Race & Ethnic Studies Institute

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Carlos K. Blanton

Dr. Blanton works on the history of Mexican Americans. His book, "The Strange Career of Bilingual Education in Texas, 1836-1981" was published by TAMU Press in 2004 and explored the intersection between ethnicity, language policy, and education access. Too often we debate policy without fully understanding its past; bilingual instruction in this nation has a rich, fascinating, and instructive pa … read more

NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Mexican American Studies at UT Austin
• The Dominique Jacquin-Berdal ASEN Prize
• TWC - Call for Papers 'Transformative Works and Cultures'
• Dr. Henry Jenkins interviews Dr. Sarah N. Gatson re: race/ethnicity and the media
• George Mason University Center for Justice, Law and Society's Report on Evidence-based Practices and Reconsidering Federal Policies
• Schomburg Center for research in black culture, scholars-in-residence program
• This year Africana Studies is presenting a $1500 Stipendiary Fellowship through the Glasscock Center
• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowships: 2010 fellowships competition is NOW OPEN
• Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship
• The John Hope Franklin Dissertation Fellowship

FORMS & RESOURCES

• Tips and Guidelines for Writing Proposals
• Application for Faculty Funding
• Application for Graduate Funding
• Application for Co-Sponsorship

UPCOMING EVENTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2009 AT 1:30pm
Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation, and Race by Vilma Ortiz
Evans 204E

NOVEMBER 17, 2009 AT 10:30-11:30 AM
Grantwriting Seminars for 2009-2010 RESI Fellows: The Logistics of Proposal Submission
ACAD 308

NOVEMBER 18, 2009 AT 6:30PM
New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina: Uneven Impact, Uneven Recovery by John Logan
Geren Auditorium, Langford Architecture Center, Building B, Room 102

CANCELLED EVENT
The Influence of Incarceration on Children at the Intersection of Parental Gender and Race/Ethnicity: A Focus on Child Living Arrangements by Holly Foster
ACAD 326

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