Latino Communities in New York and in the United States.
   
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    Prof. Felipe Pimentel                                                                                            E-Mail: fpimente@hejira.hunter.cuny.edu

Latino Studies

  • Dominican Studies Institute (City College CUNY) 

    •  Housed at the City College of New York, the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute was conceived to address the current lack of useful and reliable information on Dominicans available to students, scholars, and the community at large.The Institute is an interdisciplinary research unit devoted to the study of Dominican life in the United States, the Dominican Republic, and elsewhere.


    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. To this end, it has organized a number of publication initiatives to facilitate the timely dissemination of current research and information relevant to Latinos.


    • The IUPLR, through its activities, shall seek to: A) Enlarge the scope and raise the quality of research that has a bearing on U.S. Latino communities.B) Raise the visibility of and create a strong institutional presence for Latino research.C)Maintain a voice for Latino researchers through its national projects, and its grants program. D) Establish a link between the Latino research community and the public policy arena. 

  • Cuban Research Institute, Florida International University 


    • Located at the Latin American and Caribbean Center of Florida International University, the CRI's purpose is to utilize the substantial Cuba-related resources of the University and the greater Miami community to produce research and develop programs that serve faculty, students, and a community vitally interested in Cuban and Cuban-American issues.

  • Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University 


    • The Hispanic Research Center at ASU was founded in 1985 and is a university- wide interdisciplinary unit dedicated to research and creative activities. The purposes of the HRC include the performance of basic and applied research on a broad range of topics related to Hispanic populations, to disseminate research findings to the academic community and the public, to engage in creative activities and make them available generally, and to provide public service in areas of importance to Hispanics. 

  • Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California at Los Angeles 


    • Founded in 1969, the Chicano Studies Research Center promotes the study and dissemination of knowledge on the experience of the people of Mexican descent and other Latinos in the United States. The CSRC primarily supports UCLA faculty and the training of the next generation of scholars engaged in this area of inquiry.


    • Established in 1989 at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, the goal of the Gastón Institute is to inform the public and policymakers about issues vital to the Commonwealth's growing Latino community and provide the information and analysis necessary for the effective participation of the Latino community in public policy development.

  • Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños (Hunter College, CUNY) 


    The Center for Puerto Rican Studies is the only university based research institute in the United States devoted to the interdisciplinary study of the Puerto Rican experience. Founded in 1973     the Centro has grown into a major research and educational resource cente. In addressing major inequities in social conditions affecting Puerto Ricans, Centro research bears important implications for the study of Latinos in the United States and other contemporary diasporic communities. 

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