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Member Institutions Arizona State University The Hispanic Research Center (HRC) at ASU is an interdisciplinary unit dedicated to research and creative activities that is university wide but administered through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The HRC performs basic and applied research on a broad range of topics related to Hispanic populations, disseminates research findings to the academic community and the public, engages in creative activities and makes them available generally, and provides public service in areas of importance to Hispanics. California State University - San Marcos The National Latino Research Center (NLRC) at California State University San Marcos specializes in applied research, training, technical assistance and research-based services that contribute to the knowledge and understanding of the rapidly growing U.S. Latino population. Its research-based services include culturally competent program evaluations, needs assessments, surveys, gap analyses, bilingual and culturally competent focus groups, literature reviews, practitioner-oriented reports, demographic fact sheets and training manuals. The NLRC also has expertise developing and conducting trainings at the community level that provide facilitation, capacity building, professional development and results-oriented accountability. City College, CUNY The CUNY Dominican Studies Institute is an interdisciplinary research unit of the City University of New York at City College devoted to the production, gathering, and dissemination of knowledge on Dominicans in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere. Officially accredited by the Board of Trustees as an organized research unit of the University on February 22, 1994, the Institute sponsors research projects covering areas which include, but are not limited to education, migration, language, literature, history, economics, women's issues, politics, youth, cultural identity, sports, performing arts, and visual arts. The mission of the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY-DSI) is twofold: (1) to gather, produce, and disseminate academic knowledge on the human experience of people residing in the United States who trace their ancestry to the Dominican Republic from an interdisciplinary as well as a comparative perspective; (2) and to advance research and teaching at the City University of New York (CUNY), focusing on the Dominican population in the United States and elsewhere. The CUNY-DSI’s primary goal is to further the understanding of the history, culture, socioeconomic, and political position of Dominicans in the United States. Hunter College, CUNY The Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños/ Center for Puerto Rican Studies is a university-based research institute whose mission consists of two components. One is to collect, preserve and provide access to archival and library resources documenting the history and culture of Puerto Ricans. The other is to produce, facilitate, and disseminate interdisciplinary research about the diasporic experiences of Puerto Ricans and to link this scholarly inquiry to social action and policy debates. Florida International University The Cuban Research Institute (CRI) was established in 1991 by the Provost of Florida International University (FIU) upon the recommendation of a faculty committee, so as to fulfill, in the area of Cuban and Cuban-American Studies, the University’s three-fold mission: research, teaching, and service. As the largest institution of public higher education in southern Florida, FIU (a part of the State University System of Florida) has unique obligations and opportunities in developing Cuba-related programs, derived from the following conditions: Its location in the largest concentration of the Cuban diaspora, a community with more than 700,000 persons of Cuban origin, geographically situated at the limited gateway between Cuba and the United States. The largest nucleus of faculty experts on Cuba or the Cuban-American community of any university in the U.S., distributed across the various colleges and schools of the university, from the humanities and the social sciences, to education, business, and public affairs. Michigan State University The Julian Samora Research Institute is committed to the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest. More specifically: Generation of a program of research and evaluation to illuminate the social, economic, educational, and political condition of Latino communities; transmission of the research findings to academic institutions, government officials, community leaders and private sector executives, through publications, convening public policy seminars, workshops, and private consultations; provision of technical expertise and support to Latino communities for the purpose of developing policy responses to local problems; development of Hispanic human capital, including leadership development, empowerment, and education. The Institute has current research/outreach initiatives that target the needs of the Hispanic community in the areas of economic development, education, and families and neighborhoods. Smithsonian Institution Established in 1998, the Smithsonian Latino Center is dedicated to ensure that Stanford University Established in November 1996, the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE) at Stanford University provides many opportunities for teaching and research on topics of race and ethnicity from both domestic and international comparative perspectives. Drawing on the intellectual interests of over one hundred Affiliated Faculty representing fifteen departments and programs and five different schools at the University, CCSRE has infused ethnic studies with a new vitality through its research and teaching divisions. Texas A&M University The Mexican American and U.S. Latino Research Center will initiate and facilitate research by Texas A&M University faculty and students on Mexican Americans and U.S. Latinos. This population is the most rapidly increasing segment of the state and national population. Researchers will use their scholarly expertise to study the social, political, educational, economic, and health issues, among others, associated with the Latino population, issues in the forefront