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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.
Desbordando: Reading Caribbean Waters in Latinx Studies - LSP 4577 (also ENGL 4577)
As Latinx studies continues to expand beyond its nationalistic origins and re-examines its geographical bounds, nuancing the role of borders within the field becomes urgent. This course probes at the primacy of the border in Latinx studies by centering Caribbean waters. As a liquid that refuses to succumb to the violence of fragmentation and instead embodies iterations of radical wholeness, water has an innate capacity to “undo” borders, a quality epitomized by the Spanish verb “desbordar” (to overflow). Through discussion and analysis of key Latinx cultural products we will gain an appreciation for the multiple ways in which water sustains provocative contradictions across borders regarding representations of historical memory, gender and sexuality, migration, race, and religion and spirituality, among others. Instructor: Rebeca Hey-Colón. M 2 – 4:30. 4 credits. (This course fulfills humanities distribution for the LSP undergraduate minor).
Questions, contact Professor Hey-Colón at rlh372@cornell.edu
For the 2025 Fall semester, Latina/o Studies offers a range of courses at the undergraduate and graduate level with the opportunity to explore and learn about history, communities, literature, immigration, as well as cultural identity, migration, language, and more.
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Kety Esquivel '97 ILR and president of the Cornell Latino Alumni Association gives a TEDx Adams Morgan talk, 'Being Unstoppable, No Matter What'!
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Projects spanned topics from Confederate cemeteries to Korean textiles.
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The Latina/o Studies Fridays with Faculty luncheon seminar offers an opportunity for Latina/o and non-Latina/o students to meet faculty and administrators for an informal conversation about their current research/work in progress.
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Isabella Riano is an American studies & government major.
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Voices of Our Nations Arts (VONA) has selected PMA/LSP Associate Professor Karen Jaime as a 2025 VONA Fellow. As a Fellow, Jaime will be participating in their summer poetry workshop.
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A collaboration between Cornell faculty, students and Ithaca community members is bringing together a monthlong event in downtown Ithaca, focused on Latine artists.
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LSP/PMA Associate Professor Karen Jaime gave talk at University of Miami's Center for the Humanities on Queer Nightlife Kinships
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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.