ASU School of Transborder Studies

Dr. Martinez got to talk to Indian Country Today about his work as the director for the Institute for Transborder Indigenous Nations, issues confronting the Tohono O'odham and Hia-Ced O'odham on the US-Mexico Border and his personal concerns as an O'odham community member.

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Check out Dr. Vargas' section on Horizonte from this weekend!

For many Latinos, skin color shapes their daily lives Many Latinos see skin color as an issue impacting their ability to move ahead in their careers and daily lives.

Our students have been very busy lately! Today, Estrella Contreras and Samantha Covarrubias presented were at the annual Spring School of Human Evolution and Social Change Research Symposium. Earlier this week David Davila, Paulina Johnson, Evelyn Cruz and Gabriela Aros showcased their research on Hispanic and Latin American Cultures with ASU Hispanic Research Center and Dr. O’Connor’s students will be presenting their work on April 23!

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Our PhD student, Katie Clones, presented her work “(De)Bordering Whiteness: Analyzing Whiteness through a Border Framework” at the a recent Association For Borderland Studies conference!

Today Jessica Tueller will be discussing her time as a Human Rights Lawyer and Scholar in the Memorial Union room 241C at 10:30!

Today is Sun Devil Giving Day, and we want to share our students' accomplishments. Meet Jesus, Diana and Jose!

As a graduate student studying Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies, Jesus received the Wells Fargo Transborder Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies Research Scholarship. He presented his research last year, titled "Climate Misaction, forensics, Migrant Death, and Necropolitics on the México-U.S. Border", at the Wells Fargo Research Scholarship Presentations. Jesus is currently finishing his comprehensive exams, but enjoys teaching at the School of Transborder Studies and looks forward to further research and field work in the future.

Diana is a senior majoring in Political Science and Transborder Chicana/o & Latina/o Studies. She works as a Lead Peer Mentor for the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP), where she helps students transition to college life while also providing guidance to other mentors. She is also a Research Analyst at the Center for Latina/os and American Politics Research (CLAPR). As a Research Analyst she researches and generates reports on Latino policies and political circumstances, focusing on education, domestic violence, and elections. Diana hopes to go to graduate school before starting a career focused on education accessibility.

As a first-year student studying Construction Management and Technology, Jose has found community within the College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP). CAMP provides academic support to students from migrant backgrounds as they transition during during their first year of college. Jose has gotten to travel across the country to STEM and Leadership conferences within a community that understands and shares his background.

You can learn about the different funds you can donate to here: https://sts.asu.edu/about/giving

If you weren't able to catch Dr. Vargas last night on Arizona Horizon you can watch him here! https://azpbs.org/horizon/2024/03/latino-voters-elections/

In case you weren't able to catch Dr. Lopez' interview live you can find it here starting at 10:07!

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Dr. GIlberto Lopez will be on PBS Arizona Horizon in just a couple minutes, be sure to tune in!

Today at 4pm in the ASU Labriola Center, Hayden Library 236! In the presentation “Preservation of Memories of the Sea and the Desert” Omar Navarrete Martínez explains the creation of a website that contains a community digital collection for the preservation of the memories of Comcáac elders, with digital resources such as photographs, audios, videos and documents related to them. It seeks to bring this knowledge closer to all Comcáac members, especially children, young people and grandparents themselves, as well as the general public, through https://www.memoriasdelmarydeldesierto.mx and with in-person screenings of those materials in the community, in order to strengthen their cultural identity.

Congratulations Dr. Lopez!

School of Transborder Studies professor receives inaugural Charter Professor Award ASU Assistant Professor Gilberto Lopez is one of four to receive the inaugural Charter Professor Award honoring his work in Hispanic communities.

Last week several mayors from Sonora, Mexico, and officials from the Consulate of Mexico visited our office. They met with our Director, Dra. Irasema Coronado, and toured the Simon Burrow Map Collection with Dr. Francisco Lara-Valencia. Thank you to all of the staff and faculty that made this visit possible!

Tomorrow is The College Tour en Español! This special event is for Hispanic/Latinx high school students and family members, counselors, community members and other supporters who are interested in learning more about applying for and attending ASU.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us last night Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe for Dr. David Martinez new book presentation "My Heart Is Bound Up with Them: How Carlos Montezuma Became the Voice of a Generation"!

