A promising young academic with a knack for research, undergraduate Colin Walker Wingate traveled to Atlanta to present on race, gender, and slavery at the National Women’s…
New to the University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor Jennifer Row highlights the different ways her love for French has impacted her life and research. “I love how everyone…
The jingle dress dance is a spiritual healing practice dating back to 1918. Guided by the research efforts of Brenda Child—professor and current chair of the Department of…
Last March, three staff members in the Department of American Indian Studies traveled to Hawai’i to observe their full-immersion schools. Potentially implementing elements…
Did you know there are 87 museums and archives across the US that house Mexican American art? Department Chair Karen Mary Davalos didn’t know that either, but her research is…
How is it possible to know something you don’t know? Oracles are the answer for Alexis Pauline Gumbs, CLA’s Winton Chair, residing in GWSS. She creates performances that help…
The Department of American Studies will offer a new program next year that will allow doctoral students to pursue indigenous studies. Karen Ho, associate professor of…
Gabriela Spears-Rico and Jessica Lopez Lyman discuss Dia de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, which comes from the Aztec celebration of loved ones who’ve walked on. It’s…