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Chicana and Chicano Studies Open House Info Session

In collaboration with the Graduate Division Admissions & Outreach department, we invite you to attend an informational session all about the PhD Program in Chicana and Chicano Studies!

Welcome Back: Zoom School and the 2020 Election

Welcome Back CHST Majors, for the first Fall event of the academic year!

Message from the Chair: Covid-19 and Fall Quarter 2020

July 29, 2020

Message from the Chair:

CHST Comunidad Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter

From the faculty, teachers, and associates of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies and Las Maestras Center at UC Santa Bárbara:

Para nuestra comunidad – the parents and familias of our students, nuestro/as vecina/os in Goleta, Lompoc, Santa Bárbara, Santa María, Ventura, Oxnard, and Santa Paula and to all our colegas de consciencia:

Escribimos con coraje. 

Escribimos con urgencia.

Escribimos con esperanza.

Escribimos en SOLIDARIDAD.

CHST Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter- Spanish Version

De parte de la facultad, maestra/os, y asociados del Departamento de Estudios Chicana/os de la Universidad de California en Santa Bárbara

Para nuestra comunidad - para los padres y familias de nuestros estudiantes, nuestros vecinos que radican en Goleta, Lompoc, Santa Bárbara, Santa María, Ventura, Oxnard, y Santa Paula y para nuestros colegas de conciencia.

Escribimos con coraje.

Escribimos con urgencia.

Escribimos con esperanza.

Escribimos en SOLIDARIDAD.

Dr. Gerardo Aldana will be the new Dean of CCS

CONGRATULATIONS, DR. GERARDO ALDANA!

Chancellor Henry T. Yang announced on May 29th, 2020 the appointment of Dr. Gerardo Aldana as the next Dean of the College of Creative Studies (CCS). "We are tremendously excited about the vision, experience, and dynamic leadership that Professor Aldana brings to the position of CCS Dean," said Chancellor Henry Yang. 

Congratulations to Dr. Aida Hurtado!

Award Recipient: Aida Hurtado Award Date: May 21, 2020

Dr. Aida Hurtado is awarded the 2020 Heritage Award honored by Section 35 Women in Psychology, part of the American Psychological Association (APA) in recognition of her distinguished, long-standing and substantial contributions to women and/or gender issues! 

The Latinx Community and Covid-19: Understanding the Pandemic's Impact and Community Responses

TUESDAY, MAY 19th, 7 PM

Please join the UCSB Department of Chicana/o Studies and the MCC to analyze the impact of Covid-19 on Latinx communities in Los Angeles and the Central Coast.