This Spring, the Iowa State University USLS program launched a new course: USLS 325: Iowa Latinos/as and the Immigration Experience. This course was taught by Dr. Megan Myers, who describes the course as follows:
The USLS 325 course, “Iowa Latino/as and the Immigration Experience,” builds a significant and sustained connection to Latino/a culture through participation in a community engagement project, students thus gaining an understanding of the local and regional (Midwest) Latino/a immigration experience. By interacting with local Latino/a youth from Perry High School via a mentoring project, students in the course were encouraged to think critically about community partnerships and also to connect on a personal and academic level with local Latino/a high school students. The semester ended with a visit to Iowa State by our friends and mentees from Perry.
The original announcement regarding the addition of the course can be found here.
If you are interested in this course and have any questions regarding it, please get in touch with Dr. Myers at mjmyers@iastate.edu