Latinx Studies: Recommended Web Sites

Founded in 1961, ASPIRA is the only national Hispanic organization dedicated exclusively to developing the educational and leadership capacity of Hispanic youth.

Founded in 1985, DePaul University's Center for Latino Research is a space dedicated to enriching knowledge and understanding of Latino community and experience. Through scholarly study in Chicago and other urban communities, through invited speakers from various regions of the U.S. and Latin America, CLR strives to promote learning opportunities for students, and collaborations between community and academia.

The Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) is a unit within the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin. Since 1970, the mission of CMAS has been to serve as a leader in the intellectual development of Mexican American Studies.

Located at Hunter College in the City University of New York, el Centro is a research center dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Puerto Rican experience in the United States. El Centro makes research available to community organizations, policy makers, academia and the public at large.

Founded in 1991, the Cuban Research Institute at Florida International University is dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about Cuba and Cuban-Americans. The institute encourages original research and interdisciplinary teaching, organizes extracurricular activities, collaborates with other academic units working in Cuban and Cuban-American studies, and promotes the development of library holdings and collections on Cuba and its diaspora.

The University of Miami's Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies serves as a world-class academic center for the research and study of Cuban and Cuban-American topics. It organizes seminars and lectures, publishes academic research, and offers a special summer program on Cuba for U.S. and foreign students.

Created in 1999, the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame has played a vital role in fostering understanding of the US Latino experience. The Institute supports interdisciplinary initiatives in Latino studies as a key component of the Notre Dame's academic mission by advancing research, expanding knowledge, and strengthening community.

Pan-Latino, nonprofit multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to developing, promoting and increasing awareness of Latino cultures by presenting a wide variety of art forms and education including film, music, dance, visual arts, comedy and theater.

Established in 1989 at Michigan State University, the Samora Institute is committed to the generation, transmission, and application of knowledge to serve the needs of Latino communities in the Midwest. The institute publishes empirical studies, theoretical analyses, and policy discussion papers that address the changing role of Latinos in relation to economic, political, religious, educational and social institutions.

Launched in 1992 at the University of Texas at Austin, LANIC is the oldest gateway to information about Latin America on the Internet. The Hispanic/Latino section under Society & Culture offers lots of links to important sites.

Compiled by authors and educators Jose B. Gonzalez and John S. Christie, this site provides lots of links to Latino literature resources (including lists of top authors and book reviews) as well as statistical information culled from various official sources.

A service of the Migration Policy Institute, the Migration Information Source provides fresh thought, authoritative data from numerous global organizations and governments, and global analysis of international migration and refugee trends.

Established in 1984, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists (NAHJ) is dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanics in the news industry.

Founded in 1976, NALEO is a nonprofit organization that seeks to facilitate full Latino participation in the American political process and functions as a national forum for Latino issues.

Founded in 1968, NCLR is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, working to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

Founded in 2001, the Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization that seeks to improve understanding of the U.S. Hispanic population and to chronicle Latinos’ growing impact on the nation. This site is a great source for statistics on Latinos.

Founded in 1985, TRPI is a nonprofit, policy research organization that helps shape public policy by providing elected officials and community leaders with nonpartisan research.

VG/Voices from the Gaps, a website based in the English Department at the University of Minnesota, is dedicated to bringing together marginalized resources and knowledges about women artists of color to serve secondary and college education across the world.