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Welcome to the Department of Latina/Latino Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Established in 2010, it is one of the first at a major research university. The Department offers dozens of courses, an undergraduate major, undergraduate minor, and graduate minor.
Latina/Latino Studies students work in education, business, law, and politics, and attend law schools and graduate schools in prestigious programs. Learn more by attending Departmental events and keeping up on facebook. And please read our newsletter to learn about events and accomplishments of the past year.
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THURSDAY, May 3
9:00am-5:00pm @ I-Hotel
"Responding to Immigrants National Conference: Bridging Research and Practice to Meet the Needs of Immigrants in New Growth Communities " This national conference is the culmination of a year-long project to bring together researchers at the University of Illinois who study immigrant/Latino issues in new growth communities with the practitioners and professionals serving these communities in Champaign County, Illinois. Our conference aims to expand beyond this local experience by including presentations and workshops given by researchers and practitioners in other new growth and traditional immigrant communities, from a variety of disciplines. This conference is free and open to the public, however space is limited and registration is required. Please register at https://sites.google.com/site/respondingtoimmigrants/
Main sponsor: Focal Point Project: Responding to Immigrants (Department of Latina/Latino Studies is a co-sponsor)
Teachers Ranked As Excellent FALL 2011
Adrian Burgos
Lisa Cacho
W. David Coyoca
Christina DeNicolo
Jonathan Inda
Mireya Loza
Alejandro Lugo
Isabel Molina
Miguel Saucedo
Edna Viruell-Fuentes