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Latina/o Studies offers a multi-disciplinary range of courses that enhance students’ understanding of Latinas/os in the United States ranging in topics from immigration, labor, politics, music and health to history, culture, law, education, performance and literature. Course offerings are mostly drawn from history, sociology, anthropology, government, literature and performance studies, among others, but the program also cross list courses from other colleges.
Monday & Wednesday • 2:55-4:10 • 105 Ives Hall
We will explore histories, cultures, and politics of the African, Caribbean and Latin American diasporas especially since the Haitian Revolution and the Mexican War of Independence. Students will examine relationships between hemispheric events such as the abolition of slavery in the Americas, Reconstruction, the New Deal, the civil rights movement, and the roles of Latinx workers in US politics. The course fulfills a social science distribution for the Latino Studies minor.
Questions: Contact Professor Paul Ortiz @ portiz@cornell.edu
Join the Cornell Latino Alumni Association (CLAA) and the Latina/o Studies Program for the Fall 2025 Fridays with Alumni series to introduce students to Cornell alums who will offer advice on preparing for an ever-changing workplace. All are welcome. Clemencia Fonseca '13 MBA Friday, November 2...
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Enrolled students at Cornell who identified as Hispanic increased from 9.5 to 11.1 percent from the Class of 2028 to the Class of 2029.
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Cornell Alum, Patricia Campos-Medina ’96, MPA ’97, executive director of ILR’s Worker Institute and senior extension associate, honored as a Changemaker Champion by the YWCA of the City of New York.
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On Friday Oct. 17th, a myriad of students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members joined together at Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room in celebration of the 32nd Annual Latino Unity Dinner.
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In the wake of her passing, Castillo's children, colleagues, former students and collaborators remember her with affection, admiring her welcoming nature, compassion and commitment to mentorship.
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As a first-generation, low-income student, navigating academia has been challenging, but not impossible, thanks to the support of programs like the Latina/o Studies Program; I have been able to advance in my academic career.
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Eduardo Peñalver ‘94, former Dean of Cornell Law School, and longtime supporter of LSP, to become Georgetown University’s 49th president.
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Professor Debra Castillo, Stephen H. Weiss presidential fellow and Emerson Hinchliff professor of Hispanic Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences, died Oct. 5 at the age of 72.
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Originated in 2004 and currently supported by the College of Arts & Sciences, the Latina/o Studies Program Fridays with Faculty seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students of all levels and disciplines to meet faculty and administrators from across the university for informal conversation and lunch. The program features speakers with some connection to Latina/o Studies or the Latina/o experience at Cornell and provides a significant alternative academic component for the LSP community. The seminar also serves as a cornerstone retention program as it builds connections and sense of belonging among undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty, and increases students' use of Cornell's academic resources.