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Mérida M. Rúa
B.A.: University of Illinois
M.Ed.: University of Illinois
Ph.D.: University of Michigan
Email: mrua@williams.edu
Phone: 413-597-2370
North Academic Building Room 108
Office Hours for Fall 2008: TBA
LATS 105: Latina/o Identities: Constructions, Contestations and Expressions (Same as INTR 105)
LATS 332/AMST 332: Latinos and Education: The Politics of Schooling, Language, and Latino Studies
LATS 220/AMST 221: Introduction to Urban Studies: Shaping and Living the City
LATS 405/AMST 405: Home and Belonging: Comparative Explorations of Displacements, Relocations, and Place-making
LATS 310/AMST 310: Latino Cityscapes: Mapping Place, Community and Latinidad in U.S. Urban Centers
Research Interests:
U.S. Latina/o Studies
Comparative approaches to race and ethnicity
Urban community formations (postwar era to the present)
Latinos and education
Selected Publications
Articles and Book Chapters:
"Processing Latinidad: Mapping Latino Urban Landscapes through Chicago Ethnic Festivals," co-authored with Lorena García, Latino Studies, 5.3: 317-339 (2007)
"Colao Subjectivities: PortoMex and MexiRican Perspectives on Language and Identity," Centro Journal, 8.2, 117-133 (2001)
Thesis students:
Luz Gómez '08 (Latina/o Studies), "Golden Cages: An Ethnography of Acatlán de Juárez, Jalisco, México and its 'Hijos Ausentes,'1986-2008."