Chicanos Courses - Current Semester
Fall 2025
This course introduces the student to Folklorico dance from Mexico and how it is embedded in cultural significance. Students will learn the fundamentals of this practice which may include footwork, postures, and dances particular to cultural regions in Mexico.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79799 | 
  | Mario E Del Angel Guevara - mdelangel@unm.edu | 3 | 6 | 
This course is an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of Chicana Studies. Includes historical and contemporary research on labor, political involvement, cultural studies and feminism.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 80583 | 
  | Elizabeth Gonzalez - egonzalezcardenas@unm.edu | 3 | 1 | 
This course surveys Chicana/o History from the Pre-Columbian period to the present. Students will analyze community formation, experiences in the U.S., and civil rights advocacy.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 002 | 77128 | 
  | Jose Luis Serrano Najera - jlserranonajera@unm.edu | 3 | 6 | 
The seminar examines Chicano Civil Rights by exploring forms of collective social action on behalf of immigration rights/reform, education rights/reform, labor rights, treaty rights, legal justice, environmental justice, veteran's rights, and political representation.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 002 | 74656 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 2 | 
This course involves students in the study of Chicanx & Latinx science fiction, a field that draws on scholarship from both Latinx Studies and Science Fiction Studies.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79803 | 
  | Matthew D Goodwin - mattgoodwin6@unm.edu | 3 | 15 | 
Special topics in Chicano Hispano Mexicano Studies are interdisciplinary in nature and draw from the Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts. May be repeated as subject matter varies.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T: Writers in the Community | |||||
| 001 | 79806 | 
  | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 9 | 
| Cine Chicano y Mundial | |||||
| 004 | 79819 | Staff | 3 | 10 | |
| T: Chicano(a) Hist 1848-Now | |||||
| 005 | 82094 | 
  | Larry M Garcia y Griego - mgarciay@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | 
| T: Querencia: Home Place&Iden | |||||
| 012 | 61017 | 
  | Divana Olivas - divanaolivas@unm.edu | 3 | 3 | 
This course introduces the student to Folklorico dance from Mexico and how it is embedded in cultural significance. Students will learn the fundamentals of this practice which may include footwork, postures, and dances particular to cultural regions in Mexico.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79800 | 
  | Mario E Del Angel Guevara - mdelangel@unm.edu | 3 | 9 | 
This course explores the African presence in Mexico in four periods: the Colonial Period, the Independence movement, the Modern Period, and representations of people of African descent in contemporary Mexico. Prerequisite: Spanish 401 or Spanish placement exam demonstrating a 400 nivel equivalence competency.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 80602 | Dora E Careaga-Coleman - careaga@unm.edu | 3 | 15 | 
This course is designed to place UNM writing (and non-writing) students into diverse community settings to work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests. Writing workshops will be offered in schools, community centers, justice settings, homeless-shelters, healthcare facilities, non-profit organizations.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79805 | 
  | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 9 | 
The content of this course varies by semester but will provide an in-depth analysis of special topics related to Chicana and Chicano Studies. For course content, consult the Schedule of Classes.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST: Querencia: Home Place&Iden | |||||
| 003 | 79594 | 
  | Divana Olivas - divanaolivas@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | 
| Cine Chicano y Mundial | |||||
| 004 | 79818 | 
  | Patricia Rosas Lopategui - paty585@unm.edu | 3 | 14 | 
| ST: Son Jarocho | |||||
| 007 | 79697 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 |  Section Full  | |
Individual research into an area proposed by the student and conducted under the direction of a faculty member.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 003 | 47134 | Divana Olivas - divanaolivas@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | 
This course introduces the student to Folklorico dance from Mexico and how it is embedded in cultural significance. Students will learn the fundamentals of this practice which may include footwork, postures, and dances particular to cultural regions in Mexico.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79801 | 
  | Mario E Del Angel Guevara - mdelangel@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | 
This course engages students in exploring how discourse, rhetoric, and imagery are used in addressing key humanities thematics and topics in the field.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79035 | 
  | Laura E Belmonte - lbelmonte@unm.edu | 3 | 12 | 
This course prepares students to survey a range of qualitative and quantitative approaches, the utility of different approaches depending on theoretical perspective, and the debates in and outside the field.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANCELLED 002  | 78698 | Seminar | Staff | 3 | 2 | 
The seminar examines Chicano Civil Rights by exploring forms of collective social action on behalf of immigration rights/reform, education rights/reform, labor rights, treaty rights, legal justice, environmental justice, veteran's rights, and political representation.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 002 | 74658 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 |  Section Full  | 
This course involves students in the study of Chicanx & Latinx science fiction, a field that draws on scholarship from both Latinx Studies and Science Fiction Studies.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79802 | 
  | Matthew D Goodwin - mattgoodwin6@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | 
This course is designed to place UNM writing (and non-writing) students into diverse community settings to work alongside students of all ages, needs, interests. Writing workshops will be offered in schools, community centers, justice settings, homeless-shelters, healthcare facilities, non-profit organizations.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 79804 | 
  | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | 
Advanced seminar emphasizing synthesis of previous courses, research skills, theories and service learning in Chicana and Chicano Studies. Designed as a capstone seminar for the graduate program.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 003 | 78694 | Jose Luis Serrano Najera - jlserranonajera@unm.edu | 3 | 10 | 
