Latin American Studies Archives

News

Ethnic Studies programs face obstacles

On Oct. 9, the Swarthmore Indigenous Students’ Association highlighted in their demands to the college that the school does not have an Indigenous Studies program and offers few courses in indigenous studies in general. The creation and backing of ethnic studies programs

October 26, 2017

Campus Journal

Machuca-Galvez must stay: students hope to ensure return of professor

Karen Avila ’20 enrolled in Professor Milton Machuca-Galvez’ “Drugs, Gangs, and US Imperialism” class during her first semester of college. After a few months of knowing Avila, Machuca-Galvez nominated himself to be her mentor for the Rubin Scholars Program. “I had a

February 23, 2017

Opinion

The argument against the use of the term “Latinx”

As we continually search for ways to improve gender inclusivity in Spanish, we have come up with a myriad of broad language such as Latino/a and Latin@. The most recent of these solutions is the term “Latinx.” In our opinion, the use

November 19, 2015

Around Campus·News

Latin American Studies program to be renamed to include Latinos

As a product of increasing student demand for a Latino Studies program as well as the recent emergence of Latino studies as a more developed academic subfield, the Latin American Studies Program at the college will be renamed the Latin American and

April 30, 2015

Latin American Studies

Ethnic Studies programs face obstacles

Machuca-Galvez must stay: students hope to ensure return of professor

The argument against the use of the term “Latinx”

Latin American Studies program to be renamed to include Latinos

Latest Posts

SJP Encampment Ends with Arrest of 9 Protesters, Including 1 Current Swarthmore Student

Timeline of the Trotter Lawn Encampment

Faculty Reflect on Encampment, Arrests

After Encampment, Sympathetic Students Frustrated by “Unambiguously Ineffective” SJP Tactics

Suggestions

Latin American Studies

Latest Posts

Follow Us