Minor

The Program in Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies enables students to critically examine the experiences of Latine communities and the colonial borders that constitute the Americas as a political and cultural formation. The major attends to histories, geographies and contemporary realities of migration, colonialism, imperialism, and diaspora that link the United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Our curriculum is deeply relational, centering the epistemologies of a multitude of Latine communities from across the Americas, and offering an intersectional and transnational approach that interrogates structures of power along the lines of race, indigeneity, gender, sexuality and class. Courses in the Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies Program are interdisciplinary, drawing upon social science and humanistic approaches, with a firm grounding in the radical traditions, methodologies and comparative lenses of critical ethnic studies. Our faculty use Stanford’s location to study the “informatics of power” in the Bay Area, California, the U.S., and the Americas, and our courses combine theoretical, methodological, and community-engaged practices to facilitate students' development of diverse skillsets, perspectives, and grounded experiences. 

Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies forms part of the Interdepartmental Program in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CSRE), which explores how race and ethnicity shape global history, undergird our social systems, and touch every aspect of our lives. Our courses empower students with the tools to assess and build inclusivity, equity, diversity, accessibility, and justice. CCSRE programs–encompassing Asian American Studies, Chicana/o-Latina/o Studies, Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Jewish Studies, and Native American Studies–take an interdisciplinary approach to considering how gender, sexuality, ability, capital, technology, education, politics, and the environment structure our bodies, experiences, and communities. Students have the option to focus on particular racial and ethnic groups and on issues that move across peoples and places.

The interdisciplinary nature of the academic programs empowers students to enroll in a wide variety of courses. CCSRE listings can be found in Anthropology, Art and Art History, Education, History, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology, Theater and Performance Studies, and more. Majors and minors in CCSRE engage with various perspectives and methodologies and grapple with pivotal themes including decolonization, indigeneity, intersectionality, movement-building, resistance, solidarity and wellness. By analyzing interlocking structures of identity and difference, CCSRE students interrogate the role of power, reimagine the world, and reclaim the future.