Center for Latin American Studies at SDSU

On the search for a summer job? 😎 Environment California in partnership with the Fund for the Public Interest is looking for students to work in their summer campaign office. Use the link for more info!

Mark your calendars! Erica Davis’ thesis defense will be on April 29th in AL 379! See you there 👋

Join us this Wednesday, April 15 for Alexandra Escobar’s thesis defense! Hope to see you there ✨

Please join us at Scripps Cottage on Tuesday, 4/7, for a guest lecture followed by Q&A with Dr. Lorraine Bayard de Volo from the University of Colorado-Boulder! Dr. Bayard de Volo’s areas of interest include gender as it interacts with and informs war, revolution, political violence, and social movements. Her regional area of specialization is Latin America, and she has done fieldwork in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico (Chiapas), and most particularly Nicaragua.

She is the author of Mothers of Heroes and Martyrs: Gender Identity Politics in Nicaragua, 1979-1999 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press) as well as articles in journals, including Comparative Politics, Gender & Society, Social Politics, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Mobilizations, and PS: Political Science and Politics.

Her current research is based upon grants she received from the National Science Foundation and the United States Institute of Peace. She is currently working on a comparative research project on women, war, and peace processes in Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Her first planned major publication out of this research will be a book on gender and the Cuban revolution.

Coming up this month: Lucia Canul’s doctoral dissertation defense! Please join is either in person or virtually April 22!

🚨IMPORTANT🚨The Tinker Research Grant deadline has been extended to April 7th at 11:59pm.

Come by and support Genesis Daniela Velez for the defense of her thesis — Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Central America: Voices and Policies. Join in person or over Zoom at 2pm!

🚨IMPORTANT DEADLINE🚨Applications for the Tinker field and research grant are due by the end of today, March 17th!!!

The Tinker Field Research grant is fast approaching!! The deadline is March 17th at 11:59pm! The Tinker Field Research Grants fund the travel and partial logistical costs of graduate students who will be doing preliminary research in Latin America. The objective of this grant is to provide students with the opportunity to immerse themselves in their perspective fields and attain language knowledge, cultural background, initiate research contacts, network with institutions and possible informants and/or research projects, and gather preliminary research data.

The Latin American Studies Student Organization invites you to come by the CLAS for Valentine’s card making this Thursday! 💌💝💘💐

Want to get funding for preliminary thesis research abroad? Apply for the Tinker Grant, which can substantially support with the costs of travel!

Deadline to apply: ☘️March 17th, 2026☘️

For more information, contact our Study Abroad Coordinator, Lauren Gómez, at [email protected]!

Interested in studying abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico? Find out more info about our various study abroad options through the Center for Latin American Studies!