When the New York Times’s Jazmine Ulloa needed background for a story on the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), she turned to UW-Madison’s Benjamin Márquez. The Times noted that LULAC, the country’s oldest Latina/o …
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Ben Márquez Explains the State Constitutional Amendment on the Ballot
Curious about the constitutional amendment referendum on the ballot for the November 5th election? CLS faculty can help. This week, CLS affiliate professor Ben Márquez joined host Chali Pittman and guest John Nichols on the …
Benjamin Márquez Discusses Immigration and the Election on PBS Wisconsin
As the 2024 Presidential election enters its final stretch and debates on immigration become increasingly heated, CLS faculty like Benjamin Márquez are helping journalists and the public understand the situation. In an interview with PBS …
Benjamin Márquez quoted in NPR stories on Latino Vote
When NPR’s Franco Ordoñez needed context for a story on the Latine vote in Wisconsin and a later follow-up, he turned to CLS affiliate faculty member and former Director Benjamin Márquez (Political Science). Prof. Márquez …
Congratulations to the 2022 Somos Professional Development Award Recipients!
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 …
Congratulations to the 2021 Somos Professional Development Award Recipients!
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 Somos Professional Development Awards for students and faculty. Spring 2021 marks the second round of competitions, and the Program is …
TA for CLS Class Wins Early Excellence Award
Political Science doctoral candidate Kennia Coronado has won an Early Excellence Award for her fine work with POLI SCI/CHICLA 231, “Politics in Multi-Cultural Societies,” taught by CLS affiliate professor Benjamin Márquez. The Early Excellence Award …
Benjamin Márquez to Publish the First Book on MALDEF
Can committed professional activists, paid by granting agencies to work through the legal system, change the world? That’s the question former CLS director Benjamin Márquez asks in The Politics of Patronage: Lawyers, Philanthropy, and the …
“Daily Cardinal” Profiles the CLS Program
Reporter Alejandra Canales of the Daily Cardinal spoke to CLS faculty and alumni recently. Her welcome and thoughtful story on the Program, its history, and its roots in student struggles from the 1960s to the …
Ben Márquez talks Politics on WPT4’s “Here and Now”
Latinx politics in Wisconsin was in the national spotlight recently as the President visited Milwaukee for a fundraising dinner and Democratic Presidential hopefuls spoke to the League of United Latin American Citizens’ 2019 Convention. On …