. The student projects continue the …
On Saturday, May 14th, at 9:00 am, City of Madison Poet Laureate Angie Trudell Vasquez will address a record graduating class of Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Certificate students. A poet, writer, performer, activist and publisher, Angie Trudell Vasquez received her MFA in poetry from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her work was recently featured …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce that Dr. Benjamin Márquez and junior Katheryn Saavedra-Ballesteros are the winners of the 2022 Somos Faculty and Student Development Awards. Dr. Márquez is a Professor of Political Science. His research focuses on Mexican American politics and the politics of race and ethnicity in the United …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce that senior Student Stephanie Salgado Altamirano has won this year’s Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholarship. A vocal leader in grassroots movements for climate justice and immigrant rights, Stephanie is pursuing a BA in Environmental Studies and Political Science with certificates in public policy and Chican@ …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program seeks a Project Assistant to help with publications, events, and outreach during the 2021-2022 academic year. This is a 40% appointment, 14 hours per week, and it comes with tuition remission and benefits. If you’re a graduate student at the UW–Madison, and you’re interested in the program, think about …
CLS Affiliate professor Paola S. Hernández has published Fifty Key Figures in Latinx and Latin American Theatre with co-author Analola Santana. Published by Routledge, the book offers a critical introduction to the most influential and innovative theatre practitioners in the Americas, all of whom have been pioneers in changing the field. The chosen artists work through political, …
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program Student Assistant A student hourly/work study position is available for the Spring 2022 semester in the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program. The position may be extended to future semesters at the discretion of the Program’s Director. This position requires general clerical and administrative tasks, maintenance of the CLS …