Congratulations to Dr. Megan Myers on her tenure! “This is my fourth year at Iowa State and I feel so incredibly grateful to call Ames home. My affiliation with the Latino/a Studies program here at ISU began upon my arrival in 2016 and some of my favorite memories on campus and in the community … Continue reading Dr. Megan Myers
Spanish/USLS 305 Spanish for Heritage Speakers, offered for the first time in the Fall 2019, is a new class designed for native or heritage Spanish speakers with oral proficiency in Spanish but with little or no formal academic training in the language. Specifically, this class is designed for students who grew up speaking … Continue reading Featured: SPAN/USLS 305
USLS is happy to welcome Dr. Shannon Harper, our newest core faculty member! While working toward my PhD in criminology, law, and justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago, I discovered a research interest in violence against Latinas somewhat by accident. My area of research specialization is domestic violence (DV; i.e., physical, sexual, and … Continue reading Dr. Shannon Harper
NEW Course Fall 2020 Semester: CJST/USLS 360X Latinas and Victimization: Examining Survival Strategies and Justice This new cross-listed course will explore the contexts through which Latinas experience and respond to domestic violence (DV), sexual assault, and human trafficking. The course is the first of its kind to examine how Latinas courageously survive violence amidst challenges … Continue reading NEW Course Fall 2020 Semester: CJST/USLS 360X
Spring 2020 Dear All, Welcome to the New Year! … and another exciting semester. I am delighted to report that our USLS Ambassadors Austin Vittetoe and Lupe Duran Sánchez will continue working with the program. They will be busy creating a US Latino/a/x Studies video, setting up our first Minors’ Pizza Party (February 26, … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Spring 2020
Save the dates for the following USLS and APL film series THE OTHER SIDE OF LATINX: CUBAN FILMS For more details on each film, visit the following links: January 18th: Return to Cuba: Life in Cuba After Castro (2016) March 1st: Black and Cuba: Students Explore Race and Society in Cuba (2015) April … Continue reading USLS at the Ames Public Library!
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