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The Latino Studies Program (LSP)
Plans for a Latino Studies Program at Cornell University began in the early 1970s, when professors and students lobbied for a Puerto Rican Studies Program. Although their efforts were not successful, this led to a stronger campaign in the 1980s at a time when Chicano studies and Puerto Rican studies programs were visible at other leading universities. With a new emphasis on the Hispanic, or Latino, population as a whole, the Hispanic American Studies Program (HASP) came into being at Cornell in 1987.
HASP became part of the College of Arts and Sciences in 1995, additional faculty lines were added, and the name was changed to Latino Studies Program (LSP) to reflect the widespread sentiment that the term Latino better encompasses all of the different cultures, languages, and traditions that exist within Latino communities in the United States. In 1994 Cornell created the Latino Living Center, a program house for undergraduate students.
Today, the Program has five core faculty members across disciplines and colleges, as well as a number of faculty that cross-list courses with Latino Studies.
One of the main focal points of the Latino Studies Program is its undergraduate and graduate minor. Available to all undergraduates, the minor affords students an opportunity to develop an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Latinos in the United States, but also underscores a transnational and comparative approach. The Program also offers the opportunity for Graduate students to minor in Latino Studies.
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