The Official page of the Chicana/o Studies Department at CSUDH.
05/16/2026
Congratulations to the Chicana/o Studies Graduation Class of 2026! They showed up, pushed through, and handled business! Wherever there is oppression there is always resistance & earning that degree is top tier resistance! ✊🏽
05/02/2026
Congratulations the Latine Grad Celebration Chicana/o Studies Class of 2026!
¡Saludes, DH community and prospective students! 😁 Ever wondered what it’s like to major/minor in Chicana/o/x/é Studies at ? Well…get to know the exciting daily life of CHS major Laraine Pérez as they balance daily routines, classes, and connections on campus! We invite you to learn our [mind expanding] critical approaches to Chicanx-Latiné culture, her-his-their-story, literature, academic writing, international migration, music, intersectionality, LGBTQIA2S+ theories and feminisms grounded in Chicanx-Latiné / Indigenous foundations. 🤯 Come join us and major/minor in CHS at CSUDH!! Thank you, Laraine!!! 📚✨🇲🇽 ✨ Student StudentLife University UniversityLife CSU
Today the Chicana/o Studies Dept and La Casita collaborated on a beautiful outreach day! 35 middle schoolers, 3 teachers, and the principal from Willard Intermediate (Santa Ana Unified) enjoyed a day of platicas w/ CSUDH college students, a campus tour, and a good old Toro time at the LSU! The day was magia & a wonderful example of how academic & student affairs can come together to practice HSI servingness.
03/26/2026
Want to learn about Chicanx education? Exploring teaching as a possible career? Do you aspire to work with Chicanx, Latinx youth? Thinking of applying to graduate school but have no idea how, what, where to start? Then register for CHS 400 for Fall 2026! Students will gain hands-on experience through Participatory Action Research focusing Chicanx educational issues & will learn about applying to graduate school by producing a mock graduate school application packet.
03/19/2026
11/08/2025
In this difficult time the Chicane, Latine community faces at a local and national level, it is important to recognize what Maestra Ofelia Esparza & Maestra Rosanna Esparza Ahrens reminded us in their platica, “La Cultura Cura.” (The culture heals). Thank you to all the CSUDH comunidad for coming together and honoring tradition, history, and our ancestors at the annual Dia de Mu***os celebration! Congrats to the wonderful student planning committee, to the Chicana/o Studies Dept students and classes involved, La Casita, ASI, and the Loker Student Union. May we all continue to feel protected by the portal of love established by this offering/ofrenda of community coming together.
10/29/2025
CHS460 is an upper division major requirement. For CHS minors it counts as an upper division elective choice. Note, due to budget cuts CHS 486 is not being offered in the near future. CHS460 is the course offered in the upper division requirements/electives that focuses on gender & feminisms. Please see your CHS academic advisor or contact them with any advising questions you may have.
10/20/2025
Dia de Mu***os sugar skulls workshop! 🌸💀🌺