Department News

En memoriam: Dr Elisa Facio Dr. Elisa Facio, one of the foundational members of the Department of Ethnic Studies, passed away on August 30, 2018. Dr. Facio dedicated her life to fighting for social justice and for spaces of respect and empowerment for Chicanas, faculty and students of color, and...

The break up of the Soviet Union, the precarious status of nation-states in parts of Africa and Asia, the rise of multiculturalism in the United States, the acceleration of economic globalization and other related events of the 1980s and 1990s have prompted scholars to explore, in ways they had not...

Assistant Professor in Asian American Studies The Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Asian American Studies to begin in Fall 2019. We are particularly interested in candidates who examine gender and sexuality in transnational and comparative perspectives...

Knowing the Land: Indigenous Strategies for Revitalization and Adaptation Clint Carroll, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder Location : Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex (SEEC), N124 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder CO, CU-Boulder Date and time : Wednesday, September 5th, 2018 at 3:30 pm This talk will address challenges that...

Dr. Ordaz grew up in Brentwood, California. She is the granddaughter of bracero agricultural laborers and the daughter of migrant workers. At the age of 18 she left home to pursue higher education and became a first gen college student at UC Santa Barbara triple majoring in Women’s Studies, History...

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Villanueva will join the DES faculty as Assistant Professor beginning Fall 2018. Congratulations, Dr. Villanueva, on your promotion!

As the newly elected Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies, I hope to continue building on the visionary and pragmatic leadership of Dr. Rabaka and Dr. Maeda. I am deeply committed to continue building our Department of top tier scholars, teachers, students at both the undergraduate and doctoral levels,...