El Plan de Santa Bárbara, catalyst for Chicano Studies departments across California, turns 50
chicana and chicano studies
-
-
New book by UCSB historian Mario García explores the Chicano civil rights struggle in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s -
Muñoz’s talk also marks the 45th anniversary of the National Chicano Antiwar Moratorium in East Los Angeles -
Aída Hurtado is recognized by the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies -
The award is named in honor of Luis Leal, a professor emeritus of Chicana and Chicano Studies at UCSB -
UCSB Professor Mario Garcia offers 13 testimonios to prove that today's young Latinos can overcome negative stereotypes -
Aída Hurtado, a professor and Luis Leal Endowed Chair in UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies, was selected to receive the Outstanding Latino/a Faculty in Higher Education (Research Institutions) Award from the American...
-
María Herrera-Sobek, professor of Chicano and Chicana Studies at UC Santa Barbara, has been named to receive the II Galardón Don Luis Leal award from Asociación HispaUSA, a non-profit organization that promotes the study and research of the...
-
Sixty-two years ago today, a group of students from the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh (then known as East Pakistan) were killed as they participated in the Bengali Language Movement protests.
-
In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools to protest decades of inferior or discriminatory education in their so-called “Mexican Schools.” During these historic walkouts –– or “blowouts,” as...
-
“I couldn’t have paid for something like this.” That’s what one grateful graduate student said of her participation in Crossroads, a yearlong, multifaceted interdisciplinary research...
-
The Chicano movement of the 1960's and 70's represents the most significant civil rights and empowerment movement by Mexican Americans in the United States.
-
Laura Romo, associate professor of education at UC Santa Barbara, is the new director of the campus's Chicano Studies Institute. She replaces Carl Gutiérrez-Jones, professor of English at UCSB, who held the position for the past six years.
-
In March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high schools to protest decades of inferior or discriminatory education in their so-called "Mexican Schools." During these historic walkouts –– or "blowouts," as...
-
Aida Hurtado has joined the faculty at UC Santa Barbara as the new chair of the Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies.
-
The University of California has approved a proposal by UC Santa Barbara to establish the nation's first doctoral program in Chicano studies.
