New Minor in Central American Studies
Dear Faculty and Students, It is with great joy that I announce that our Central American Studies Minor has been officially approved by the university, effective Spring 2021. It has […]
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Graduate Student Awards!
The best part about being Director of Graduate Studies is sharing news of our grad students’ accomplishments. Please join me in congratulating Lucia Leon, who was awarded the Charles E. and […]
Statement of Solidarity from the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies
The César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies demands justice for the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, David McAtee, Ahmaud Arbery, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner, […]
Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at UCLA
The UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies is pleased to invite applications for an open Assistant Professor search. We invite applications from outstanding candidates for an open position […]
Director of the Chicano Studies Research Center
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Institute of American Cultures (IAC) seeks a dynamic and respected scholar to provide intellectual research and programmatic leadership for Chicano Studies […]
UCLA Student Featured on LA Opinion
Recent UCLA undergraduate student, Manuel Cruz, was featured on LA Opinion. His new dream is to become a lawyer specialized in migration and criminology. One day after graduating from the […]
Professor Maylei Blackwell Receive Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research
The inaugural Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research, which is supported by the Chancellor’s office and the UCLA Center for Community Learning, has allocated six $10,000 research grants to develop new undergraduate research […]
UCLA Recruitment: Assistant Professor in Central American Studies
The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, announces a search for a tenure-track position in Central American Studies to be filled effective July […]
Professor Gena Carpio tackles race, space and mobility in her first book
Genevieve Carpio, assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at UCLA, was spurred to write her first book by witnessing the injustice of sobriety checkpoints across inland Southern California in […]
25th Anniversary of Student Activism for Chicana and Chicano studies at UCLA
The UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies invites people to join them for a symposium that will commemorate the 1993 faculty center sit-in and hunger strike […]
As a land grant institution, the Chicana/o and Central American Studies department at UCLA acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands).
