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: Immigrant Appreciation Day is 1 week away!

Orginal post from LHGSA here:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/latinxhispanicgsa/posts/141311 Hello Everyone! This post is to flag that immigrant appreciation day is 1 week...

Posted: April 25, 2024, 11:46 AM

Immigrant Appreciation Day - May 1st - Schedule of events

Please join us!

Schedule of events: 9:00-10:00am, Flat Tuesdays in The Commons - Custodial Workers Breakfast 10:00-10:50am, ITE 238 - Graduate Student Panel: "Navigating Grad School as an Immigrant."...

Posted: April 17, 2024, 12:00 PM

Immigrant Appreciation Day - May 1st

Save the date!

See the attached flyer for event's schedule. Join us to celebrate our immigrant communities! *If you didn’t see our first call for collaborators and you want to participate, please...

Posted: April 16, 2024, 3:40 PM

Hispanic/Latinx Lunch Reception During Admitted Students Day

LHFA Faculty welcomed Hispanic/Latinx students to campus

On April 13th LHFA faculty welcomed Hispanic/Latinx student to campus.  During the lunch, Ana Oskoz ( Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs) welcomed students and their families to UMBC. LHFA...

Posted: April 16, 2024, 12:31 PM

Repost: Storytelling & Dialogue on Indigenous Erasure

Learn from different tribal perspectives about experiences

RSVP here:  https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/ges/events/129096 Dr. Yolanda Valencia will be participating in this event. Hope many of us can join.  Wednesday, April 17, 2024 · 2:30 - 4:30 PM...

Posted: April 10, 2024, 2:52 PM

Repost: 2024 Black & Latine/x Graduation Celebration

Tuesday May 21st - 5:30 pm.

See original post here: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/events/129004 This is a wonderful event and don't forget, you can nominate Black and Latine/x Undergraduate Students, Graduate...

Posted: April 2, 2024, 2:01 PM

Repost: The Latinx Guide to Graduate School

A Latin American Feminisms Working Group Event

Please share with students, undergraduate and graduate! RSVP here: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/dreshercenter/events/128384   Join the Latin American Feminism Working Group...

Posted: March 6, 2024, 3:01 PM

Repost: SACNAS - Latinx STEM Faculty Panel

Faculty Panel Discussion at Noon March 4th (Sondheim 103)

See original post here: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/sacnas/posts/139345 Join us at noon next Monday in Sondheim 103 where we will be having a STEM faculty panel from all over Latin America...

Posted: February 28, 2024, 11:42 AM

LHFA's Logo Competition - Deadline Extended!

Deadline Extended to April 16th. Please share widely. We are looking for a new logo! Help us design it and win $100!  The Latinx and Hispanic Faculty Association is a group connecting all...

Posted: February 19, 2024, 8:13 AM

Repost: Winter Wednesdays: From Earthenware to Drones

Indigenous Technologies in the Darién Tropical Rain Forest

See original post here to RSVP and for meeting information  Wednesday, January 24, 2024 · 12 - 1 PM Online As drug smugglers are swapping drug trafficking for the highly prized and...

Posted: January 22, 2024, 12:19 PM