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Prof. Mariselle Meléndez named LAS Alumni Distinguished Professorial Scholar!

Prof. Mariselle Meléndez has just been named LAS Alumni Distinguished Professorial Scholar by the College of LAS. Named scholars are chosen for their energy, creativity, and record of excellence  in teaching and research, as well as for evidence of service and future...

PhD candidate Carmen Gallegos wins Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship!

Lit/cult PhD candidate Carmen Gallegos has been awarded a highly competitive Graduate College Dissertation Completion Fellowship for AY 2021-2022. This award will allow Carmen to complete her dissertation project “Quantifying Amazonia: Ecocritical fictions...

Profs. Melissa Bowles and John Karam promoted to Full Professors!

Following the determination by the Campus Promotion and Tenure Committee, the Provost has recommended the promotions of both Melissa Bowles and John Karam to the rank of Full Professor, effective August 16, 2021. As stated in Provost Communication 9,...

BEYOND BRACEROS, NARCOS AND LATIN LOVERS: LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINX FILM

 TAUGHT IN ENGLISH, Gen Ed for “Literature and the Arts” and “US Minority Cultures;" This course studies the relationships between Latinx and Latin American culture through exciting films. It focuses on a set of current and relevant topics (migrations, assimilation and integration, ICE, political struggles, globalization, nationalism and transnationalism). No prerequisites. Lectures Online and Section Face to Face. The class will expose and go beyond stereotypes about Latinx and Latin Americans typically seen on the screen (...

Professor Carolyn Fornoff has been awarded the 2021 LEAP Award!

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Professor Carolyn Fornoff has been awarded the 2021 LEAP (Lincoln Excellence for Assistant Professors) Award.  This highly competitive award was created as a way to foster excellence and...

EXTRACTIVISM AND ENVIRONMENT IN LATIN AMERICAN CULTURE

Why is extractivism the dominant paradigm for development in Latin America? And how can cultural production, from literature to film, help contest its damaging effects and imagine other ways of relating to the nonhuman world?

Ann Abbott receives 2021 Xiaohui Zhang Diversity and Community Engagement Award!

Our very own Ann Abbott has been the recipient of the inaugural 2021 Xiaohui Zhang Diversity and Community Engagement Award! This award, which is open to both faculty and students, recognizes an SLCL member who has contributed to the School's...

Carmen Gallegos awarded a Whitten Fellowship from CLACS

PhD candidate Carmen Gallegos has been awarded a Whitten Fellowship from the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies for her project “Postcards in the Marketplace: 19th and...

 Jone Vicente and Ander Beristain receive Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Teaching Award

Spanish PhD students Jone Vicente Urrutia (Lit/Cult) and Ander Beristain Murillo (Linguistics) have been selected for the Spanish and Portuguese Graduate Student Teaching Award. The Department of Spanish and Portuguese grants two awards ($250 each) to...

Ander Beristain receives LAS Impact Award!

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Our PhD candidate Ander Beristain has been awarded an LAS Impact Award for his efforts making online learning fun and engaging during the COVID-19 pandemic. The LAS Impact Awards were created to honor those who’ve gone...
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