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Remembering Professor Juan Gómez-Quiñones
Dr. Juan Gómez-Quiñones, leading scholar and activist in Chicana/o…

Dr. Celia Lacayo Interviews Students on Afro-Latino Identity
Dr. Celia Lacayo, Professor of Chicana/o Studies and African…

Professor Eric Avila Featured in “Driving While Black: Race, Space, and Mobility in America”
Professor Eric Avila is featured in the new PBS film, Driving…

Maxwell Greenberg Selected for New Directions in Jewish Studies lectureship
Chicana/o and Central American Studies doctoral candidate, Maxwell…

Rudy Mondragón Discusses the Victory of Teófimo López
Rudy Mondragón, a CCS Ph.D. candidate, has been interviewed…

Jack Cáraves and Rafa Solórzano Author Chapters in Queer and Trans Migrations
Recent graduate alumni, Jack Cáraves and Rafa Solórzano,…

CCAS Featured by UCLA Newsroom
The César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American…

LeighAnna Hidalgo Featured on UCLA Newsroom
Recent UCLA graduate student, LeighAnna Hidalgo, was featured…

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…

Professor Johnson and Professor De León selected for Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Scholars
Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson and Professor Jason De León have…

Call for Dedications from the Class of 2020
During our previous commencement ceremonies, the department has…

Open Position – CPP César E. Chávez Center for Higher Education 2020-2021
The Office of Student Life and Cultural Centers at Cal Poly Pomona…


Assistant Professor in the Department of Chicana/o Studies at UCLA
The UCLA Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o Studies is pleased…

Professor Leisy Abrego and Associate Professor Gaye Theresa Johnson Awarded with Mellon Foundation Grant
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded UCLA a $225,000…

Professor Matt Barreto Receives NSF Grant
A UCLA-led group of racial and ethnic politics researchers…

Director of the Chicano Studies Research Center
The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Institute…

UCLA Student Featured on LA Opinion
Recent UCLA undergraduate student, Manuel Cruz, was featured…

Professor Maylei Blackwell Receive Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research
The inaugural Chancellor’s Award for Community-Engaged Research,…

UCLA Recruitment: Assistant Professor in Central American Studies
The Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies at the University…

Professor Gena Carpio tackles race, space and mobility in her first book
Genevieve Carpio, assistant professor of Chicana and Chicano…

25th Anniversary of Student Activism for Chicana and Chicano studies at UCLA
The UCLA César E. Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano…

Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black Is Awarded $1 million to Study California’s Spanish-Indian Missions
Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black and colleagues from other…

SPOTLIGHT: Maryrosy Araujo’s 2017 Departmental Senior Project
Maryrosy Araujo is a third year undergraduate student from Santa…

Judy Baca Featured in LA Weekly’s 15 Female Artists Who’ve Shaped the L.A. Art Scene
Los Angeles Weekly's Eva Reconos writes:
"Judith Baca.…