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
In celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, Iowa State’s Parks Library will be hosting a book exhibit from September 15 to October 15 on the subject of Latinx Social Justice. Be sure to stop by!
Saturday, September 22nd and Sunday, September 23rd, Downtown Des Moines’ Western Gateway Park will host the annual Iowa Latino Heritage Fest! Events include performances and exhibitions by local Latinx artists as well as food traditional to Latin America and other cultural displays. For more information, visit the event’s official web page here!
The Hometown Heritage organization based in Perry, Iowa is hosting a series of films and subsequent discussions on immigration and the stories of immigrants coming to the US and to Iowa. Many of these events will directly concern the lives and stories of Latinx immigrants to the US. For more information on these events … Continue reading “Becoming American” Film and Discussion Series