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Book Launch: Transmovimientos: Latinx Queer Migrations, Bodies, and Spaces

Come celebrate the book launch of Transmovimientos: Latinx Queer Migrations, Bodies, and Spaces.

The Current Highlights the Racial Justice Fellowship Awardees

On June 8th, 2021, UCSB's official news site The Current highlights the 2021 awardees of the Racial Justice Fellowship. Among the awardees was one of our own Ph.D. candidates, Ricardo Delgado Solis, who is one of the 2021 Chicana and Chicano Studies Graduate cohort. The Racial Justice Fellowship was established in Fall 2020 with the stated goal of enhancing recruitment efforts of graduate students committed to teaching, research, and mentorship around racial justice. Ricardo Delgado Solis is one of the four who are the first fellows of this award. 

Magda Garcia Receives President's Postdoctoral Fellowship!

Award Recipient: Magda Garcia Award Date: May 20, 2021

Aracely Garcia Gonzalez: Outstanding Teaching Assistant!

Award Recipient: Aracely Garcia Gonzalez Award Date: April 08, 2021

Alejandro Prado Receives the Ford Foundation Award!

Award Recipient: Alejandro Prado Award Date: March 30, 2021

Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Alejandro Prado for receiving the Ford Foundation Dissertation Award from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in support of his dissertation project, “Chicanx Material Conditions: Chicanidad and the ‘Rise of China,’ Global Capitalism, International Solidarity in 21st Century Los Angeles, California.”

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2021 UCSB Chicana & Chicano Studies Department Virtual Graduation Ceremony

You all are cordially invited to the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies virtual graduation ceremony on May 26 from 3:00-4:00 PM. Graduating seniors will be recognized and acknowledged.

Highlights include announcing Department Award Winners and words spoken from the graduating Seniors. 

We hope to see you soon!

The Latinx Public Voice

"In Good Company: The Latinx Public Voice" a biweekly series of talks. Check this page for more information.

The Underground Railroad Reconsidered: Freedom Fighters and Liberation in Mexican Destinations

The UCSB Departments of Black Studies and Chicana and Chicano Studies will present colloquium speaker Maria Esther Hammack from UT Austin on March 3, 2021 at 6PM.