Program in Latino Studies

Academic Unit

Faculty

Director
Anne A. Cheng
Associate Director
Rachael Z. DeLue
Associated Faculty
Jeremy I. Adelman, History

Aisha M. Beliso-De Jesús, Spanish and Portuguese, American Studies

Vera S. Candiani, History

Miguel A. Centeno, Sociology, Woodrow Wilson School

Anne A. Cheng, English, American Studies

Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Sociology

Rubén Gallo, Spanish and Portuguese

Tod G. Hamilton, Sociology

Brian E. Herrera, Lewis Center for the Arts, Theater

Amaney A. Jamal, Politics

Christina H. Lee, Spanish and Portuguese

Christina A. León, English

Rosina A. Lozano, History

Douglas S. Massey, Woodrow Wilson School, Sociology

Dan-El Padilla Peralta, Classics

Marta Tienda, Sociology, Woodrow Wilson School

Ali A. Valenzuela, Politics

Deborah J. Yashar, Woodrow Wilson School, Politics

Program Information

The Program in Latino Studies, administered by the Program in American Studies, 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 Latinos as a pan-ethnic group, and to appreciate the range of Hispanic imprints on American society and culture.

Courses that satisfy the program certificate are offered by the Departments of African American Studies, Anthropology, English, History, Politics, Sociology, and Spanish and Portuguese, as well as the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, the Program in American Studies and The Lewis Center for the Arts. Faculty affiliated with the program direct the study plans of students seeking a certificate in Latino studies, which is pursued in tandem with a disciplinary concentration.

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 freshman year. There are no prerequisites, and courses taken prior to enrollment may count towards the certificate requirements. Students may take AMS 101 at any time during their studies, including after enrollment in the certificate program. Interested students are encouraged to meet with professor Rachael DeLue, associate director of the Program in American Studies, to discuss the program and plan a tentative course of study. To enroll in the program, students should schedule a meeting with professor DeLue through the web appointment scheduling engine (WASE) and bring a copy of the completed enrollment form to that meeting.

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.
A capstone seminar in American Studies, preferably taken in the senior year.

Students should meet with the associate director during course selection periods to discuss course selection.

Certificate of Proficiency

Students who fulfill all program requirements will receive a certificate of proficiency in Latino studies upon graduation.

Courses

LAO 200 Latinos in American Life and Culture (also

SOC 341

LAS 336

) Spring SA This required gateway course will consider how Latinos are transforming the United States even as they embrace a racialized pan-ethnic identity. Readings expose students to the demographic underpinnings of the dramatic growth and historically unprecedented geographic dispersal, the ethical dilemmas posed by undocumented immigration, the historical and contemporary trends in social, economic, and political participation, and the hybrid cultural imprints forged in musical, literary, and artistic work. Two lectures, one preceptorial. Staff

LAO 210 Urban Sociology: The City and Social Change in the Americas (See SOC 210)

LAO 219 Translating America (See ENG 219)

LAO 222 Introduction to Latin American Cultures (See SPA 222)

LAO 232 Documentary Film and the City (See URB 202)

LAO 239 Rap, Graffiti and Urban Cultures in the Hispanic Worlds (See SPA 239)

LAO 278 Histories and Themes in Mexican Religion (See REL 278)

LAO 304 Spanish in the Community (See SPA 304)

LAO 306 Latino History (See HIS 306)

LAO 322 Afro-Diasporic Dialogues: Black Activism in Latin America and the United States (See AAS 322)

LAO 327 Latino Global Cities (See SPA 327)

LAO 328 Immigration, Race, and the Black Population of the United States (See SOC 327)

LAO 329 Immigrant America (See SOC 329)

LAO 333 Latino Politics in the U.S. (See POL 333)

LAO 354 An Introduction to Latino Literature and Culture (See ENG 354)

LAO 385 Theater and Society Now (See THR 385)

LAO 389 Poisonous Flowers: Radical Women in Latin America (See SPA 329)

LAO 401 Latin American Studies Seminar (See LAS 401)

LAO 404 Advanced Seminar in American Studies (See AMS 404)

LAO 465 Latino Urban History (See HIS 465)

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