Entries by ccascomm
Publication: Congratulations to Dr. Kency Cornejo on book prize!
Congratulations to Dr. Kency Cornejo, Associate Professor of CCAS, on her book Visual Disobedience: Art and Decoloniality in Central America published by Duke University Press which recently was the Winner of the 2025 Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Book Prize. “In Visual Disobedience, Kency Cornejo traces the emergence of new artistic […]
Publication: Congratulations to Dr. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno on book prize!
Congratulations to Dr. Laura C. Chávez-Moreno, Assistant Professor of CCAS, on her new book How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America published by Harvard Education Press. “An investigation into how schooling can enhance and hinder critical-racial consciousness through the making of the Latinx racialized group In How Schools Make Race, Laura C. Chávez-Moreno uncovers […]
Research Spotlight: Cris Avitia Camacho
Highlighting CCAS Research: We recently asked our undergraduate student, Cris Avitia Camacho, about their experience presenting at Yale University. We take a moment to congratulate Cris as they embark on their research journey! 1) Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? My name is Cris Avitia Camacho (they/them) and I’m a 3rd year […]
CCAS Faculty Statement of Solidarity
We, the undersigned faculty of the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at UCLA, express our full support and solidarity with our students who have been peacefully protesting and demanding that the university divest from ongoing war and genocide. Many of us have visited the encampment throughout its time on our campus and have personally […]
Erika Hirugami UCLA Magazine Feature, Building a Portfolio of Hope
Check out Erika Hirugami, Doctoral Candidate, who was featured in UCLA Magazine. To read, click the following link: “Building a Portfolio of Hope.” Congratulations Erika!
Publication: Read Leonardo Vilchis-Zarate’s LA Times Opinion Piece
We invite you to read and share the LA Times opinion piece co-authored by Leo Vilchis-Zarate, Doctoral Candidate in Chicana/o and Central American Studies. To read “How tenant unions are finding power in numbers to fight L.A.’s housing crisis,” please click on the hyperlink. Congratulations Leo!
Announcement: CCAS 8-Year Review Site Visit
Attention Members of the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies As you know, the César E. Chávez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies will be undergoing a regular programmatic review by the UCLA Academic Senate on March 11th and 12th, 2024. The review team comprises two internal reviewers assigned by […]