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The Latin American, Caribbean and US Latino and Latina Studies program at the University at Albany has many students working on interesting and important research projects to improve the understanding of people who make up a large part of our population. Moses Nagel of MediaSanctuary spoke to LACS PhD candidates Eric Macias and Benoît Vallée separately about their research. 

The Panama Canal Museum is undergoing a massive renovation project of its exhibitions. The research of this renovation has been done by the PhD student Andrea Miranda, who also wrote the exhibition script. Miranda’s work provides the Museum with the necessary historical data in order to present its collection of artifacts in a truthful and detailed manner.

Dr. Johana Londoño's book Abstract Barrios: The Crises of Latinx Visibility in Cities won the 2020 Outstanding Book Prize from the Latina/o Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association.

Congratulations to Dr. Jason Irizarry, LACS MA'98, for being named Dean of the Neag School of Education at UCONN. He's the first Latino to serve in this position.

Ruth Murcia, incoming LACS PhD student, is one of the recipients of the Presidential Doctoral Fellowship for Research Training in Health Disparities. The Fellowship is for four years starting with the 2021-2022 academic year. As a PhD student, Ruth plans to focus her research on domestic workers in New York State. LACS congratulates Ruth on this notable achievement! Eric Macias, a PhD Candidate in the Latin American, Caribbean, and Latina/o Studies Department at the University at Albany, received honorable mention from the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, a prestigious and highly competitive fellowship that recognizes students who “show promise of future achievement as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.” LACS congratulates Eric on receiving this honor!

Guest Speaker: Professor Gilbert M. Khadiagala Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Moderator: Dr. Marcel Kitissou, Department of Africana Studies

Zoom Presentation by graduate student Trae Manzili; Moderated by Dr. David Glovsky. Black parenting styles will be explored to understand which styles relate to better outcomes for children as they get older. Some significant findings will be discussed.

For Leonard A. Slade, Jr., writing has always been about faith, hope and charity, even as his poetry addresses real world problems.