College of Letters & Science
The open access academic journal, Latinx Talk, co-founded and co-edited by Professor Theresa Delgadillo, has been selected as part of the 2025-2028 cohort of the Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) of the Lyrasis network. OACIP mobilizes a national and international consortium of academic and public libraries, academic departments, institutions, research centers, museums, and funding agencies to …
Congratulations to CLS Affiliate Faculty member Paola Hernández, who was recently honored with a Kellett Mid-Career Award by the University. Prof. Hernández is a Mellon-Morgridge professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, core faculty of Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, and affiliate faculty with the Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies program. An award-winning scholar and teacher, Prof. …
CLS Director Theresa Delgadillo was awarded the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award for teaching in Spring 2025. A recent announcement by the University lists her among recipients of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards. The announcement notes that Prof. Delgadillo encourages students to participate in class, reminding them… … to push past assumptions, test evidence and consider …
Reggaetón songs introducing millions to Puerto Rican history? A UW–Madison professor collaborating with an internationally recognized popular music star? Yes, and yes! Jorell Meléndez Badillo, a CLS affiliate faculty member in the History Department, recently created seventeen brief Spanish-language synopses of important moments in the island’s history from 1508 to the present that now accompany …
CLS Director Theresa Delgadillo has recently published Geographies of Relation: Diasporas and Borderlands in the Americas with the University of Michigan Press. The book crosses disciplinary and canonical borders to investigate the interrelationships of African-descended Latinx and mestizx peoples through an analysis of Latin American, Latinx, and African American literature, film, and performance. It offers a …
Carmen Raya, a member of the first class of Chican@ & Latin@ Studies majors to graduate from the UW–Madison, completed an internship in Chile this past summer. She interned with the Fulbright Commission in Chile as their assistant academic advisor through the UW–Madison International Academic Programs and IES Abroad Santiago. ¡Felicidades, Carmen! More information is …
On June 14th, the Board of Curators of the Wisconsin Historical Society gave the 2024 Governor’s Archives Award for Archival Achievement to the Wisconsin Latinx History Collective. This award recognizes a historical records repository that has made an outstanding contribution to the archival profession or a notable achievement of value to the archives community, its …
The Chican@ & Latin@ Studies Program is delighted to announce that Danitza Rodríguez-Jiménez and Mariela Sida have won the 2024 Somos Student Professional Development Awards, while advisor Rachelle Eilers has won the 2024 Somos Faculty and Staff Professional Development Award. Danitza is a senior majoring in International Studies and Chican@ & Latin@ Studies. She will use …
The CLS Program is delighted to announce that senior Yanci Almonte Vargas has won this year’s Jesús Salas Academic Activist Scholarship. A Latinx student of African ancestry, born and raised by a Black mother in the Dominican Republic, Yanci is majoring in Global Health with minors in Chican@ & Latin@ Studies and African Cultural Studies. …
Each year, UW–Madison students living in University Housing may recognize outstanding educators via the Honored Instructor program. Through this program, University Housing takes nominations from students who want to honor instructors who challenge and inspire students, make learning fun, and otherwise excel in the classroom. The Fall 2023 list of Honored Instructors includes Denise Oyuki …