About LHFA

The Latinx and Hispanic Faculty Association is a group open to all faculty, regardless of race, ethnicity, or national origin, who desire to center inclusion and belonging of all self-identified Latinx and Hispanic faculty at UMBC in order to advance full-time academic appointments, retention, and promotion of Latinx and Hispanic faculty, as well as the mentoring and recruitment of outstanding graduate and undergraduate students of Hispanic and Latinx heritage.

Recent News:

Repost: Felicitaciones a la profesora Milvia Hernández

Nombrada USM Boosting Course Accessibility Faculty Fellow Jo

Nos unimos al departamento de Lenguas Modernas, Linguística y comunicación intercultural (MLLI) para felicitar a la profesora Milvia Hernández, una de las y los 12 docentes del sistema educativo...

Posted: September 18, 2026, 5:29 PM

Latinx Film Festival

Three films to watch, think and discuss.

The Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication Department is pleased to invite you to the Latinx Film Festival. Three films will be presented. After the films, there will be...

Posted: September 17, 2026, 6:01 PM

Image of the film From Nowhere.

FIFA World Cup 2026 Kick-off watch party

soccer, snacks and good company

Join us to watch the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the first game Mexico vs. South Africa on Thursday, June 11th from 2:00pm-5:30pm at the Commons Sports Zone.

Posted: June 10, 2026, 11:18 PM

Image shows a soccer ball and the information of the FIFA world cup 2026 kick-off event

Repost: Class on Immigration System.

On Tuesday, April 14th, from 5:15 - 6:45, Dr. Stephanie Madison from the College of Education at Clemson University will be joining EDUC 650 class virtually. Dr. Madison will be sharing about the...

Posted: March 28, 2026, 11:40 AM

Black & Latine/x Celebration & Awards

RSVP and Nominate for Awards

See original post to RSVP here:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/152057 Colleagues, you can now RSVP for Black & Latine/x Celebration & Awards taking place on...

Posted: March 13, 2026, 12:25 PM

Herencia: Creando Comunidad

Latinidades, Latinx, Español, Spanish.

Hola,  El equipo de Heritage Language Pathway (HLP) de UMBC extiende la invitación al evento de integración de estudiantes. Allí podrán aprender sobre el programa de herencia y sus beneficios,...

Posted: February 25, 2026, 3:24 PM

Dr. Silvia Escanilla Huerta Job Talk

History, Post-Doc, Tenure-Track, LHFA.

We are happy to share with all of you the upcoming job talk of Dr. Silvia Escanilla Huerta. This is part of the process to convert her current Postdoctoral position in the History Department into...

Posted: November 10, 2025, 10:04 PM