Archive for May, 2019
The LALACS Word Cloud
After 4 years in the program, we asked our class of seniors to describe the LALACS program in 10 words. Here is a word cloud representation of what our students think of LALACS: Thanks to Nicole Pfalz for coming up with the idea and help in the making of this awesome word cloud!
Alumni News: Interview with Dr. Samantha Good ’13 on doctoral dissertation at the University of Illinois
Congratulations to Dr. Samantha Good on her recently defended doctoral dissertation “Negotiated Ecologies: Indigeniety and Ecocriticism in 19th Century Bolivia and Chile”. Dr. Good graduated from Gustavus in 2013 with a double major in Environmental Studies and Spanish and a minor in LALACS. With such strong academic base and unique combination of interests, she continued […]
LALACS RESEARCH: Meet our Seniors and their Projects
Maripaz Álvarez-Tostado González-Méndez Socio-Political and Cultural Relations (Political Science, Anthropology, Communication Studies, Peace Studies) What is your capstone project about? This project studies the systematic relationships that exist between multinational corporations, international financial institutions, regional foreign policies, and indigenous communities in Latin America. It analyzes these relationships through specific practices and policies based on a […]