{"id":5997,"date":"2020-01-14T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/?page_id=5997"},"modified":"2025-04-14T18:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T18:38:16","slug":"minor-in-latin-american-caribbean-and-latinx-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/minor-in-latin-american-caribbean-and-latinx-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Minor in Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minor in Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"lax-minor\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-lax-minor\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-6042\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6042\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/minor-in-latin-american-caribbean-and-latinx-studies\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-6039\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-6039\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/academics\/minor-in-latin-american-caribbean-and-latinx-studies\/requirements\/\">Requirements<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>A new minor in Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx* Studies (LAX) is now available for students who wish to have a comprehensive understanding of social issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as issues affecting Latinx and Caribbean-American communities in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interdisciplinary minor requires a total of 18 credits across multiple departments and programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, offering students a chance to understand the diverse people, cultures, economies, and politics of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the diversity of Latinx and Caribbean-American communities in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>Contact<\/h1>\n\n<p>Students interested in the minor should contact Professor Julie C. Keller:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jckeller@uri.edu\">jckeller@uri.edu<\/a>, 401.874.2309.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-quote-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-quote  \"><blockquote>In 2018, the population of Latinas\/Latinos\/Latinxs in the U.S. reached 18%. At nearly 60 million people, this group is now the second largest ethnic\/racial group in the U.S.<\/blockquote><cite>Pew Research Center, 2019<\/cite><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>* <em>The term \u201cLatinx\u201d is increasingly used instead of \u201cLatinas\/Latinos.\u201d The \u201cx\u201d disrupts the gender binary and signifies the inclusion of transgender and gender non-conforming identities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minor in Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies Overview A new minor in Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx* Studies (LAX) is now available for students who wish to have a comprehensive understanding of social issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as issues affecting Latinx and Caribbean-American communities in the U.S. This interdisciplinary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":2348,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-5997","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5997"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6854,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5997\/revisions\/6854"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/soc-anth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}