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Latino/a Studies -- A New Academic Year!
Welcome to The Ohio State University's Latino Studies Program website.
This academic year 2008-2009, the Latino/a Studies Program at the Ohio State University continues to grow and develop in new and exciting ways. We have a cadre of internationally recognized Latina/o faculty that includes: Professor Pat Enciso (Education), Professor Guisela Latorre (Women's Studies), Professor Theresa Delgadillo (Comparative Studies), Professor Manny Martinez (English), Professor Ruby Tapia (Comparative Studies), Professor Frederick Aldama (English), Ignacio Corona (Spanish&Portuguese), Professor Lilia Fernandez (History), Professor José Castro (Engineering), Professor Eugenia Romero (Spanish&Portuguese), and Professor José Villa (Education and Vice Provost of Minority Affairs). We now have a competition for Award for Best Undergraduate Essay in Latino/a Studies Award (ABUELo/aS). This is a $250 scholarship award to help with educational materials. ABUELo/aS will be awarded at our upcoming Latino/a Studies yearly grand event: "Eyes Wide Open: New Work on Latina/o Visual Culture." This will be a talk and book signing with Professor William Nericcio (San Diego State University) who is author of Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America and Professor Guisela Latorre (OSU) who is author of Walls of Empowerment: Chicana/o Indigenist Murals of California. "Eyes Wide Open" will take place a the Faculty Club Grand Lounge. 3:30-5:30PM. Feb. 23rd.
For our Minors—new and current—as well as students generally, our Latino Studies faculty offer new and exciting courses. Faculty in the English department such as Professor Martinez offer regular courses on Chicano authors. And, those like Professor Enciso offer cross-disciplinary courses on topics of multi-ethnic education. In a course with Professor Latorre you will learn of the riches offered by Chicano mural art. Other courses on Borderland studies will be offered in Comparative Studies by Professors Tapia and Delgadillo. While Professor Fernandez received a fellowship to complete her book this year, she will continue to teach her popular courses on Latino history when she returns next year.
We hope to see you in our courses, as Minors, and at our special events. For events, courses, and the Minor, or any other Latino Studies questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Professor Aldama or Anne Langendorfer at: aldama.1@osu.edu or langendorfer.2@osu.edu
