Luisa writes: "I participated in a professional academic conference held at the University of Kentucky, where I presented my paper titled “Migración Forzada de Mujeres Zapotecas en el Istmo de Tehuantepec: Extractivismo, Capital Emocional y Resistencia Decolonial.” My presentation examined the impact of extractivist projects in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and their role in shaping forced migration, with particular attention to Indigenous women’s experiences and decolonial forms of resistance.
Ana says: "Attending the American Association of Applied Linguistics 2026 conference was really beneficial. I presented two posters based on recent projects about teacher beliefs around writing assessment and artificial intelligence.
Andrea presented Lexical complexity, fluency, and tense in oral narrations: comparing the effect of valence across prompts’: Andrea co-presented with Sophia Minillo, and non-presenters were Paloma Fernandez-Mira and Dr. Sanchez-Gutierrez. This presentation took place at the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) 2026 Conferece (Chicago, March 2026). The presentation was about prompt valence
Julissa presented "Memoria cultural como resistencia a la necropolítica: justicia alternativa y empoderamiento subalterno en La Llorona" at the XLII Congreso Internacional de Literatura y Estudios Hispánicos in Mallorca, Spain (10-12june 2026).
In a new internship with the City of Davis, UC Davis students are helping the city better meet the needs of its Spanish speaking residents. A cohort of five students spent months working with city staff, learning best practices when it comes to translating content such as city documents, press releases, public service announcements and social media posts.
On a sun soaked, 78-degree evening in April, a mix of students and faculty huddled on blue blankets and concrete steps near the School of Education Building while a large, portable JBL speaker played music from one of the most popular artists in the world right now: Bad Bunny.
Jonathan Mulki's research explores plant-human worlds and environmental humanities. The Provost’s Dissertation Year Fellowship in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is a 12-month fellowship open to continuing doctoral students in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences who are in the final stages of their doctoral work.
'Negotiating AI in Spanish Heritage Classrooms: Ethics, Identity, and Emotional Resilience’. Ana co-presented with Blanca Peraza, and non-presenters were Lucas Ruppel Cane and Angelica Gonzalez. The presentation was about the implementation of Politics of Artificial Intelligence in Spanish heritage language classes.
What effect do heavily fortified national borders have on the natural environments that surround them? In Border Biomes, Emily Celeste Vázquez Enríquez explores this question by analyzing contemporary Mexican, Latinx, and Indigenous literature that has tried to highlight the human and ecological toll of Mexico’s borders with the United States and Guatemala.
Professor Robert Irwin's new book, Movilidades Humanas en las Américas: entre regímenes de expulsión, políticas de contención e industrias del cuidado, co-edited by Colombian professors Yuliet Bedoya and Kelly Muñoz, has been published by the Universidad de San Buenaventura (Bogotá, Colombia) and is available as a free digital download. The text in its entirety can be viewed here
Jonathan presented on the panel Thinking with Plants and Animals Through Latin American Texts, which served as the formal launch of the book Plants and Animals in Latin American Cultural Production (University of Florida Press), co-edited by Cristina E. Pardo Porto and Oscar A. Pérez. Jonathan's peer-reviewed chapter focuses on yerba mate and combines an analysis of the contemporary documentary Raídos (2016) with ethnographic fieldwork conducted in yerba mate plantations in the Triple Border region of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay.
Haley presented “Children of the Sea: Transoceanic Feminist Solidarities in La marejada de los muertos y otras pandemias by Ana María Fuster Lavín” at NWSA 2025 (Nov. 13-16) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Regarding her experience, she said, “Being able to attend and to share my own work and learn from and network with others at a conference that centers women and gender in Puerto Rico was an invaluable experience.”
