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.
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.”
The Department of Chicano and Latino Studies, College of Liberal Arts, invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position of Professor and Chair to begin 08…
The online portal makes it easier to find and study Mexican American art, culture, and history. Financial support from the NEH, the Mellon Foundation, and the ACLS helps the…
Partnership with the National Hispanic Cultural Center Art Museum. Karen Mary Davalos, professor of Chicano and Latino Studies, and her co-director, Constance Cortez…
University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts Assistant Professor of Chicano & Latino Studies Jessica Lopez Lyman discusses the connection of social justice with a “radical…
Students in Jessica Lopez Lyman's Latina/o/x Social Movements class wrote op-eds based on themes from the class. Several have been picked up by local publications.
Joelle Stubbs is a University of Minnesota student studying Global Studies and Communications. Her op-ed, published by the Minnesota Women's Press, explores the cost of period…
Sage Grover, a rising senior at the University of Minnesota, is studying Spanish, global studies, and teaching English as a second language. Her op-ed, published by the…
Dania Barrera Carrasco is going into her third year at the University; she is studying sociology of law, criminology and deviance, and Chicano/Latino studies. Her op-ed…