of scholarship which are particularly important because of the growth of the Mexican American and U.S. Latino population. The results of the research will inform both scholarship and policy making. University of Arizona The Mexican American Studies & Research Center is committed to contemporary applied public policy research on Mexican Americans. As the leading public policy research center addressing issues of concern to this minority group in Arizona, the MASRC works collaboratively with key community agencies in promoting leadership and empowerment of Mexican Americans within the state and the nation. The Center achieves these goals through its applied research agenda, through its publications, and through the comprehensive curriculum it offers students at the University of Arizona. As an intellectual center, it disseminates information to a broad audience, which includes elected officials, educators, students, policy makers and other researchers. University of California, Berkeley The Center for Latino Policy Research (CLPR) was founded in 1989 in response to the research and policy challenges of limited educational and economic opportunities facing the Latino/Chicano population. CLPR is committed to sponsoring research efforts that have a direct policy impact on the Latino/Chicano population in the United States. While CLPR will support policy research in any field in which there is strong faculty or student interest, our current research foci are in the areas of higher education access, migration, and political/civic participation. To this end, CLPR provides training and research opportunities for faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students; disseminates policy-relevant research publications; and conducts outreach meetings for campus faculty and administrators, public officials, non-profit agencies, advocacy groups, and the general public. University of California at Davis The Chicana/o Studies Program is an interdisciplinary program of research, teaching, and student support intending to provide U.C. Davis students an opportunity to understand and work with the experiences, values, cultural representations, and socio-economic issues of the Chicano/Latino community. The program includes a dedicated faculty of accomplished research scholars, excellent support staff, a curriculum strong in the use of theory and analysis of the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality, a dedication to fostering excellent student research, and support for community service activities. The Chicana/o Studies faculty is nationally recognized for its contributions to Chicana/o Studies scholarship. University of California, Los Angeles Founded in 1969, the Chicano Studies Research Center (CSRC) is engaged in the development and articulation of Chicano/Latino intellectual perspective, which recognizes and fosters the creative, professional, and social potential of the Chicano and Latino populations. The Center’s areas of emphasis are history, cultural studies, women studies, immigration, education and public health. The CSRC maintains the Chicano Studies Research Library, the Latino Data Archives, and a publication unit that produces the journal Aztlán, a working paper series, and an anthology series. University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center The mission of the Latino/a Research & Policy Center is to develop a better understanding of Latino/a communities in dialogue with the larger community resulting in policy recommendations and changes that improve the quality of life for Latinos/as. The Latino/a Research & Policy Center (LRPC), founded on July 1, 1997, is an organized research unit for the University of Colorado at Denver. We serve the university and the community and civic leaders interested in research and public policy addressing Latino issues in Colorado. The LRPC builds community partnerships and conducts research and policy analysis, holds public Forums, and publishes findings/reports to improve the quality of life for the Latino/a population of Colorado and nationally. University of Connecticut The Institute of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies was founded in the Fall of 1994, as a multipurpose interdisciplinary research and teaching program with a comparative focus on the Puerto Rican, Mexican, and other Latin American origin populations in Connecticut, the northeast, and other regions of the continental United States, as well as in Puerto Rico. University of Illinois at Chicago The Latin American and Latino Studies Program is an academic program offering courses on Latin America and Latinos in the United States. An interdisciplinary program with its own faculty, it focuses on Latin American history and politics, Mexican-Chicano/a studies and culture and the migration and development of Latinos in the United States, with emphasis on Chicago and the Midwest. University of Massachusetts-Boston The Mauricio Gastón Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy was established in 1989 at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Latino community activists and scholars founded the institute to respond to a need for improved understanding of Latino experiences and living conditions in Massachusetts. The mission of the institute is to inform policy makers about issues vital to the Commonwealth's growing Latino community and to provide this community with information and analysis necessary for effective participation in public policy development. Institute research projects are intended to be relevant and useful to policy-makers and Latino groups. With an advisory board comprising Latino academics and leaders of the Latino community, the Gastón Institute seeks to set research and policy goals that reflect the interests of the community it serves. University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of New Mexico SHRI has conducted a long list of successful activities, including initiating and coordinating the development of interdisciplinary research projects by University faculty who specialize in Southwestern and Hispanic studies; sponsoring lecture series, symposia, research competitions, colloquia, and conferences on timely issues critical to the growing Hispanic regional population; and disseminating research and other project outcomes by way of working papers, monographs, public