Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies


  • Environmental Amnesia and the Rio Grande

    Thoughts on remembering where we are

    Environmental Amnesia and the Rio Grande

  • A Look at Our Latest Books

    2021 Spring and Summer titles from our college community.

    A Look at Our Latest Books

  • Ticket to Read

    Fall 2020 books from our college community.

    Ticket to Read

  • Borderline: The Politics, Law and Identity of Immigration

    Temperatures hovered around the triple digits in deep South Texas when the children arrived on the U.S.-Mexico border. They traveled alone, without parents. They traveled from the faraway mountains of Guatemala and El Salvador and the depths of the world’s most violent city — San Pedro Sula in Honduras. Their numbers grew over months until…

    Borderline: The Politics, Law and Identity of Immigration

  • New Department Focuses on Latino, Mexican American Experience

    Building Upon a 44-Year History of Mexican American Studies at UT A new academic department that takes a comprehensive look at the lives, cultures and histories of Mexican American and Latino populations has been established at The University of Texas at Austin. The Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies (MALS) will ultimately offer undergraduate…

    New Department Focuses on Latino, Mexican American Experience

  • New Groundbreaking Department to Focus on Latino, Mexican American Experience

    The first-ever academic department in the U.S. to take a comprehensive look at the lives, cultures and histories of Mexican American and Latino populations has been established at The University of Texas at Austin. The Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies (MALS) will ultimately offer undergraduate and graduate degrees that focus on the interdisciplinary…

    New Groundbreaking Department to Focus on Latino, Mexican American Experience