Department of Chicano & Latino Studies

We are #UMNproud of all of the ways in which women have positively shaped our CLA community. To celebrate, we've gathered a collection of recent stories featuring women who…

Learn about the Chicano & Latino Studies scholarships and awards, read the Best Chicano Essay winning paper, and celebrate our scholarship winners for their hard work.

Announcement of the winners of the Alumni of Notable Achievement Award as well as the Emerging Alumni Award.

A poet and cultural anthropologist, Asst. Prof. Gabriela Spears-Rico will soon publish her first poetry collection, Deer Hide Elegies. Paying homage to her Mexican farmworker…

Katie Groh de Aviña (BA ‘06, Chicano studies), 2022 Alumni of Notable Achievement Award winner, encourages students to “[take] the initiative to build community.”