exhibitions, and video documentaries. Topics specific to the social, political and economic systems of New Mexico as a state in the region, with emphasis on contemporary problems and action research, are also supported and emphasized by SHRI researchers. Topic examples include Spanish-English bilingualism in New Mexico (cultural and language rights); political behavior and comparative political traditions; ethnic relations and cultural pluralism in New Mexico; oral histories and local studies of Hispanic urban neighborhoods and rural communities; policy approaches to the maintenance of family and community and services delivery to Hispanics; political economy of natural resources in New Mexico; and regional development impacts on traditional societies (land grants, water rights, community self-reliance), to name a few. University of Notre Dame The Institute for Latino Studies plays a pivotal role in providing an academic environment at Notre Dame that advances knowledge and understanding of the Latino experience in the United States. Founded in 1999 upon the outstanding intellectual tradition in Latino studies established at Notre Dame by Julián Samora (professor in the Department of Sociology, 1959–1985), the Institute seeks to enhance interdisciplinary study and research in Latino studies as a vital component of the University’s academic mission. The Institute is committed to maintaining a balance among research, education, and outreach in a distinctively Catholic tradition. The Institute is supported by a strong research infrastructure that has the capability to carry out research in many important areas central to our nation’s future, including population studies, Latino religious life in the United States, education, and a variety of changing economic, social, and policy-relevant issues that affect Latino communities. The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) focuses on Mexican American scholarship and educational programs on the University of Texas campus, and is a national leader in teaching, research, and publications. Since its creation in 1970, CMAS has worked to enhance our understanding of the Mexican and Mexican American experience, as well as the broader Latino experience, and to strengthen the presence of Mexican Americans and other Latinos in the intellectual terrain, both within and beyond US borders. CMAS accomplishes its mission by offering an undergraduate degree program with concentrations in public policy, pre-law, and cultural studies and a doctoral portfolio program. In addition, the Center offers an extensive public programming calendar throughout the academic year. University of Texas at El Paso Established in 1970, the Chicano Studies Research Program offers an academic program with a B.A. degree and four minor areas of specialization. In addition, it sponsors research, development and service projects that contribute to policy formulation relevant to the Chicano-Latino community in the U.S.-Mexico border region. In addition, the program publishes three monograph series to disseminate research and policy information. The Chicano Studies Research program has exchange agreements in the areas of research, teaching and publications with institutions of higher education and policy centers in the U.S., Mexico and Cuba. The program coordinates events and research with other entities on campus while serving as a clearinghouse for faculty and community entities on Chicano-Latino issues. The Chicano Studies Research Program has operated The Community and Policy Scholars Program (CPSP), under the auspices of the IUPLR, for several years. This program has trained several successful community leaders, many of whom are now in graduate school or working in leadership positions in the region. University of Texas at San Antonio Established in October 2005, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Mexico Center's primary goal is to address and generate transnational dialogue and research on public policy issues that affect the people of Mexico and the United States in the hope that this dialogue will translate into bilateral and cooperative policy recommendations. The Mexico Center aims at shifting the emphasis in the discussion of key issues from political and unilateral to academic, analytical, and bilateral. UTSA is the second largest institution in The University of Texas System and the fastest growing university in Texas. It is a key border/South Texas center of education, prominent for its inclusion of Hispanic faculty, staff, and students. An Hispanic-serving institution, UTSA provides education opportunities for large numbers of historically underrepresented students. To accomplish its goals, the UTSA Mexico Center collaborates with several Mexican or Mexico-related organizations and institutions both in Mexico and the United States. Among them are the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara, the Universidad de Chapingo, the Instituto de México in San Antonio, and Mexicans and Americans Thinking Together. Wayne State University The Center for Chicano-Boricua Studies (CBS) is part of the College of Urban, Labor and Metropolitan Affairs (CULMA) and plays an important role in the urban mission of Wayne State University. The Center’s mission has four major components: Student Development through its Recruitment, Academic and Retention Programs; Research, Community Outreach, University Advocacy. The Center recruits Latino students into a two-year academic program designed to facilitate the transition between high school and college and to increase retention. It also provides support services for Latino students not formally in the program. The Center promotes research on issues relevant to a) the Latino community, especially in the urban and workplace environments and b) the history and modern condition of Latin America. The Center creates and fosters the interaction and exchange of personnel and resources between the university and the Latino community and it serves as a source of expertise on Latino issues to the larger metropolitan community. As an advocate for the awareness and advancement of Latino issues within the university, the Center contributes to the university’s continuing efforts to create a richer multicultural campus environment. |
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