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
January 2023 Dear USLS students, faculty, staff, friends, and community members, Happy New Year! I hope that the winter break has offered you time to recuperate, regenerate, and re-imagine yourselves for a fantastic new year, brimming with meaningful engagement and learning. I am delighted that our graduate student lecturer, Max Moore, continues to teach … Continue reading Director’s Letter Spring 2023
Fall 2023 Dear USLS students, faculty, staff, friends, and community members, Welcome to the new academic year at Iowa State University! At USLS, we have new Professors, and some fabulous Hispanic/Latina/o/x Events to introduce. We welcome Dr. Luana Lamberti, a sociolinguist and a creolist. Her research focuses on documenting and analyzing contact-induced features from Portuguese … Continue reading Director’s Letter Fall 2023
Summer 2021 Dear USLS Friends, It has been a year of unprecedented challenges that has highlighted the incredible work we are all capable of doing as intersecting communities in a messy world. In particular, as we wrap up AY 20-21, I want to thank all of the students, staff, faculty, and community members that … Continue reading Letter From the Director, Summer 2021
Fall 2019 Dear US Latino/a/x Studies and ISU Intersecting Communities, WELCOME to the US Latino/a/x Studies Program for the 2019-20 academic year! I hope that the summer has proven generative for all, and that you are ready for what promises to be a dynamic year ahead. USLS is proud to celebrate its presence on … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Fall 2019
Summer 2020 Dear amazing USLS intersecting community, I am writing to check in on you. How are you all? Please feel free to write to me via email if the US Latino/a Studies Program or any of us on the faculty can help in any way. It has certainly been an intense semester of … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Summer 2020
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
Summer 2018 Dear Friends, It is with great pride that I write this end of year USLS letter to our intersecting communities on campus and throughout Iowa. The US Latino/a Studies Program is engaging renovation and innovation. We welcomed two exciting speakers who brought together over 500 students, staff, faculty and community members combined. In … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Summer 2018
Fall 2018 Dear Latino/a/x Studies, and intersecting ISU Communities, This is my second year here, and I am thrilled with all of the amazing energy I see around me this fall. The USLS Program is here to serve the ISU and Iowa communities on many levels. First, please review our course offerings as new classes … Continue reading Letter from the Director: Fall 2018
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