College of Letters & Science
Is a “surge” of migrant youth causing a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border? Not if you ask CLS affiliate faculty member Erin Barbato. Her comment appeared in a recent article by Ruth Conniff in the Wisconsin Examiner on the growing media panic about the situation at the southern border. Prof. Barbato and colleagues who practice immigration …
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 …
On Friday, February 5th, CLS Emerita Andrea-Teresa (“Tess”) Arenas joined WPR’s Rob Ferrett on the afternoon talk show “Central Time” to describe the ongoing efforts of the UW–Madison Latinx History Collective. The two discussed the progress of the initiative and the efforts of university- and community-based researchers all over the state and the Wicsonsin Historical …