Latin American and Latino Studies

Kids in Charge

LALS Associate Professor Jessica Taft has spent more than a decade studying youth activism

Human Rights Lab

Student researchers use high-tech sleuthing tools at the Research Center for the Americas

Major in LALS at UCSC

Learn more about Latin American and Latino Studies and our combination majors with politics and sociology

Graduate Study

LALS graduate student explores his interest in history, anthropology and ethnographic studies

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NEWS & EVENTS

April 29, 2020Zavella authors new book about reproductive justice
April 1, 2020New Book from LALS Professor Jeffrey Erbig
February 24, 2020Professor Ramírez Opinion Piece in The NYT

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

LALS and Politics alumnus Ricardo Garcia will lead a team of 1,200 in the LA Public Defender's Office, including 750 attorneys. Read the whole article here.

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS

Where Caciques and Mapmakers Met - Jeffrey Erbig

The Woman in The Zoot Suit - Catherine Ramirez

RESEARCH / CREATIVE WORK

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