Program in Latino Studies
Faculty
Director
- Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús
Associated Faculty
- Vera S. Candiani, History
- Miguel A. Centeno, Sociology
- Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Sociology
- Rubén Gallo, Spanish & Portuguese
- Brian E. Herrera, Lewis Center for the Arts
- Amaney A. Jamal, Politics
- Christina H. Lee, Spanish & Portuguese
- Christina León, English
- Rosina A. Lozano, History
- Douglas S. Massey, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs
- Dan-El Padilla Peralta, Classics
- Deborah J. Yashar, Schl of Public & Int'l Affairs
Program Information
The Program in Latino Studies, administered by the Effron Center for the Study of America, offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that traverses the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The program is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the emergence, transformation, and consolidation of Latino/a/x as a pan-ethnic group central to the development of the United States as a nation. The course of study also highlights the transnational connections and contexts of Latino/a/x peoples across the Americas, including dynamics of globalization, migration, colonialism, imperialism, citizenship, and diaspora.
The Program in Latino Studies’ structure facilitates productive engagement with the programs housed in the Effron Center and encourages comparative and intersectional work with the Department of African American Studies, Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and other relevant fields of study that help to contextualize Latino/a/x histories and cultures within the diversity of American experience.
In addition, the Program in Latino Studies’ structure facilitates productive engagement with the fields of American studies and Asian American studies and encourages comparative and intersectional work with the Department of African American Studies, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and other relevant fields of study that help to contextualize Latino/a/x histories and cultures within the diversity of American experience.
For more information, please visit the Effron Center website, effroncenter.princeton.edu.
Admission to the Program
Students from all departments are welcome to the program. Students may enroll in the Latino studies certificate program at any time, including the first year. There are no prerequisites, and courses taken prior to enrollment may count towards the certificate requirements. Students may take the gateway course AMS 101 at any time during their studies, including after enrollment in the certificate program. To enroll in the program, students should complete the online enrollment form. New students should plan to meet with the associate director or program coordinator of the Effron Center for the Study of America before the end of their first year of enrollment, to review their plans for fulfilling the certificate requirements.
Program of Study
Students may earn a certificate in Latino studies by successfully completing the following requirements, consisting of five courses:
- AMS 101: America Then and Now
- Three courses in Latino studies, either originating in the program or cross-listed and preferably representing disciplinary breadth in the social sciences, arts, and humanities. No more than one course taken in fulfillment of the student’s concentration may be counted toward the certificate. With the approval of the associate director, a student may substitute a comparative race and ethnicity course that contains substantial Latino studies content for one of these courses.
- An advanced seminar in American studies, preferably taken in the senior year.
Certificate of Proficiency
Students who fulfill all program requirements will receive a certificate of proficiency in Latino studies upon graduation.