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Almita Miranda Receives PARCI Grant to Study Mixed-Status Families

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Almita Miranda, Assistant Professor of Geography and Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, received funding from the Pandemic-Affected Research Continuation Initiative (PARCI) to conduct follow-up ethnographic research with return migrants and transnational family networks in rural communities in central Mexico. She will be conducting semi-structured interviews, participant-observation, and archival research in Zacatecas, Mexico to examine the effects …

CLS Faculty Receive Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Grants

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Two teams headed by CLS affiliate faculty have secured significant grants for applied research from the Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment. One team led by Clinical Professor of Law Erin Barbato, will help to create a Center for DREAMers, administered through the Law School.  The Center will serve the approximately 11,000 people considered “DREAMers” in Wisconsin. …

CLS Affiliate Diego Román to Study Education of Rural English Language Learners

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CLS Affiliate Faculty member Diego Román (Principal Investigator), along with Co-Investigators Dr. Lisa Barker (PLACE) and Dr. Patrick Robinson (Division of Extension), will lead an interdisciplinary study that will bring together Latinx students and families as well as their science and social studies teachers to examine how local environmental topics (e.g., water quality) impact Latinx …

CLS Faculty to Study Essential Immigrant Workers, Inequality, and COVID-19

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CLS faculty members Revel Sims (Planning & Landscape Architecture/CLS), Carolina Sarmiento (Civil Society & Community Studies), and Armando Ibarra (School for Workers/CLS) have received a grant from the University for a participatory action research project focused on the health and safety of essential immigrant workers.  In partnership with the Milwaukee-based community organization Voces de la …

New York Times quotes CLS Prof. Delgadillo on National Film Registry

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When the Congressional Hispanic Caucus nominated 25 films on Latinx themes, including Gregory Nava’s Selena, for inclusion in the National Film Registry, the New York Times needed expert analysis.  They turned to Theresa Delgadillo, a professor of English and Chican@ & Latin@ Studies here at the UW-Madison.   “It is an important way to influence that diversity …

CLS Director Ibarra Contributes to COVID Worker Safety Report

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CLS Director Armando Ibarra is among the authors of a recent report from the UW-Madison School for Workers on workplace safety in Wisconsin during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.  In the United States, COVID-19 has devastated the lives of essential workers, their families and their communities. While many in the U.S. can work from home during …

Jesus Salas Scholarship, Somos Award Competitions Open

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The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce the opening of the 2021 Jesus Salas Academic Activist Scholarship Competition and the 2021 “Somos” Development Award Competition for students and faculty.  Applications for all awards are due April 5, 2021. Every Spring, the Program awards at least one $500 Jesus Salas Scholarship to at …

CLS Joins a New Effort to Document Latinx History in Wisconsin

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The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is proud to be the major UW-Madison partner for the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective, a new initiative involving the Wisconsin Historical Society and a growing group of academics and community researchers all over the state. Under the leadership of CLS Emerita Andrea-Teresa “Tess” Arenas, the group will to “retro-fit” …

Rubén Medina receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award

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Folks in the Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program were delighted to learn that one of our own, Prof. Rubén Medina (Spanish & Portuguese/CLS), has received the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award.  Dr. Medina is one of thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to …