The Institute for Latino Studies is pleased to announce the participants for our 2018 Young Scholars Symposium, to be convened April 26-27, 2018 on the University of Notre Dame campus. These scholars will present a dissertation chapter or essay draft for discussion with ILS faculty and our 2018 Distinguished Visiting Professor, José E. Limón, Professor of American Literature Emeritus at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Texas' Mody C. Boatright Regents Professor of American Literature Emeritus. Congratulations to our 2018 honorees!
This year's scholars include:
- Enrique Dávila, Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Chicago
- Marcela A. Di Blasi, Postdoctoral Fellow in the English Department at Dartmouth College
- Ruth M. Hernández, PhD Candidate in the Sociology Department at the University of Connecticut
- Jorge E. Moraga, Assistant Professor of ethnic studies at California State University, Bakersfield
- Mark A. Ocegueda, Assistant Professor of U.S. and Mexican American history at California State University, Sacramento
- Cristina Pérez Jiménez, Assistant Professor of English at Manhattan College
- Sarah Quesada, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Latino Studies
- Francisco Robles, Assistant Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Latino Studies
To learn more about the eight scholars please visit our Young Scholars Symposium page.