Latino/a Studies

Graduate Programs

Given its interdisciplinary character, a graduate degree in Latina/o Studies may be pursued within a variety of more traditional disciplines, such as English, History, Anthropology, Political Science, Sociology, Spanish, and Art History, among others. Latina/o Studies graduate degrees can also be earned under the auspices of American Studies, Ethnic Studies, Public Health, Women’s and Gender Studies, Media Studies, Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature, Performance Studies and Public Policy programs or departments. However, a growing number of U.S. research institutions have established graduate programs or departments that specialize in Latina/o and/or Chicana/o Studies:

American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
http://www.usc.edu/schools/college/ase/home/index.html

Chicana/o Studies, University of California, Davis
http://chi.ucdavis.edu/

Chican@ Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara
http://www.chicst.ucsb.edu/

Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles
http://www.chicano.ucla.edu/

Department of Africana and Puerto Rican/Latino Studies, Hunter College, City University of New York
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/blpr/index.shtml

Department of Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, Rutgers University
http://latcar.rutgers.edu/

Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego
http://www.ethnicstudies.ucsd.edu/

Latina/o Studies, American Culture, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/ac/

Latin American and Latino Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago
http://www.uic.edu/las/latamst/

Latino and Latin American Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz
http://lals.ucsc.edu/

Latino Studies Program, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
http://latinostudies.fas.nyu.edu/page/home