7:00 – South Ballroom – Memorial Union. In an event co-sponsored by Iowa State US Latino/a Studies as well as the Iowa State Lectures Program, professor Jimmy Patiño of the University of Minnesota will be at ISU speaking on the topics of Chicano activism and immigration. Below is the link to the ISU Lectures Program … Continue reading Lecture: Chicano Activism and Immigration – Jimmy Patiño
Beginning in Spring 2019, the Iowa State University USLS program is proud to announce the addition of a new course cross-listed between USLS and Religious Studies: Religion and US Latino/a Literature! This course will meet on Mondays from 11:00 to 1:30 and will be taught by Dr. Hector Avalos. If you have any additional questions, … Continue reading New for 2019: Religion 342
Beginning Spring semester 2019, Iowa State World Languages and Cultures will be offering Spanish 305X: Spanish for Spanish Speakers.
USLS is excited to announce the addition of USLS/SPAN 325x: Latinos/as in Iowa and the Immigration Experience! This course will meet on Fridays from 1:10 to 4:00 and will feature a unique community engagement component. Please contact Dr. Megan Myers with any questions you may have about 325x!
In an event co-sponsored by the Iowa State USLS program, Join us in Parks Library on September 21 for a viewing of Precious Knowledge, a film discussing the importance of ethnic studies in education!
In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, Join the Iowa State USLS program in Welcoming award-winning Chilean-American author Marjorie Agosín as she speaks at the Memorial Union Sun Room! This event is sponsored by the Iowa State Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Marjorie Agosín is known for literary works such as Of Earth and … Continue reading Latinx Heritage Month: Marjorie Agosín
Spring 2019 Dear US Latino/a/x Studies and ISU Intersecting Communities, I am delighted to welcome 2019 with lots of exciting news for the US Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University. First, I want to thank all of our faculty, staff, and students for the continued support and enthusiasm that is making this program … Continue reading Letter From the Director: Spring 2019
Read Walter Thompson-Hernandez’s interview with the Iowa State Daily here! Walter Thompson-Hernández is a Los Angeles-based multimedia journalist and is currently a doctoral student in the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). His academic research focuses on multiracial identity in Latina/o communities in the United States and throughout … Continue reading Latinx Studies Lecture: Walter Thompson-Hernandez
Read Dr. Candelario’s interview with the Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis here! Ginetta Candelario is professor of sociology and Latin American & Latino/a Studies at Smith College, where her teaching focuses on race and ethnicity in the Americas, Latina/o communities in the United States and Latin American, and Latina feminist activism. Her research interests … Continue reading Latinx Studies Lecture: Ginetta Candelario
Meet our next featured faculty member, Dr. Katherine Richardson Bruna! I owe my interest in the Spanish language and Latino/a history and culture to a teacher who gave me and my fifth-grade classmates the option of taking an elective course over our lunch period. That early exposure generated a continuing passion, fueled by a high … Continue reading Featured Faculty: Dr. Katherine Richardson Bruna