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Professor Nic Flores selected to co-develop Humanities Research Institute Interseminars course

LLS professor Nic Flores and French and Italian professor Daniel Nabil Maroun have been selected by the Humanities Research Institute's Interseminars initiative to develop the graduate seminar "Remembering and Reimagining HIV/AIDS in Contemporary Times." Read full story Professor Nic Flores selected to co-develop Humanities Research Institute Interseminars course
Student Spotlight: Humanities Research Institute Odyssey Project Intern Juju Gonzalez-Moreno

The Humanities Research Institute profiled LLS and psychology major Juju Gonzalez-Moreno, who is this year's Odyssey Project Intern. Read full story Student Spotlight: Humanities Research Institute Odyssey Project Intern Juju Gonzalez-Moreno
Emerita professor Angharad Valdivia awarded National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar Award

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

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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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Highlighted Courses

Intro Latina/Latino Studies

Interdisciplinary introduction to the basis for a Latina/Latino ethnicity in the United States.

LLS 100

Latina/o Migration

Topics discussed include the history of international migration to the United States, the relationship between history and the contemporary context, the development of U.S. immigration policy, the incorporation of Latino immigrants in U.S. society, and immigrant and community responses to migration.

LLS 220

Intro to Latina/o Literature

Survey of literature by and about people of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, and other Latina/o descent in the United States.

LLS 242

Race, Sex, and Deviance

Explores how racial stereotypes rely on sexual stereotypes by examining the intersections of ethnic studies, gender and women's studies, and queer studies. Interdisciplinary course that draws from critical legal studies, sociology, anthropology, literary criticism, and history.

LLS 465

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Alumni spotlight: Mayra Diaz, ’17 – Policy Analyst, Health & Medicine Policy Research Group

Without a doubt, I credit who I am as a leader and professional in large part to my undergraduate education in Latina/Latino Studies. As a Policy Analyst at Health & Medicine Policy Research Group with master’s degrees in social work and public health, I research and advocate for policies that prevent and mitigate the systemic root causes of trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Illinois. My LLS background has been indispensable throughout my graduate education and now in my current role. Learning about topics such as Critical Race Theory and the impact of U.S. policy on...

Faculty spotlight: Gilberto Rosas

Gilberto Rosas's research interests include “the state,” racism and its broad complexities, critical ethnography, and experimental writing.