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Community Resources
- Q&A with Latina/Latino studies and anthropology alum C. Lucio, the executive assistant to the general superintendent for participatory budgeting at the Chicago Park District. Read full story Centering community in urban planning
- "Rebooting Inequality: Critical Takes on Film and Television Remakes: (NYU Press) is edited by Isabel Molina-Guzmán, Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs in the College of LAS and professor of Latina/Latino studies and communication, and Angharad N. Valdivia, emerita professor of Latina/Latino studies and the Institute of Communications Research. Read full story New book edited by LLS faculty examines how the contemporary reboot craze perpetuates inequality
- Professor Janett Barragán Miranda published a new essay in "California History" on the impact Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) agents have had on Latina/o street food vendors. Read full story The impact of ICE raids on street-food vendors and cultural legacy in California
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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: 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: Isabel Molina-Guzmán
Isabel Molina-Guzmán's research examines the relationship between ethnoracial, gender, sexual identity and media discourses in the reproduction of inequality.