Author: bergman2

Latina/o/x Life Stories: End of Semester Celebration

USLS/SPAN/ENGL 377: Latino/a/x Stories, Memoirs and Oral Histories celebrated a semester of exciting collaborations with Marshalltown High School Mujeres, Al Exito, and ISU students. We featured the oral histories gathered, which will be archived at the Parks Library, memoir readings by all students (high school and college), and memoir marketing posters. We congratulated Vania Ibarra, … Continue reading Latina/o/x Life Stories: End of Semester Celebration

USLS Award Recipient: Excellence in U.S. Latinx Studies

Congratulations to our USLS graduating Senior, Iris Martínez, for the EXCELLENCE IN Latinx Studies Award. Iris, who serves for the US Army, will be graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and Psychology from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a minor in U.S. Latino/a Studies. After graduation, Iris will continue with her military … Continue reading USLS Award Recipient: Excellence in U.S. Latinx Studies

Director’s Letter Spring 2024

Spring 2024 Dear USLS students, faculty, friends, and community members, The US Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University continues ISU strong with cross-listed classes in the School of Ed, History, Anthropology, Spanish, and English, and with its own core, Community Engaged Learning classes. This semester USLS is offering the course, Latina/o/x Life Stories: Memoirs … Continue reading Director’s Letter Spring 2024

Rumba: Tales of Sound & Sentiment in the Afro-Latinx Diaspora

Berta Jottar is an independent scholar and media maker with a PhD from the Department of Performance Studies at New York University, TISCH School of the Arts. For the past 20 years, she has specialized in the research, recording, and editing of the music and dance practices of the Afro-Latinx Diaspora in the East Coast, … Continue reading Rumba: Tales of Sound & Sentiment in the Afro-Latinx Diaspora