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: 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

Repost: Latinex Film Festival

Latinex Hispanic heritage

Latinex Film Festival Celebrating Hispanic heritage month on screen  Location Lecture Hall 1: Biological Sciences Date & Time October 7, 2025, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Description...

Posted: September 30, 2025, 6:52 PM

LHFA Meet and Greet

Latinx and Hispanic Heritage. Bienvenida!

Come and meet Latinx and Hispanic faculty, students, and staff on campus to celebrate Latinx and Hispanic Heritage Month. Learn about student orgs, services, and academic opportunities. Habrá...

Posted: September 22, 2025, 3:23 PM

colorful imge with the place and time for the LHFA Meet and Greet.

The Cheech. Watch it, discuss it.

Movie Night and Discussion. Hispanic and Latine/x Heritage

The Community Documentary Night (Sandy Springs, Georgia) invites everyone to the free Special Virtual Documentary Night THIS SUNDAY, September 21st (7 - 9pm EST) in honor of National Hispanic...

Posted: September 17, 2025, 4:27 PM

Picture with the name of the documentary, The Cheeck, and the face of an elderly man looking to the horizon. The color palet is pink and orange