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Director

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GREETINGS:
Bienvenidos a nuestro programa! Welcome to the Latin American and Latino Studies Program at UIC! This is a unique multidisciplinary program that compares and combines the study of Latin America and Latino communities in the United States.

The Chicago metropolitan area is home to over a million Latinos from nearly every country in Latin America. This provides students with meaningful opportunities to
reflect and engage with social issues of contemporary importance such as globalization, immigration, and equality as well as questions related to identity including race, nationality and gender. The program has faculty committed to a critical understanding of the historical and cultural context in which these communities and their countries of origin evolve.

Our faculty is engaged in exciting scholarship with strong ties to the communities they study. Students will have opportunities to participate in this through research assistantships and in the many classes that encourage theoretical and interactive learning. Students will also have opportunities to participate in our study abroad programs.

We are home to the premier Latino Studies Journal and host a Rockefeller Program for visiting scholars studying emerging Latinidades in the Midwest. Through our lectures in the communities, we encourage conversations among scholars and people working and living in Chicago’s Latino communities. We also have a diverse student body active in a variety of organizations.

We invite you to check out our various pages here for more information, and feel free to visit us personally at UIC, join one of our classes or participate in our lecture in the communities.

Maria de los Angeles Torres, Director

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