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2016 News

July

Fatima Gomez Receives Approval to Pursue Interdisciplinary Honors in English-Creative Writing and Latina/o Studies

July 13, 2016
Current LLSP Majors, Fatima Gomez Receives Approval to Pursue Interdisciplinary Honors in English-Creative Writing and Latina/o Studies. Congratulations Fatima! We are very proud of you! 

LLSP Alumnae Admitted into Garrett Theological Seminary's Graduate Program

July 6, 2016
LLSP Alumnae Admitted into Garrett Theological Seminary's Graduate Program. Please join us in congratulating our alumnae, Maria Alejandra Salazar, 2011, for being admitted to the Garrett Theological Seminary's graduate program and awarded a Latina/o Leadership Scholarship.  We wish Maria the best as she embarks in this new journey in her life!  

Future LLSP Faculty Wins the American Sociological Association 2016 Best Dissertation Award

July 6, 2016
Future LLSP Faculty Wins the American Sociological Association 2016 Best Dissertation Award. LLSP Congratulates Ford Fellow Michael Rodriguez-Muniz for winning the American Sociological Association 2016 Best Dissertation Award for his dissertation titled, “Temporal Politics of the Future: National Latino Civil Rights Advocacy, Demographic Statistics, and the “Browning” of America.

June

LLSP Professor Receives Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award

June 21, 2016
LLSP Professor Receives Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award for 2015-16. We congratulate Professor Hector Carrillo for receiving a Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award for 2015-16. His contributions to undergraduate and graduate teaching in Sociology, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Latina and Latino Studies are invaluable!