College of Letters & Science
On May 9, 2026, the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program celebrated the achievements of its Class of 2026, recognizing 24 students who completed the BA/BS in Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies, 61 who completed the certificate, and one who completed the doctoral minor. Hundreds of relatives of this year’s graduates packed the large auditorium classroom in …
How do we grapple with uncertainty and a new wave of hostility towards Latinx and Chicanx populations in our current times? While dreaming radically of and for the future is essential work for communities and individuals, analyzing our history can aid and guide us in that dreaming. In the spring of 1974, Chicanx/e students from …
On April 4th, 2026, CLS faculty and students took a field trip to Chicago to see two art exhibits. The first exhibit, titled “Rieles and Raíces,” was co-curated by an alumnus of the CLS Program, Ismael Cuevas (’10). Cuevas invited CLS faculty and students to come for a guided tour of the exhibit at …
Sending you all good wishes in this beautiful Wisconsin spring! Our spring graduation ceremony has buoyed our spirits! Watching nearly 100 students walk across the stage to receive their degrees and certificates in Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies (24 majors, 61 certificates) while hundreds of family and friends cheered them on from the audience represents the …
Three scholars deliberated recent and present American movements in “Migration, Resilience, and Community Building in Times of Crisis”, a title Sociologist Dr. Stephanie Canizales acknowledged from the podium. “What can I say to meet this moment,” she asked. Her answer was a question: “How was it?” Canizales has been listening for six years: her research …
Every May, the College of Letters and Science publishes inspiring stories about research and other achievements by its faculty and students in a supplement to the Wisconsin State Journal called “Fueling Discovery.” This year’s issue highlighted the work of CLS Director Theresa Delgadillo and Program faculty member Alfonso Morales. The feature on Prof. Delgadillo included …
CLS Core faculty member Revel Sims’ teaching was featured in a recent article by the College of Letters and Science’s Instructional Design Collaborative on community-based learning in UW–Madison classrooms. Prof. Sims and his students partnered with Madison’s Tenant Resource Center to quantify and map evictions in Dane County, interviewing Spanish-speaking residents of the county about …
CLS Program faculty member Lola Loustaunau published a paper on wildcat strikes in 2020 by Latina apple pickers in Washington state, and she presented the results from the Wisconsin Farmworker Coalition’s community-driven survey project on April 1st. The Washington study examined the ways that the COVID-19 crisis moved the apple workers to strike after a …
CLS affiliate faculty member Denia Garcia has recently published an article in the journal Poverty and Public Policy examining the way social capital influences the decisions poor residents of U.S. cities to seek such public benefits as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF). Drawing on data from the Future …
CLS Program Faculty member Christopher Saldaña was honored this semester with a Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship from the National Academy of Education. The fellowship supports early career scholars working in critical areas of education research. In addition to a monetary award, the fellowship will offer Prof. Saldaña to participate in professional development retreats with distinguished education …