USLS student award winner pose with their certificates
USLS Award Winners

Congratulations to Alexa and Oscar, the U.S. Latino/a Studies Oral History Scholarship Interns, on receiving the “Outstanding Engagement in U.S. Latino/a Studies” awards at the… Read More

Snacks and refreshments at the Hispanic World Film Festival
Shenglan Zhang publishes book chapter on “Integrating Technology into Beginning Level CFL Students’ Tone Learning at the Curriculum Level.”

Shenglan Zhan, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published a book chapter on “Integrating Technology into Beginning Level CFL Students’… Read More

Shenglan Zhang publishes book chapter on “Technology-Assisted Chinese Character Teaching”

Shenglan Zhang, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published a book chapter on “Technology-Assisted Chinese Character Teaching” in Chinese Language… Read More

Matthew Hill publishes research in PeerJ

Matthew Hill, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published an article with several co-authors in PeerJ, entitled, “An update on… Read More

Matthew Hill publishes research in PLOS One

Matthew Hill, associate professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures, recently published an article with several co-authors in PLOS One, entitled, “Early Paleoindian… Read More

Poster of the new USLS Oral History Scholarship interns Alexa and Oscar
USLS Oral History Scholarship Interns

Meet the new U.S. Latino/a Studies Oral History Scholarship Interns! They have been hard at work on the USLS Oral History Project with Parks Library. Read More

Listing of USLS Fall 2025 Courses
USLS Fall 2025 Courses

Check out the U.S. Latino/a Studies Program course offerings for Fall 2025!… Read More

Mari Castaneda smiling on a graphic promoting her lecture called Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities
Civic Engagement in Diverse Latinx Communities

Dr. Mari Castañeda will discuss approaches to university-community partnerships within Latinx communities. Such partnerships highlight the importance of developing collaborative higher education pedagogies that… Read More

Students sit and eat pizza at a trivia night gathering
Several students casually playing a game at a WLC event
Lucía M. Suárez
Director’s Letter Spring 2025

January 2025 Dear USLS students, faculty, friends, and community members, Happy New Year! I hope that the winter vacations have provided all with the time… Read More

Anlis Mercado Rios at graduation
USLS GRADS IN THE WORLD: Anlis Mercado Rios

Anlis Mercado, USLS Minor, just graduated from the University of Puerto Rico Law School! She wrote that “Because of that internship, I made the decision… Read More

cardinal and gold tulips blooming outside of Curtiss hall
Iowa U.S. Latina/o/x Oral Histories: Stories of Education

Photo by: Christopher Gannon, University Photographer The collected oral histories in this archive have been produced by students in the community engaged/outreach course, USLS/SPAN/ENG 3770: LATINA/O/X… Read More

Group of students and instructor in front of a screen that reads USLS/Span/ENG 377
Latina/o/x Life Stories: End of Semester Celebration

USLS/SPAN/ENGL 377: Latino/a/x Stories, Memoirs and Oral Histories celebrated a semester of exciting collaborations with Marshalltown High School Mujeres, Al Exito, and ISU students. We… Read More

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Podcast: Intro to Latinx Studies Class Projects

Johanna Burr, our fabulous graduate student instructor, led student centered projects throughout the semester. Here are some samples of the podcast project the students… Read More

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USLS Award Recipient: Excellence in U.S. Latinx Studies

Congratulations to our USLS graduating Senior, Iris Martínez, for the EXCELLENCE IN Latinx Studies Award. Iris, who serves for the US Army,… Read More

Three students smiling at Arab Night 2024
Lucía M. Suárez
Director’s Letter Spring 2024

Spring 2024 Dear USLS students, faculty, friends, and community members, The US Latino/a Studies Program at Iowa State University continues ISU strong with cross-listed classes… Read More

photos and bios for Amanda Torres Traverso and Alexa Garcia