The content of this course varies by semester but will provide an in-depth analysis of special topics related to Chicana and Chicano Studies. For course content, consult the Schedule of Classes.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST: Chicana & Chicano History | |||||
| 001 | 79028 | 
  | Jose Luis Serrano Najera - jlserranonajera@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | 
| Border and Immigration | |||||
| 002 | 80581 | Laura E Belmonte - lbelmonte@unm.edu | 3 | 12 | |
| T: Cult & Comm:Chicana(o) Arch | |||||
| 003 | 80582 | 
  | Divana Olivas - divanaolivas@unm.edu | 3 | 9 | 
| Cine Chicano y Mundial | |||||
| 004 | 79817 | 
  | Patricia Rosas Lopategui - paty585@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | 
| ST: Chicana Biography & Memoir | |||||
| 005 | 81052 | Michelle H Kells - mkells@unm.edu | 3 |  Section Full  | |
| ST: Son Jarocho | |||||
| 006 | 76579 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 1 | |
| ST: Querencia: Home Place&Iden | |||||
| 007 | 79595 | 
  | Divana Olivas - divanaolivas@unm.edu | 3 | 3 | 
Provides graduate students with the opportunity to work one-on-one with an instructor to facilitate an intensive study of a subject or the completion of a project.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 68058 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 2 | |
| 002 | 71134 | Michael L Trujillo - mltruj@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 003 | 71133 | Michelle H Kells - mkells@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 004 | 79563 | Dora E Careaga-Coleman - careaga@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 005 | 71131 | Patricia Rosas Lopategui - paty585@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 006 | 77214 | Michael A Lechuga - michaellechuga@unm.edu | 1 TO 3 | 4 | |
| 007 | 74713 | Laura E Belmonte - lbelmonte@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 008 | 71129 | Jose Luis Serrano Najera - jlserranonajera@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| CANCELLED 009  | 71128 | Independent Study | Staff | 3 | 1 | 
| 010 | 71127 | Divana Olivas - divanaolivas@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 011 | 79564 | Elizabeth Gonzalez - egonzalezcardenas@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 012 | 81978 | Levi Romero - xlromero@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 014 | 74756 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 016 | 74782 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | 
Faculty-supervised investigative study that results in the development and writing of a master’s thesis. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 74711 | Laura E Belmonte - lbelmonte@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 002 | 74416 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 3 | |
| 003 | 71065 | Barbara O Reyes - breyes3@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 004 | 71938 | Jose Luis Serrano Najera - jlserranonajera@unm.edu | 6 | 5 | |
| 005 | 72055 | Michelle H Kells - mkells@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 5 | |
| 006 | 79565 | Dora E Careaga-Coleman - careaga@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 5 | |
| 008 | 79566 | Elizabeth Gonzalez - egonzalezcardenas@unm.edu | 1 TO 6 | 5 | 
The teaching pedagogy course in Chicana and Chicano Studies offers graduate students in the department professional development support to strengthen the teaching of lower-division courses, including observation, mentoring, participation in classroom teaching, and planning, implementing, and assessing the teaching and learning in a lower-division Chicana and Chicano Studies course.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 81615 | 
 
  | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 3 | 
Intended to support community-engaged learning and/or project-based learning in the departmental graduate program, and to enhance academic knowledge and provide students with opportunities to gain practical experience in a chosen community based or professional field.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CANCELLED 001  | 81573 | Hybrid - Practice Experience | Staff | 3 |  Section Full  | 
| 005 | 77215 | Matthew D Goodwin - mattgoodwin6@unm.edu | 3 | 8 | 
This course explores the African presence in Mexico in four periods: the Colonial Period, the Independence movement, the Modern Period, and representations of people of African descent in contemporary Mexico. Prerequisite: Spanish 401 or Spanish placement exam demonstrating a 400 nivel equivalence competency.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 80603 | Staff | 3 | 5 | 
Provides graduate students with the opportunity to work one-on-one with an instructor to facilitate an intensive study of a subject or the completion of a project.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 68059 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 3 | |
| 002 | 71135 | Michael L Trujillo - mltruj@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 003 | 71136 | Michelle H Kells - mkells@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 004 | 79567 | Dora E Careaga-Coleman - careaga@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 005 | 71138 | Patricia Rosas Lopategui - paty585@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 006 | 77145 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | |
| 007 | 74709 | Laura E Belmonte - lbelmonte@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 008 | 79568 | Elizabeth Gonzalez - egonzalezcardenas@unm.edu | 3 | 3 | |
| 009 | 71141 | Levi Romero - xlromero@unm.edu | 3 | 5 | |
| 010 | 71142 | Jose Luis Serrano Najera - jlserranonajera@unm.edu | 3 | 4 | 
Faculty-supervised investigative study that results in the development and writing of a doctoral dissertation. Offered on a CR/NC basis only.
| # | CRN | Time/Location | Instructor | Credits | Seats Available | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | 76211 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 |  Section Full  | |
| 002 | 76212 | Laura E Belmonte - lbelmonte@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 4 | |
| 003 | 79569 | Elizabeth Gonzalez - egonzalezcardenas@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 5 | |
| 004 | 79570 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 3 | |
| 005 | 76236 | Patricia Rosas Lopategui - paty585@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 5 | |
| 006 | 76214 | Michelle H Kells - mkells@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 4 | |
| CANCELLED 007  | 76215 | Dissertation | Staff | 3 TO 12 | 1 | 
| 008 | 76216 | Jose Luis Serrano Najera - jlserranonajera@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 4 | |
| 009 | 77116 | Michael L Trujillo - mltruj@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 3 | |
| 010 | 79726 | Irene E Vasquez - ivasquez@unm.edu | 3 | 2 | |
| 011 | 81979 | Levi Romero - xlromero@unm.edu | 3 TO 12 | 4 | 


