As a graduate student and junior faculty member Gabriela Spears-Rico traveled to the pueblo magico in the Mexican state of Michoacán. There she spent eight months…
The Department of Chicano & Latino Studies was awarded a $60,000 NEH grant to support the Rhizome collaborative project led by department chair Karen Mary Davalos and…
The role of culturally appropriate food practices and traditionally practiced indigenous and immigrant gender roles are Madeline Brennan’s focus for research in American…
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…