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- Angharad Valdivia, an emerita professor of the Department of Latina/Latino Studies and the Institute of Communications Research and a leading scholar of critical-cultural, feminist, and Latina/o/x/e media studies, was awarded the National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar Award. Read full story Emerita professor Angharad Valdivia awarded National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar Award
- Professor R. Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada co-edited the forthcoming edited collection "Fugitive Anthropology: Embodying Activist Research," has a new article out in Critical Criminology, and has had several translations of her work published in Spanish. Read full story Professor Elizabeth Velásquez Estrada publishes new edited collection and five other publications
- This fall, the Department of Latina/Latino Studies welcomes assistant professor Gabriela G. Corona Valencia. Professor Corona Valencia was previously a Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Associate from 2023-2025. Her research interests include histories of eugenics, public health, medicine, reproductive justice politics, and education. Read a Q&A with her to learn more about her work. Read full story Professor Gabriela G. Corona Valencia joins the Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois
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Why Study Latina/Latino Studies?
Professor Mirelsie Velázquez shares the value of the major, favorite spots in Champaign-Urbana, and why the Latina/Latino studies department is the best kept secret on campus in an interview with the College of LAS.
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Alumni spotlight: Celina Villanueva, '08, Illinois State Senator
This past summer I was given the opportunity to interview LLS alum Celina Villanueva (BA, ’08, Latina/Latino studies) who represents Illinois' 12th District in the Illinois State Senate. Sen. Villanueva represents much of the southwest side of Chicago, including her home neighborhood of Little Village and other neighborhoods such as Pilsen, Bridgeport, and Brighton Park. She began attending U of I in 2003 and graduated in 2008 with a bachelor’s in Latina/o studies. After completing her bachelor’s degree, she went on to work for the Illinois Migrant Coucil and the Illinois Coalition...
Faculty spotlight: Isabel Molina-Guzmán
Isabel Molina-Guzmán's research examines the relationship between ethnoracial, gender, sexual identity and media discourses in the reproduction of inequality.