Wednesday, February 19, 2020 12:30pm Curtain Hall 535B
Our very own LACUSL Committee Co-chair and LACUSL Affiliated Faculty, Natasha Borges Sugiyama will be presenting this Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at the Women’s & Gender Studies’ Brown Bag Series. These sessions are held one Wednesday each month at 12:30 pm in Curtin Hall 535B.… Continue Reading »
“Race and Color in America Viewed Through Dance and History”
Check out this interview with Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, professor emeritus of African and African Diaspora Studies at UW-Milwaukee as he shares about African and African Diaspora Studies, Ko-Thi Dance Company, and what he is offering in his lectures that are a … Continue Reading »
LACS Alum Selected as Finalist in Global Competition
LACS Certificate alum and current Master of Sustainable Peacebuilding (MSP) student, Alexandria Sedar was part of a three-person team who represented UW-Milwaukee at the global competition, Oxford Mapping the System. Read more by following the link below. Congratulations, Alexandria, Katherine, … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Student conducts research, “Documenting Deportation”
Margarita Garcia-Rojas, LACUSL major, participated in undergraduate research with historian, Dr. Rachel Buff to document deportations and oral histories.… Continue Reading »
LACUSL Associated Faculty Nancy Bird-Soto Publishes Book Dissident Spirits
Nancy Bird-Soto, LACUSL Affiliated Faculty, past LACUSL Committee Co-Chair, and Associate Professor of Latin American Literature in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, has published the book Dissident Spirits: The Post-Insular Imprint in Puerto Rican/Diasporic Literature (Peter Lang, 2018). As … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Associated Faculty Gladys Mitchell-Walthour Named Brazil Studies Association President
August 6, 2018
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Economy in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies, became the Brazil Studies Association President on July 28, 2018 in Rio de Janeiro.… Continue Reading »
LACUSL student Margarita Garcia-Rojas presents research Documenting Deportation at UWM Symposium
On April 27, 2018 at the 10th Annual UWM Undergraduate Research Symposium Margarita Garcia-Rojas, current Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latin@ Studies (LACUSL) Major, presented Documenting Deportation: Where there is oppression, there is resistance. The research was carried out with … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Graduate Andrew Roznowski Hired Before Graduation
Andrew Roznowski (pictured right), a May 2018 graduate of the Latin American, Caribbean, and U.S. Latin@ Studies (LACUSL) Major and an Africology Minor, is included on the UWM homepage under the “Your UWM Experience” feature of students “Hired Before Graduation.” … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Alum Kennia Coronado Talks Study Abroad with Current Students
This month, LACUSL alum and current PhD student at UW-Madison, Kennia Coronado offered a study abroad informational. She shared about her experience abroad as a Latina and answered questions about funding, preparation, tips on convincing parents, and resources on and … Continue Reading »
LACUSL Students Join Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society
Monday, April 23, 2018, two students of the Latin American, Caribbean, and US Latin@ Studies major were inducted into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, the highest of honors in the liberal arts. Congratulations to our LACUSL students, Lucero … Continue Reading »