International Award Winner seal

Dr. Aldama's book awarded runner up for best non-fiction by International Latino Book Awards

Sept. 8, 2021

Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities , Arturo J. Aldama and Frederick Luis Aldama, eds, (The University of Arizona Press, 2020), was recently awarded runner up for best non-fiction by Empowering Latino Futures “ International Latino Book Awards ." The awards ceremony will be held virtually on October 16 and 17, 2021. Congratulations Arturo and Frederick!

Call for Proposals

Call for Proposals for Book Project due Oct. 1, 2021

June 29, 2021

Call for Proposals Submissions due: Oct. 1, 2021 Editors: Arturo J. Aldama and Jessica Ordaz Violence, Migration, and Detention during Trump’s Reign of Terror and Beyond Although rooted in a long history and lineage of state violence and immigration enforcement, the Trump administration (2016-2020) enacted countless examples of white supremacy,...

Ketchum Building

Message from the Chair

Sept. 9, 2019

Welcome all faculty, staff, students, and community members to the new 2019-2020 academic year. We are very fortunate to have three exceptionally talented and gifted scholars and leaders join the Department of Ethnic Studies (DES). Dr. Jennifer Ho was hired from an extremely competitive national pool to serve as the...

Mosquita and Mari

Dr. Aldama to present at LASC Speaker Series on Decolonizing Predatory Masculinities

March 28, 2019

LatinX round table

LatinX: A ROUND TABLE ON THE X

Aug. 27, 2018

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New Ethnic Studies Chair: Dr. Arturo Aldama

July 1, 2018

As the newly elected Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies, I hope to continue building on the visionary and pragmatic leadership of Dr. Rabaka and Dr. Maeda. I am deeply committed to continue building our Department of top tier scholars, teachers, students at both the undergraduate and doctoral levels,...

Aldama BFA

Aldama awarded the Excellence in Service award from the Boulder Faculty Assembly!

April 27, 2018

Congratulations to Professor Aldama, winner of the Excellence in Service award from the Boulder Faculty Assembly!

Rights, Wrongs and Responsibilities: Covering Race in Today’s America

Aldama and Holmes to present at "Rights, Wrongs and Responsibilities: Covering Race in Today’s America"

March 5, 2018

Saturday, March 10, 2018 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Eaton Humanities 1B50 1610 Pleasant Street Boulder, Colorado 80302

Exhibit Painting

Professor Aldama Co-Curates Impactful Exhibit on Mexican-American History

Aug. 11, 2017

Moments in Mexican American History in the Southwest, an historical look into Mexican-American history from the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) to the present, is on display at The Collective in Lafayette. The exhibit of 23 panels combining text and images, was prepared by CU professors Dr. Arturo Aldama and...