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:

Brazilian Cultural Activist Book Talk

Co-Sponsored by LHFA

Jaqueline Fernandes, Brazilian cultural activist, will discuss her book, The Latinidades Festival - Memories and Utopias of Black Women. Hear about the history of the festival from the vantage...

Posted: September 14, 2022, 10:34 AM

Dr. María Sánchez Featured in UMBC's Magazine

"See the Challenge, Be the Change"

Dr. María Sánchez, LHFA president and Director of Engineering and Computing Education Program was recently featured in our campus magazine highlighting her role in UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars...

Posted: September 14, 2022, 10:25 AM

Congratulations to María Célleri and Yolanda Valencia!

Outstanding Scholars - 2022 Career Enhancement Fellows

"Yolanda Valencia, assistant professor of geography and environmental studies, and María Célleri, assistant professor of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies, have received 12-month Career...

Posted: August 23, 2022, 11:01 AM

Earth Day Hike for UMBC Latinx Community

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*An invitation by María Celleri: mcelleri@umbc.edu Hello everyone, Latino Outdoors-DMV invites the UMBC Latinx community to a hike on Earth Day, Friday April 22 from 1-2:30 PM at Patapsco...

Posted: April 15, 2022, 10:41 AM

REPOST: Decolonize4Climate

Why We Must Stop Electric Cars from Destroying the World

Cross-promotion from this original event link. Thursday, February 17, 2022 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM The Latin American Feminisms Working Group is proud to present co-founders of the Center for...

Posted: February 10, 2022, 11:07 AM

UMBC International Education Week

Let's bring the world to UMBC

November 12 -19, 2021 is UMBC International Education Week. The Center for Global Engagement has put together a series of guest speakers, lectures, workshops and other activities throughout the...

Posted: November 2, 2021, 1:21 PM

Puerto Ricans at the Fault Lines

Humanities Forum with Yarimar Bonilla

*Save the date for our annual event co-sponsored with the Dresher Center.  Fernando Tormos-Aponte, LHFA member, will be leading the discussion with Yarimar Bonilla.  Wednesday, September 29,...

Posted: August 31, 2021, 11:52 AM

Upcoming NOAA Undergraduate Scholarship Seminar

October 20, 2020 at 4:00PM

Please share with students and other faculty. Some of the opportunities to be discussed in the webinar also apply to graduate students. For UMBC students that apply to the NOAA scholarships, the...

Posted: October 9, 2020, 3:36 PM

HLSU Ice Cream Social

Just HLSU bonding time and having fun doing so!

What's up everybody, just wanted to let you all know that this Thursday, March 6th around 8 PM, HLSU Exec Board wanted to host an event where all members are welcome, we'll be having a sort of ice...

Posted: March 3, 2014, 6:08 PM