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Congrats to our LALACS 2023 Graduates!

LALACS majors and minors are known for their leadership,  interdisciplinarity and creative thinking. This graduating class is no different! Minors   Brian Contreras’23 Major in Psychological Science; Minor in LALACS; Diversity Leadership Council Representative; OLAS. Plans after graduation: I plan to attend graduate school in Neuropsychology.     Margaret Lucas’23 Majors in Spanish and Classical Languages; […]

LALACS 2023 Senior Symposium

You’re Invited! May 17th 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the Three Crowns Room. Join us in celebrating our seniors as they share their Capstone Projects. Cords and Stoles will be awarded by advisors. Great food. All welcome! Sophia Artley Title: An Analysis of Latin American Student Movements Abstract: Latin America has a deep-rooted tradition of student movements […]

LALACS 2022 Senior Symposium

You’re Invited!May 11th 5:00 p.m. in the President’s Dining Room.Join us in celebrating our seniors as they share their Capstone Projects. Cords and Stoles will be awarded by advisors.   MARÍA FLORES MÁRQUEZPolitical Science, Spanish, and LALACSTitle: The Legacy of U.S Interventionism: How the U.S Involvement in Central America Led to the Mass Migration of […]

Congrats to our LALACS 2021 Graduates!

Majors Carlos Balbuena Conner Cress    Marisa Gustafson     Ava Hanson   Zachary Johnson         Vanessa Ramírez-Gavilán   Paige Patterson     Minors Hailey Concepción     Katie Orcutt           Emma Lohman     Gracie Willaert

LALACS Senior Symposium

AVA HANSON Majors in Psychology, Spanish and LALACS “Literature/Interview-Based Suggestions for Navigating Interpreter-Provider Dynamic during Behavioral Health Sessions with Latinx Clients.” My LALACS capstone project studies disparities in behavioral healthcare faced by the Latinx community. Originally, I reached out to a company providing behavioral health services to figure out ways that I could help them. […]

5th Gustavus Latinx Film Festival

For the 5th Gustavus Latinx Film Festival we have selected five diverse films that challenge ethnic, racial, linguistic, social and political, constructions in the Americas. We hope you will enjoy these films, and the robust conversations that will follow them. All films will be available for free streaming the week prior to the dates below. […]

Shout Out to Our 2020 Grads!

LALACS MAJORS Samuel Abegglen’20  Biology, Studio Art, and Latin American, Latinx and Carribean Studies triple major; Spanish Minor Senior Capstone: LGBT migrants from Latin America report persecution as a reason for seeking asylum in the USA. While scholars have analyzed this issue, less focus has been placed on the racism and heterosexism within the migration […]