Chicanx Latinx Studies

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Professors Ochoa (PO), Tinker Salas (PO)
Associate Professors Alcalá, Chair (SC), González (SC), Soldatenko (PZ; leave Fall 2019), Summers Sandoval (PO)
Assistant Professors Bacio (PO) (leave 2019-2020), Zimmerman (PO); Associate Professor Suyapa Portillo (PZ; On Leave Spring 2019)
Lecturer Boria-Rivera, Ramírez
Janet Hernandez, Academic Coordinator

The Intercollegiate Department of Chicana/o Latina/o Studies of the Claremont Colleges is concurrently a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field of academic inquiry broadly relating to people of Latin American descent within the hemisphere, particularly within the United States and the wider diaspora. Courses in Chicanx Latinx Studies take into account the intersection of race, ethnicity, class, culture, gender and sexuality. These courses are distributed across three areas of study that make up the Chicanx Latinx Studies major: 1) Educación: Identities, Cultures and Communities; 2) Experiencia: Literature, Music and Representation; and 3) Sin Fronteras: Latinx Experiences in the Americas. Chicanx Latinx Studies contribute to all fields in the humanities and social sciences including professional programs such as education, social work, medicine and law.

Chicanx Latinx Studies emerged in the academy as a product of education and social movements of the 1960s. These movements led to the initial creation of the program at the Claremont Colleges in 1969, making it the second oldest Chicano studies department in the nation. More recently, Chicanx Latinx Studies has emerged as a field of inquiry relating to Latin Americans in the hemisphere and has been the site for work seeking to transcend the gaps between area studies and ethnic studies.

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