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The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its thirty-second annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies to Charlie D. Hankin, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Davis, for his book Break and Flow: Hip Hop Poetics in the Americas, published by the University of Virginia Press. 

The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding scholarly work that is written by a member of the association and that involves at least two literatures.

The University of California, Davis, is third in the nation among public universities and 12th among all universities for how well it sets its graduates up for financial success in the WSJ/College Pulse rankings released today (Sept. 5).

The rankings, from The Wall Street Journal and its research partners College Pulse and Statista, consider how much a school improves students’ chances of graduating and their future earnings with results from student and alumni surveys on college life and diversity. The rankings no longer measure reputation or the college’s own finances.

Professor Charlie D. Hankin recently edited a dossier for the Latin American Literary Review, entitled, "Words & Rhythm, Sound & Text."

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Emily Celeste Vázquez Enríquez for being awarded Symposium's 2023 Harold G. Jones Award for the best essay published in the journal.

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. 

Professor of Spanish Diana Aramburu was named one of three 2024 Dean's Faculty Fellows for the College of Letters and Science. This fellowship honors faculty members for outstanding research, teaching and mentorship. Congratulations, Dr. Aramburu!

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!

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

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.  

Congratulations to Ph.D graduate Ana Varela, whose book of poetry, Estancias de Emilia Tangoa, has been awarded a prestigious National Book Prize in Peru.

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.

Watch our recorded presentation from the Internship and Career Center of career exploration and planning while enjoying your major and courses in Languages and Literatures!  See how our humanities majors give you transferable, technical and personal traits to help you in your future career!

by Julia Ann Easley | September 17, 2023

The University of California, Davis, rose to tie for sixth place among the nation’s top public universities in rankings published today (Sept. 17) by U.S. News & World Report.

The 2024 Best Colleges rankings moved UC Davis up four places from last year among public universities and up 10 places to tie for No. 28 among all national universities.