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La Voz Spring 2021, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies Apr 2021

La Voz Spring 2021, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies

La Voz

In this issue:

  • Conference Brings Cuba Scholars to UConn
  • Performance Art in the Crossfire
  • An Evening with Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
  • Jesús Ramos-Kittrell Wins AAUP Teaching Innovation Award
  • Alumni Contribute to State Latinx History Curriculum Initiative
  • New Study: School Employees Help Farmworker Families Access Health Care


Central Americans In Las Vegas, Emily Salazar Apr 2021

Central Americans In Las Vegas, Emily Salazar

Undergraduate Research Symposium Podium Presentations

The Las Vegas Valley has become home to a large Salvadoran and Guatemalan population with no clear understanding of the reason for its growth. Upon arrival to the United States, many Latin American immigrants will often struggle with the language barrier and the lack of resources at their disposal. This study aims to uncover what factors and advantages made the Guatemalan and Salvadoran communities choose to stay in Las Vegas Valley, as well as the contribution these populations have made to this metropolitan area. I will first examine published scholarship that uncovers the reasons on what initiatives made central Americans …


La Voz Winter 2021, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies Jan 2021

La Voz Winter 2021, El Instituto: Institute Of Latina/O, Caribbean, And Latin American Studies

La Voz

In this issue you will find:

  • MA Student Researches Takeover in Providence Schools
  • Indigenous Language Survival in Colombian Amazon
  • "Rise of the Latinx Vote"
  • La Colectiva Virtual Conversation
  • Mark Healey Wins SCHARP Award


Pedagogies Of Latin American Independence: An English-Speaking Analysis, Abigail Townend Jan 2021

Pedagogies Of Latin American Independence: An English-Speaking Analysis, Abigail Townend

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay………………………………3

II. Primary Documents and Headnotes………..20

III. Textbook Critique……………………………...36

IV. New Textbook Entry…………………………..40

V. Bibliography…………………………………....43


Donde Las Nubes Se Unen Al Mar = Where The Clouds Meet The Water, Kimberly E. Contag Jan 2021

Donde Las Nubes Se Unen Al Mar = Where The Clouds Meet The Water, Kimberly E. Contag

MSU Authors Collection

Donde las nubes se unen al mar (2021) es la traducción de la narrativa histórica Where the Clouds Meet the Water (2004), un libro que explica la saga de Ernesto Contag Ziehe y su familia durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ernesto y su familia fueron deportados de su patria ecuatoriana a la Alemania de los Nazis en 1942. La narrativa histórica que se lee casi como novela se basa en la investigación en bibliotecas, hemerotecas y archivos en tres continentes y en los documentos originales de los sobrevivientes de este canje político internacional de inocentes.

Donde las nubes se unen …