Featured Profiles
November 15, 2024
LALS Alum Nik Altenberg in Santa Cruz Local: "Rats, high rents plague UC-owned Hilltop Apartments in Santa Cruz"
October 7, 2024
"Several tenants at the University of California-owned Hilltop Apartments on Western Drive in Santa Cruz said they have dealt with rats, raised rents, and questionable charges related to utilities and parking from a multinational property management company. "
LALS presence at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Conference in Bogota, Colombia, June 12-15, 2024
September 20, 2024
Faculty and doctoral students from the Department of Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) attended the LASA Conference themed "Reaction and Resistance: Imagining Possible Futures in the Americas."
LALS Alum Nik Altenberg on lawsuit that forces ICE to release policy documents
February 15, 2024
Nik Altenberg (LALS '23) writes for KQED News: "Federal immigration authorities will soon be required to release a trove of documents that have until now been shielded from public view."
LALS Professor Sylvanna Falcón addresses the ethics of mapping migrant violence
November 7, 2023
Falcón details how her Human Rights Investigations Lab team considered how to ethically, and visually, share their research of human rights violations with the public.
LALS Professor interviewed for documentary: The Mapuche and the Myth of Chile
June 30, 2023
Professor Fernando Leiva contributed to this film by Sanjiev Johal that "examines how race and racism have shaped the myths used to forge the nation of Chile from the early 19th century to the present day."
LALS Welcomes New Assistant Professor Carlos Martinez
November 4, 2022
Professor Martinez will offer three new LALS classes this academic year. In winter, he offers LALS 54: Racism, Science, and Health and LALS 177: Migrant Health and Social Justice, and in spring he'll teach LALS 57: Drugs, Addiction, and Recovery in the Americas.
UC Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Cinthya Martinez Joins LALS Department
October 27, 2022
Dr. Martinez will work with LALS Associate Professor Sylvanna Falcón, director of the Dolores Huerta Research Center for the Americas.
Introducing LALS Graduate Program Coordinator Eric Sneathen
October 24, 2022
The Latin American and Latino Studies Department welcomes Eric Sneathen as the new Graduate Program Advisor and Coordinator for LALS. Sneathen joins LALS with a wealth of experience in connecting graduate students with the resources and support they need.
LALS Assistant Professor Lily Balloffet has New Book and Venom Lab
October 16, 2020
LALS Assistant Professor Lily Balloffet’s new book connects modern Latin American and Middle Eastern history through their shared links to global migration systems. Up next: Snakes.
New Book from LALS Assistant Professor Jeffrey Erbig
April 1, 2020
LALS Assistant Professor Jeffrey Erbig has just published an exciting new book examining the spatial history of border making in southeastern South America
Professor Ramírez Opinion Piece in The NYT
February 24, 2020
LALS Associate Professor Catherine Ramírez's opinion piece on the new wealth test for immigrants asks us to "rebuild the safety net, not tear it down."
New Book Highlights Youth Activism
October 21, 2019
Jessica Taft's timely new book questioning children's exclusion from political decision-making coincides with young people leading the charge on climate change
Sylvanna Falcón's interview and new book
March 16, 2016
LALS Assistant Professor Sylvanna Falcón's great interview by The University of Washington Press
Professor Ramírez Featured in WalletHub’s Recent Study
September 24, 2015
Check out what Professor Ramírez has to say in WalletHub's recent study; "2015’s States Where Hispanics Are Most Assimilated"
LALS New Faculty Member - Fernando Leiva
July 1, 2014
Help us welcome LALS's new faculty member, Fernando Leiva!
LALS New Faculty Member - Jessica Taft
March 10, 2014
Help us welcome LALS's new faculty member, Jessica Taft!
Prof. Arredondo appointed to the (OAH) Distinguished Lectureship Program
February 20, 2014
Sandra Alvarez - Assistant Professor at Chapman University
February 14, 2014
LALS Designated Emphasis student accepted a tenure-track position
Professor Rosa-Linda Fregoso "Stice Feminist Scholar of Justice"
February 14, 2014
Latin American and Latino Studies Professor Rosa-Linda Fregoso will speak at the University of Washington
Sylvanna Falcón was awarded Career Enhancement Fellowship
August 9, 2013
LALS Launches New PhD Program
July 24, 2013
Latin American and Latino Studies Department has launched a PhD Program and is accepting students for Fall 2014.
Shannon Gleeson - Conflicting Commitments: The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant Worker Rights in San Jose and Houston
February 1, 2013
LALS Associate Professor Shannon Gleeson's new book, "Conflicting Commitments: The Politics of Enforcing Immigrant Worker Rights in San Jose and Houston" is out.
Julia Sweig Named UCSC Distinguished Alumni in 2011
July 8, 2011
Latin American and Latino Studies program graduate named UCSC Distinguished Alumni in 2011.
