Latina/Latino Studies

06/02/2026

Congratulations! Professor Janett Barragán Miranda was awarded a Campus Research Board grant to study the the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a 1980s CDC Latina/o health program.

It was the most comprehensive survey ever conducted on the health of Latina/os and shaped assumptions that they are inherently unhealthy.

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Latina/Latino studies professor Janett Barragán Miranda was awarded funding from the Campus Research Board’s Multiracial Democracy program for her project “From the Streets to the Laboratories: How the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1982-1984) Impacted the Latina/o/x Communit...

05/27/2026

Congrats to LLS graduate minor Dr. Xavier Ramirez!

One of the most meaningful traditions of doctoral education: the hooding ceremony. Congratulations to our newest doctoral graduate, Xavier Ramirez, as he begins the next chapter of his impact in social work and beyond!

05/27/2026

Interested in a graduate minor in Latina/Latino studies? Required course LLS 577: Perspectives in LLS is being offered this fall! Several other courses that are approved for the graduate minor are also being offered this fall.

Learn more about the LLS graduate minor ⬇️
https://lls.illinois.edu/admissions/latinalatino-studies-graduate-minor

05/21/2026

Dr. Sean Ettinger, the Department of Latina/Latino Studies academic program coordinator, was honored with the 2026 Cathy Acevedo Faculty & Staff Award by La Casa Cultural Latina. The award recognizes faculty or staff who have shown extraordinary commitment to Latina/o students and the campus community.

Congratulations! We are so lucky to have you in LLS!

https://lls.illinois.edu/news/2026-05-20/lls-academic-program-coordinator-sean-ettinger-honored-cathy-acevedo-faculty-staff

05/14/2026

Congratulations to Juju Gonzalez-Moreno, a senior psychology and Latina/Latino studies major, for receiving a Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Certificate sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Research!

05/13/2026

Congratulations to all our graduates, award winners, and senior thesis/research paper writers! We are so proud of you and can't wait to see what you do next!

04/29/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 award winners!

04/28/2026

Professor José A. de la Garza Valenzuela's new book “Queer in a Legal Sense: Brown Citizenship and Other Lawful Fictions” looks at the experiences of q***r migrants, and at how immigration practices shape particular fictions about them.

https://lls.illinois.edu/news/2026-04-22/professor-jose-de-la-garza-valenzuelas-book-shows-how-lawful-fictions-are-used

Illinois professor’s book shows how ‘lawful fictions’ are used to manage immigration, citizenship April 21, 2026 1:30 pm by Jodi Heckel Arts and Humanities Editor Humanities Share on Facebook Share on X Share via email University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor of Latina/Latino Studies ...

04/22/2026

Professor Natalie Lira received a Humanities Research Lab Award by the Humanities Research Institute and Office of Undergraduate Research to transform the course LLS 100: Introduction to Latina/o Studies into a local community based-research experience. Congratulations!

Professor Natalie Lira was awarded the Humanities Research Lab Award by the Humanities Research Institute and Office of Undergraduate Research to transform the course LLS 100: Introduction to Latina/o Studies into a local community-based research experience.

04/15/2026

Congrats to Cecelia Escobar, Juju Gonzalez-Moreno, Vanessa Alarcon Angeles, Rey Camas, and Richard Flores for presenting on the panel, "Aesthetics of Resistance: Refashioning Chicane and Migrant Protest" at the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies! The students were accompanied by professors José A. de la Garza Valenzuela and Gabriela Corona Valencia and showcased the amazing work they do for a national audience.