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Call for Papers: SAL CASTRO MEMORIAL CONFERENCE

Spring Colloquium: Dr. Alfonso Gonzales "21st Century Neoliberal Capitalism, the Latino Condition in Southern California and the Challenge to Latino and Latin American Studies"

Join us on Wednesday May 4th from 3:00 to 4:30 PM at South Hall 1623 for a talk with Dr. Alfonso Gonzalez Toribio from UC Riverside.

04/28 Mellichamp Environmental Justice Forum Upcoming Speaker: Dr. Juan De Lara

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Juan De Lara on Wednesday, April 28th, 3:00 PM at South Hall 1623.

Spring Colloquium: Dr. Nicholas Centino and his book "Razabilly"

Come join us for an in-person Spring Colloquium event with Dr. Nicholas Centino, Assistant Professor at the Chicana and Chicano Studies Department at CSU Channel Islands, and author of his book "Razabilly: Transforming Sights, Sounds, and History in the Los Angeles Latina/o Rockabilly Scene."

Wednesday April 13th, from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM at South Hall Room 1623

Welcome Silvia Rodriguez Vega!

The Chicana and Chicano Studies Department welcomes our newest member of the faculty, Dr. Silvia Rodriguez Vega. She will enter our department as an Assistant Professor beginning July 1st, 2022. 

Poet, Journalist, and Teacher Rubén Martínez is Awarded the 2022 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature

Award Recipient: Rubén Martínez Award Date: February 01, 2022

Congratulations Professor Rubén Martínez!

Join us on February 1st, from 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM, to honor the Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature to Professor Rubén Martínez, Professor of English and Fletcher Jones Chair at Loyola Marymount University. This honors his work "The Other Side: Notes from the New L.A., Mexico City, and Beyond." 

"A Love Letter to Chicanx Studies" published at UC Press

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Graduate Program Application Deadline Extended

As of November 29th, the deadline for submitting applications for the Chicana and Chicano Studies Ph.D. Program has been extended to December 15th, 2021. Applicants who intend to apply to our program should contact their letter of recommendation writers of the new deadline. 

If you have any questions about the Graduate online application or about the new deadline, please reach out to the Graduate Program Advisor Fallon Leung via email (ffleung@ucsb.edu).