The School Rain Gardens Workshop organized by the ASU School of Transborder Studies and El Colegio de la Frontera Norte in Nogales was concluded in Nogales, Sonora. On September 22, 2023 and with the financial support of the U.S. Consulate in Nogales, Sonora, the workshop brought 25 teachers from middle schools in Nogales, Sonora, examined topics such as the urban water cycle, urban green infrastructure, and the construction of school rain gardens. This workshop was made possible with the support of the Mexican consulate in Nogales, Arizona, the Municipal Institute of Research and Planning of Nogales (IMIP), Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), University of Arizona (UA), Water Management Group (WMG), the City of Nogales, Technological University of Nogales (UTN), the Secretary of Education and Culture of Sonora, USGS, and the Technological Institute of Nogales. Prof. Francisco Lara announced that with the help of the UA, UTN and IMIP “we are already working on the design of the gardens that will be built in each school”.

Gracias Dra. Burgueño Angulo for coming to our school to present your work on the sociocultural challenges of migrants returning to Mexico!

We’re excited to host Dra. Nayeli Burgueño Angulo next week! Her presentation will focus on the sociocultural challenges of migrant families returning to Mexico.

Congratulations to Dr. Carlos Vélez-Ibáñez for being honored with the Distinguished Career Award by the Association of Latina/o and Latix Anthropologists!

One of our Professors, Dr. David Martinez, recently worked with the Heard Museum to develop a land acknowledgment that was approved by both the museum and the Four Southern Tribes. It is always important to acknowledge the land that many institutions occupy the ancestral home to many indigenous peoples whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today.

You can read about the land acknowledgment’s development in their member magazine Earthsong and find the full land acknowledgment in the museum’s Home Gallery and on their website.

Photo credit: Christy Vezolles, Art Appraiser and member of Heard Museum Board of Trustees.

One of our faculty member, Doctor Edward Vargas, was selected as one the 2023 E Kika De La Garza fellows!

USDA Selects 2023 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows WASHINGTON, July 10, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today welcomed 30 faculty and staff from Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) around the nation as the 2023 class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows to Washington, D.C. to learn more about USDA services and programs that will benefi...

If you didn't know already, the Arizona Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes, is teaching a class with our Professor, Lisa Magana! We're very excited for this and hope to see it filled!

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We're very excited to host a class taught by our very own Secretary of State, Adrian Fontes!

Arizona secretary of state will co-teach ASU class in fall 2023 Adrian Fontes will co-teach an undergraduate course on Latina/o politics and leadership with ASU Professor and Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lisa Magaña.

Incredibly proud of all the ASU and STS staff and faculty that have contributed to this program to bring migrant students of Arizona to campus.

Esmeralda Franco hopes to be a force for change and find new ways to bring resources and information to underrepresented communities.

ASU transborder studies graduate uses education to connect with community Esmeralda Franco switched her degree path after her experience in a Spanish class taught by a transborder studies professor. This spring, she graduates with a degree in Chicana/o and Latina/o studies from the School of Transborder Studies.

Interested in Latino demographics or indigenous nations on the border? Take a look at a few of the classes our faculty are teaching this fall!

Congratulations to one of our graduate students, Angelyn Soto, for receiving the Outstanding Master's Student Award from the Faculty Women of Color Caucus!

ASU's Day at the Capitol gives The School of Transborder Studies the chance to showcase faculty research. One of our faculty members, Associate Professor Edward Vargas, said “To my knowledge, we’re the only school in the country doing this work. It’s crucial that our students know where they came from – and for others who are not Latino to understand the very complex nature of immigration.”

ASU Day at the Capitol showcases global solutions for the future Solutions that touch many facets of life in Arizona and beyond were on display from ASU at the state Capitol on Tuesday. Hundreds of alumni, faculty and staff gathered on the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza to showcase the research and innovations that keep ASU on the forefront of solving some of the bi...

Tomorrow STS Alumna Silvia Rodriguez Vega is presenting her new book “Drawing Deportation: Art and Resistance Among Immigrant Children” in the MU rm 241C Ventana C at 3pm!

Tomorrow we're hosting a panel on Immigrant Workers and the U.S. Labor Market! Take a look at our panel members, let us know if you have any questions for them, and RSVP for the event!

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