Description:

To mark Professor Aparicio;s upcoming retirement, her colleagues along with her past and current advisees will honor her pioneering scholarship and activism in the field of Latinx Studies.

Morning session

[10:30 AM- 11:00 AM] Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Prof. César Braga-Pinto, Chair, Dpt. Spanish Portuguese
Prof. John Alba Cutler, Associate Chair, Dpt. Of English
Chair of session: Verónica Dávila, Northwestern University

[11:00AM-1:00PM]
Professor Mérida Rúa, Williams College
Professor Wilson Valentín Escobar, Hampshire College
Professor Lillian Gorman, University of Arizona
Chair of session: Zorimar Rivera Montes, Northwestern University

[1:00PM-2:00PM]
Lunch break

Afternoon session

[2:00PM-3:30PM]
Jillian Baez, CUNY Staten Island
Deborah Vargas, Rutgers University
Graduate students: Zorimar Rivera Montes, Alicia Núñez and Verónica Dávila Ellis
Chair of session: Alicia Nuñez, Northwestern University

[4:00PM- 5:00PM] Keynote
Prof. Frances Aparicio
Introduced by Aarón Aguilar-Ramírez, Whitman College, Northwestern Alumnus