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Sam Z. Coronado Student Poster Art Competition 2024 Winners
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LEADERSHIP WITH A LATINO TWIST.
The mission of the Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) is to serve Texas and the nation as a leader in the intellectual development of Mexican American and Latina/o studies. Faculty and students affiliated with CMAS study the cultural practices, historical development, and socioeconomic conditions of Mexican American and Latina/o communities.
Born of the civil rights movement, the Center was established in 1970 with renown Professor Américo Paredes as one of its principal founders and its first director. The University’s establishment and continued support of CMAS represents the institutional recognition that the Mexican American and Latina/o communities are crucial to understanding the past, present, and future of the United States and the Americas.
The CMAS/Voces Collaborative Oral History Fellowship
Oral history interviews, conducted by trained interviewers, recorded with good equipment, and archived in a publicly accessible archive, are one of the most effective ways of capturing the experiences of the Latino people in the US. To that end, CMAS’ annual, competitive fellowship allows oral historians to jumpstart their own projects. The interviews are part of CMAS’ archives at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection and will result in a publication.
2026 Fellowship Application Opens in Fall 2025
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Center for Mexican American Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
210 W. 24th Street, GWB 2.102, Mail Stop F9200
Austin, Texas 78712
Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez
mrivas@austin.utexas.edu
Phone: 512-471-8358 | Fax: 512-471-9639