Spotlight on Scholars in the Latin American and Latina/o/x Studies program at Illinois State University. This series celebrates the diverse and remarkable faculty, staff, and students at Illinois State University, highlighting their unique journeys, research, and teaching contributions.
The Latin American and Latina/o Studies Program Alumni Spotlight highlights the educational and work experiences of our alumni. Here we celebrate the educational journeys and successes of our students. We recently connected with Victor Brito ’20 to learn about his experiences after graduating from Illinois State University.
School of Art alumna Lourdes I. Ramos, M.A. ’84, has been selected as this year’s College of Fine Arts spring commencement speaker. Ramos is the president and CEO of the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) in Long Beach, California.
AJ Kurfman, a senior here at Illinois State, is majoring in Spanish with a Latin American and Latino Studies (LALS) minor. This spring, as he finished up his degree, he is doing an internship with the Immigration Project for credit toward the LALS minor. Despite his busy schedule, he made time to share with LALS
Associate Professor of Sociology Kathryn Sampeck was selected as the 2015-16 Central American Visiting Scholar of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) at Harvard University.
The 2015 Latin American and Latino Studies Spring Lecture Series will host David Glisch-Sanchez at 3 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27 in Williams Hall, room 313.
Illinois State University’s Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program is joining forces with campus and community groups to celebrate Latino Heritage Month from mid-September to mid-October.
Illinois State University faculty acted as a gateway for the local community to discover and experience Cuchito Valdes. Valdes, the grandson of Bebo Valdes, a renowned jazz musician, will come to Bloomington-Normal as part of events marked for this year’s Latino/Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. On Thursday, Sept. 19, Director of the Latin American and Latino/a Studies Program Maura
Illinois State University’s Professor of Sociology Maura Toro-Morn is delving into the plight of immigrant working women as co-editor of a new book of Immigrant Women Workers in the Neoliberal Age.
