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- Professor José A. de la Garza Valenzuela looks at the experiences of queer migrants, and at how immigration practices shape particular fictions about them, in his new book “Queer in a Legal Sense: Brown Citizenship and Other Lawful Fictions.” Read full story Professor José A. de la Garza Valenzuela's book shows how ‘lawful fictions’ are used to manage immigration, citizenship
- Professor Natalie Lira was awarded the Humanities Research Lab Award by the Humanities Research Institute and Office of Undergraduate Research to transform the course LLS 100: Introduction to Latina/o Studies into a local community-based research experience. Read full story Professor Natalie Lira receives Humanities Research Lab Award from HRI and OUR
- This spring, the Department of Latina/Latino Studies welcomes assistant professor Elena Guzman. Professor Guzman's research studies ritual art and performance in the Afro-Caribbean. She also creates films that focus on the metaphysical and ethereal experiences of African diaspora spirituality. Read a Q&A with Guzman to learn more about her research. Read full story Professor Elena Guzman joins the Department of Latina/Latino Studies
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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: Juan Mora, PhD, '13 - Assistant Professor, Department of History and Latino Studies Program, Indiana University, Bloomington
Juan Mora, PhD, earned his BA in History and Latina/Latino Studies in 2013. He arrived at UIUC as an undergraduate majoring in History. For his first two years at Illinois, he struggled to find the specific areas of studying history that could encourage him to succeed. As he explained, “It was when I combined Latina/o Studies with History that I was able to thrive.” Courses with Dr. Adrian Burgos Jr. and Dr. Mireya Loza, like Caribbean Latina/o Migration and Latino Social Movements, respectively, were instrumental to his development as a student and shaped his decision to eventually major in...
Faculty spotlight: Natalie Lira
Natalie Lira is an interdisciplinary scholar who examines the politics of reproduction and histories of medicine in the United States. Her research interests include the politics of reproduction, histories of medicine, and the ways that struggles for racial and reproductive justice intersect.