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Weaving Facts Through the Complexity of Global Migration

by Alex Russell

 

Luis left his home in Guatemala to escape the criminal gangs that were extorting him repeatedly with a threat of violence. He left behind his family, his culture and his very identity for a chance to live the American Dream. 

Claudia Sánchez Gutiérrez

Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez Receives Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentorship Award

  • by Sophia E Meals
 

Professor of Spanish Claudia Sánchez-Gutiérrez was recently awarded one of four 2024 Distinguished Graduate and Postdoctoral Mentorship Awards by Graduate Studies and Graduate Council. According to Graduate Studies, "These awards shine a light on the power of mentorship in shaping the academic and professional journeys of UC Davis graduate students and postdoctoral scholars."

Congratulations, Dr. Sánchez-Gutiérrez!

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UC Davis Scholar Explains the Importance of Chiles in Birria on KQED

 

Daniela Gutiérrez Flores, assistant professor of Spanish at UC Davis, recently appeared on KQED's "Beyond the Menu" show. 

In this episode, host Cecilia Phillips interviews the owners of El Garage in Richmond, Calif. as well as food writer Bill Esparza and Gutiérrez Flores, who specializes in early modern Spanish and colonial Latin American studies, about birria tacos — and their history — in the Bay Area and beyond. 

-By Maria Sestito

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Spanish Faculty Daniela Gutiérrez-Flores among UC Davis Scholars to Receive $225K for ‘Food Justice’ Seminar

by Maria Sestito | March 20, 2024

A team of UC Davis scholars and professors have secured $225,000 in grant funding for Thinking Food @ the Intersections, a seminar focused on exploring the narratives and systems that contribute to food inequity in the U.S. The seminar, planned for the 2024-2025 academic year, will have dual goals of understanding the complexities of food justice through a humanities framework as well as finding new potential solutions.  

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UCD Spanish Grad José "JB" Barrera elected to the National Board of Directors of LULAC, in the role of National Vice President for the Far West

  • by Kevin Adamski

Congratulations to UCD Spanish Grad, and DACA Enrollee, José Barrera, who has been elected to the National Board of Directors of LULAC, in the role of National Vice President for the Far West (see https://lulac.org/about/board/). 

The Mission of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is to advance the economic condition, educational attainment, political influence, housing, health and civil rights of the Hispanic population of the United States.

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