College: College of Letters and Science
Designation: Interdisciplinary program
Majors and degrees offered: None
Other: Ph.D. Minor
Faculty: Professors Guérin-Gonzales (chair), Blanco (Spanish and Portuguese), Escalante (Art), Marquez (Political Science), Scarano (History), Stern (History); Associate Professors Enstad (History), Gloria (Counseling Psychology), Johnson (History), Medina (Spanish and Portuguese), Saldivar (Theatre and Drama), Uttal (HDFS); Assistant Professors Beltrán (Communication Arts), Blackhawk (History), Brander Rasmussen (English), Magaña (Social Work), Rodriguez (Nursing); Senior Lecturer Lopez-Springfield
The Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies Program offers a comparative and transnational approach to the study of Mexican- and Latin-American-origin communities in the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The curriculum offers students the opportunity to study issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality from both historical and contemporary perspectives. The interdisciplinary program is designed to provide students with an extensive knowledge base and the intellectual tools to understand the unity and diversity of U.S. Latina/o populations. The primary objective of the program is to offer students a multidisciplinary, broad-based perspective on the study of Chicana/os and Latina/os, as well as to introduce them to the central questions, topics, and applications within this field of inquiry. Chicana/o and Latina/o studies maintains a central focus on U.S. Chicana/o and Latina/o populations, offering a variety of courses, some focusing on particular national-origin groups or specific academic disciplines, and others organized comparatively and across disciplinary boundaries.
For more information: Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies Program, 312 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706; 608/263-4486; chicla@mailplus.wisc.edu; www.chicla.wisc.edu.