College of Letters & Science
Biography Armando Ibarra is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the School for Workers/Department of Labor Education and holds a joint appointment with Chican@ and Latin@ Studies at the University of Wisconsin Madison. He served as Director of the CLS Program from 2018 to 2021. Having earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University …
Biography Katie Kirchgasler’s research explores underexamined histories of coloniality and racialization in STEM, health, and environmental education and how these histories impact teachers and students today. Her current project interweaves insights from Chican@/Latin@ Studies and Science & Technology Studies to examine the indebtedness of U.S. science education to broader biopolitical projects of school segregation, Americanization …
Biography Current and Future Projects: • Examining Quinceañeras/Quinceañeridades in contemporary popular culture • Situating Spanish Language television and TelevisaUnivision within larger conversations about media mergers • Latinx/e Digital Audiences as critical agents within media production ecosystems • Ongoing research on corporate social responsibility reports and the role that DEI plays within these • Democratic Violence …
Biography Michael T. Light is Professor of Sociology and Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is also affiliated with the Institute for Research on Poverty, the Center for Demography and Ecology, the LaFollette School of Public Affairs, the Center for Law, Society & Justice, the Center for German and European Studies, the Tommy G. Thompson Center …
Biography Dr. Francesca A. López is the Jim and Georgia Thompson Distinguished Professor in Education of the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis in the School of Education. She began her career in education as a bilingual (Spanish/English) elementary teacher, and later as a high school counselor, in El Paso, Texas. Her research has been …
Biography BA in Political Science from the University of Buenos Aires, MS and PhD in Sociology from University of Oregon. As a researcher, teacher and activist, Dr. Loustaunau has led multiple research projects focusing on job quality, public policy, and collective organizing. Her work has been published in Labor Studies Journal, Industrial and Labor Relations …
Biography Prof. Márquez’s teaching and research interests are in political sociology and American politics. He has published extensively on Latinos and American politics; his research has focused on Mexican American social movement organizations. He has served as the Director of the Chicano/Latino Studies Program. He published research chronicles political mobilization in South El Paso, Texas, …
Biography Sara McKionnon is Professor of Rhetoric, Politics & Culture in the Department of Communication Arts, and Faculty Director of Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies. She co-chairs UW–Madison’s Human Rights Program and has affiliations in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies and the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program. Her current research examines foreign …
Biography Biography Rubén Medina is a poet, translator and scholar. He is also one of the founders of Infrarealism. His research and teaching center on Mexican and US Latinx literature and culture, continental connections, film studies, Neo-avant-garde movements, and Mexican migration to the United States. In the area of research, he has published: Autor, autoridad y …