Program in Latino Studies
Director
Marta Tienda
Executive Committee
Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Hendrik A. Hartog, History and American Studies
Edward E. Telles, Sociology
Alexandra T. Vazquez, English and African American Studies
Associated Faculty
Jeremy I. Adelman, History
Vera S. Candiani, History
Miguel A. Centeno, Sociology and Woodrow Wilson School
Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Sociology
Rubén Gallo, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Angel Harris, Sociology and African American Studies
Douglas S. Massey, Sociology and Woodrow Wilson School
Alejandro Portes, Sociology
Deborah J. Yashar, Politics
Sits with Committee
Jessica Delgado, Religion
Ricardo Montez, Council of the Humanities
The Program in Latino Studies offers an interdisciplinary curriculum that traverses the arts, humanities, and social sciences 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 sociology, politics, history, Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures, and English, as well as the Woodrow Wilson School and the Center for African American Studies. 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.
Requirements for Admission
Students from all departments are welcome to the program, but interested students are encouraged to complete the required gateway course, LAO 200 Latinos in American Life and Culture, by the end of their sophomore year.
Course of Study
In addition to the required gateway course, students must complete four courses outside their department of concentration that draw from both the social sciences and the arts and humanities. Of these, at least one should be a seminar (please consult with the program for the most current list of options), and one must emphasize comparative race relations. In order to qualify for the Latino studies certificate, a course must devote at least half of its content to the U.S. Hispanic population.
Students are also required to write a senior thesis on a topic relating to the Hispanic population of the United States.
Courses Fulfilling Seminar Requirement
*POL 430 Seminar in Comparative Politics: Causes and Consequences of International Migration
Courses Fulfilling Comparative Race Relations Requirement
POL 334/AAS 335 The Politics of Race and Health in America
POL 336/AAS 336 Race and American Politics
*POL 430 Seminar in Comparative Politics: Causes and Consequences of International Migration
SOC 227 Race and Ethnicity
*SOC 315/LAS 316/AAS 315 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Latin America
*SOC 340/REL 390 God of Many Faces: Comparative Perspectives on Migration and Religion
SPA 401/HIS 409/LAS 428 Topics in Hispanic Culture (Europe and America)
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 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
Social Science Courses
*AMS 329/SOC 329 Immigrant America
ANT 304 Political Anthropology
*HIS 309/LAS 312 History of Modern Mexico
HIS 304 Modern Latin America since 1810
*POL 333 Latino Politics in the United States
POL 334/AAS 335 The Politics of Race and Health in America
POL 336/AAS 336 Race and American Politics
*POL 430 Seminar in Comparative Politics: Causes and Consequences of International Migration
SOC 210/LAS 210 Urban Sociology: The City and Social Change in the Americas
SOC 227 Race and Ethnicity
SOC 248/LAS 248 Modern Mexican Society
SOC 310/LAS 310 Gender and Development in the Americas
*SOC 315/LAS 316/AAS 315 Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Latin America
*SOC 340/REL 390 God of Many Faces: Comparative Perspectives on Migration and Religion
Arts and Humanities Courses
*AAS 310/ENG 324/MUS 256 Music from the Hispanophone Caribbean
*AAS 428/ENG 428 Latina/o Performance
*ENG 337/AAS 361/LAS 337 The Literary South
*ENG 402/AAS 408 Forms of Literature: Introduction to U.S. Latina/o Literature
SPA 222/LAS 222 Introduction to Latin American Cultures
SPA 319/LAS 319 Topics in Cinema and Culture
SPA 342/LAS 342 Topics in Latin American Modernity
SPA 401/HIS 409/LAS 428 Topics in Hispanic Culture (Europe and America)
*One-time-only course or topic