Dr. Emmet Campos arrived at UW-Madison as part of a cohort of Chicane students recruited from Texas. While on campus, he was very involved with Mecha and creating community with fellow Chicane students. While he has since left Wisconsin for University of Texas-Austin, he remains connected to Wisconsin and those he met while attending UW-Madison, visiting every summer. CLS PA Carmen Ibarra sat down with Emmet Campos to talk about his time at UW-Madison.
Faculty & Staff Updates
Prof. Benjamin Márquez Retires after 35 Years
After 35 years of brilliant teaching, pathbreaking research, and tireless advocacy for the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program, Prof. Benjamin Márquez is retiring. During his years in higher education, he has published no less than …
CLS Faculty, Student featured in “Fueling Discovery”
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 …
Revel Sims’ and his Students Study Housing Insecurity with the Tenant Resource Center
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 …
Lola Loustaunau Publishes Research on Farm Labor
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 …
National Academy of Education gives Prestigious Award to Christopher Saldaña
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 …
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Karla Martinez Documents the History of the CLS Program at the Center for Campus History
I began working for the Center for Campus History and CLS in the fall of 2024 as an undergraduate research assistant. I was nervous at the beginning because I hadn’t conducted an intense, year-long research …
Leo Olmos Pursues Graduate Studies as McNair Scholar
The Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program was an opportunity that I had known about since my first semester on campus through my scholarship program, the Center for Academic Excellence. Ever since, the opportunity kept …
CLS Certificate Student Roselyn Pacheco Listed Among Notable 2026 Graduates
The University has included CLS certificate and Racine native Roselyn Pacheco in a list of some notable Spring 2026 graduates. Pacheco says that coming to UW–Madison as a first-generation Latina freshman “meant stepping into spaces …
Congratulations to the 2026 Salas and Somos Awardees!
The CLS Program is delighted to announce that juniors Xochitl Ortega-Mendez (’27) and Prisila Balderas-Rascon (’27) have been awarded this year’s Jesús Salas Academic Activist Scholarships, and Ashley Gorostieta (’27) and Kalani Rodríguez-Jiménez received Somos Student Professional Development …
On Witnessing, Sanctuary, and Future-making
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.
Rieles and Raíces Exhibit Field Trip
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. Cuevas invited CLS faculty and students to come for a guided tour of the exhibit at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago. Cuevas credits his experience with CLS with preparing him to work on this important exhibit…
Marking Fifty Years of Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies
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…
Building Communities of Care and Resilience:
2026 Speaker Series
As a field grounded in histories of struggle and resistance, we wanted to encourage an open discussion on the myriad ways in which Latinx/e communities build resilience and engage in practices of care to survive, refuel, and continue fighting against injustices and abuses of power…
ProPublica immigration and labor reporter reflects on covering Wisconsin as UW Journalist-in-Residence
In early March, community members gathered for “Reporting on immigration in times of crisis: Wisconsin and beyond” at the Memorial Union Play Circle at UW-Madison. This public discussion, presented by the Center for Journalism Ethics and co-sponsored by the Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies Program and the Office of Strategic Communication, was facilitated by the Madison-based Wisconsin Watch reporter Natalie Yahr, and featured ProPublica reporter Melissa Sanchez.
Puerto Rican Studies Hub Marks a Successful First Year of Programming at UW Madison
The Puerto Rican Studies Hub (PRSH) at the University of Wisconsin Madison is closing its first year with a strong record of public programming, scholarly exchange, mentorship, campus collaboration, and institutional growth. Since its launch, the Hub has positioned UW–Madison as an important site for Puerto Rican Studies in the Midwest…
A Message from the Director
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 culmination of years of hard work and hope, not only for our students but for everyone…
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