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Call for Proposals Submissions due: Oct. 1, 2021 Editors: Arturo J. Aldama and Jessica Ordaz Violence, Migration, and Detention during Trump’s Reign of Terror and Beyond Although rooted in a long history and lineage of state violence and immigration enforcement, the Trump administration (2016-2020) enacted countless examples of white supremacy,...

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Nishant Upadhyay for winning the BEST SHOULD TEACH GOLD AWARD from the Center for Teaching& Learning ! The Best Should Teach Initiative strives to acknowledge excellence in teaching and academic leadership. The initiative is managed by the Center for Teaching & Learning in coordination with the...

The Sikh American tradition of resilience - Washington Post Sikhism is a monotheistic religion that emerged more than 500 years ago in the Punjab region of India. Sikhs are distinguishable by their long beards and turbans.

Raúl Melgoza, has been awarded a Mellon / ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship for AY 2021-22. This highly competitive program awards only 65 fellowships annually. We’re incredibly proud of Raúl’s accomplishment in receiving this high-level, prestigious fellowship. Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowships support a year of research and writing to help advanced...

Congratulations to Ethnic Studies Professor Dr. Enrique Sepúlveda and Education Professor Dr. Andrea Dyrness for Winning the Outstanding Book Award for 2020 by the Council for Anthropology and Education (CAE), a sub-section of the American Anthropological Association. Their book, Border Thinking: Latinx Youth Decolonizing Citizenship , was published by the...