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Assistant Professor Nishant Upadhyay was selected for the Staff Integrity Award from the Center for Student Involvement for the outstanding impact that they have made on the CU Boulder campus! The selection committee was impressed by their efforts and hard work to make CU Boulder a better place. Congrats, Nishant,...

Department of Ethnic Studies graduate student Shawn Trenell O'Neal has been invited to give a distinguished speaker lecture for Drexel University in Philadelphia regarding his developing theory on audio intersectionality: disrupting hegemonic structures against marginalized communities. The interactive presentation is on Thursday, July 9, 3:00 – 4:30pm MST via live...

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the Ruth Glenn Award, our DES Graduate Research Fellowships, and the Best Graduate Student Paper Award. LeAnna Luney received the Ruth Glenn Award to support her dissertation research exploring the intersections of power and how they impact forgotten people's realities, in tandem...

Ethnic Studies PhD student Cassy Gonzalez is one of 132 outstanding scholars nationwide who have been awarded fellowships in the 2020 Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs competition administered by the Fellowships Office of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Gonzalez won in the Dissertation Competition, for her dissertation project,...

Department of Ethnic Studies Program Manager Virginia Kester-Meyer won the Social Sciences Division Staff of the Month Award for the month of March. This award recognizes exceptional staff members making valuable contributions to their departments. Virginia received multiple award nominations and was described as “ . . . dedicated, compassionate,...

“Border Thinking” by Andrea Dyrness and Enrique Sepúlveda III (April 7, University of Minnesota Press). This academic book by University of Colorado professors Dyrness and Sepúlveda deals with “the important and fascinating experiences of migrant Latinx youth who are connected to both sides of our borders,” said Bethany Strout, director...