CLAS Director and Professor Aldo Lauria-Santiago and CLAS Executive Committee Member and Associate Professor Ulla Berg have published a new book titled "Latinos/as in New Jersey" alongside 20 other contributors, listed below. This book brings together innovative and empirically grounded scholarship from different disciplines and interdisciplinary fields of study and addresses topics including the demographic history of Latinos in the state, Latino migration from gateway cities to suburban towns, Latino urban enclaves, Latino economic and social mobility, Latino students and education, the New Jersey Dream Act and in-state tuition act organizing, Latinos and criminal justice reform, Latino electoral politics and leadership, and undocumented communities.
In celebration of the launch of this new book, the Center of Latin American Studies, Latino Studies Research Initiative, and the Department of Latino & Caribbean Studies are hosting a "Book Launch and Conference" event on Friday, February 21, 2025 with several of the contributors in attendance and a reception as well. For more information on this event, visit here.
If you'd like to learn more about the contents and subject of this book, as well as purchasing information, visit the Rutgers University Press website here.
Contributors:
Aldo A. Lauria-Santiago (editor), Ulla D. Berg (editor), Raymond Sanchez Mayers, Lyna L. Wiggins, Elsa Candelario, Laura Curran, Giovani Burgos, Alex F. Trillo, Anil Venkatesh, Johana Londoño, Jennifer Ayala, Ana Y. Ramos-Zayas, Giancarlo Muschi, Ismael García Colón, William Suárez Gómez, Benjamin Lapidus, Lilia Fernandez, Elena Sabogal, Melanie Z. Plasencia, Daniela Valdes, Yamil Avivi and Kathleen López
