Sixth National Conference, National Association of Latino Arts & Culture (NALAC) presents:
Arts! Culture! Leadership! AccÃon!
October 11-15, El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, Texas
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Cecilia Burciaga at Natl Hispanic Univ, San Jose
MALCS chair Adriana Ayala is immensely pleased to note that as of July 1, veteran Chicana educator Cecilia Burciaga has been at the helm of Academics as Interim Provost at the National Hispanic University. Cecilia comes to NHU with over twenty years experience in higher education at Stanford University and at California State University, Monterey … Read more
Otra tenured chingona….Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs
Kudos to newly-tenured Associate Professor of Spanish Gabriella Gutierrez y Muhs at Seattle University, Washington. Gabriella is a gifted teacher, researcher, and poet from Watsonville in Santa Cruz County, California. Her current academic projects include Rebozos de Palabras: An Helena MarÃa Viramontes Reader and the forthcoming Chilean and Chicana Authors: Chicanas, Chilenas and Other Cultural … Read more
A recent interview with Sandra Cisneros
Q: Chicana is one of those words that not all Mexican Americans claim. Why do you? A: It’s like the word “feminist.” You’re not born with it. You have to understand the political history of the word. Just because you have a uterus does not a feminist make you. The same thing with Chicano. My … Read more
Congratulations Rusty!
Way overdue here is congratulations to veteran Malcsista Rusty Barcelo, newly appointed Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity at the University of Minnesota. Her office oversees Disability Services, Equal Opportunity & Affirmative Action, the GLBT Programs Office, the Multicultural Center, and the Office for University Women. After five years at the University … Read more