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The University of Michigan (UM) Working Group to Advance Social Science Scholarship and Teaching on Latinx Youth and Families connected scholars from different disciplines on campus that were doing timely and important research on Latinx communities. This workgroup allowed faculty in the social sciences to join resources, dialogue across disciplines, and engage in fruitful collaborations. Click here to learn more about our activities. The following academic departments were represented in this working group: Psychology, Education, Social Work, Romance Languages, Sociology, American Culture, and Political Science. To read more about members' work and contributions to academic literature serving Latinx youth and families click here.
“What I most gained from the Latinx Working Group was to be able to get to know other Latinas/os academics at U of M. In the Sociology Department, I have been the lone Latin for over 20 years. In the American Culture Department, I have always been part of the Latina/o Studies Program, but the faculty are all in the humanities, I was the only social scientist. Thus, I can say my career as a Latina scholar has been characterized by isolation. Thus, being part of the Latinx Working Group was an enormous pleasure for me, to get to know the other Latinas/os in the College at U of M and to get to know their work. I will certainly take what I learned from all of you forward into my teaching and research. I look forward to our collaboration next on a volume.”
-Silvia Pedraza
Our Resources
Our Resources
The UM Latinx Workgroup has compiled a number of resources for scholars, caretakers, activists, and community members that work regularly with Latinx youth and families. These resources are to serve as assets to supplement and inform those engaged in Latinx communities. Click here to view the compiled resources.
“Being a member of the working group meant having the rare opportunity to be in a space with a group of Latinx scholars with a shared commitment to examining and disrupting the ways in which youth experience injustice in the different aspects of their lives. I was always appreciative and inspired by the scholarship that my colleagues shared, as well as by everyone's deep caring for each other.”
-Enid Rosario Ramos
Funding
Funding
Our work was made possible by the generous support of the National Center for Institutional Diversity (NCID) Think-Act Tank Grants program and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI).
We would also like to express our gratitude to Bernardette Pinetta, Victoria Vezaldenos, & Lizbeth Diaz for creating this microsite.
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