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Michelle Vasquez Ruiz
@mvasquezruiz.bsky.social
Oaxaqueña in LA researching histories of Indigenous immigration.

UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chicana/o and Central American Studies, UCLA || PhD in American Studies and Ethnicity @USC

https://michelle-vasquez-ruiz.com
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The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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From the amazing Professor Carolina Valdivida (UC Irvine): How Faculty and Staff can Support Undocumented and DACAmented Students:

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How Faculty and Staff Can Support Undocumented & DACAmented Students Amid Growing Fear and Worry
Over the last few days, there have been growing fears and worries among students who are members of undocumented or mixed-status families (where at least one member is undocumented). Many are fearf…
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February 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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I'm trying to stay calm. This, plus the Laken Riley legislation, will criminalize migrants for the most minor infractions and put them in a legal grey area. Twenty years of invisible human rights abuses, committed with impunity. No one will see what is happening to them there.
Trump: Today I'm also signing an executive order to instruct the departments of defense and homeland security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay
January 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.
January 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Truly honored to receive this award. I’m grateful to the award committee and to all the folks that have supported my research.

And congratulations to @verognzlz.bsky.social for also winning this award!
Found out I am one of the recipients of the LASA #Latinx Studies Section #Dissertation Award!

Grateful to the committee for recognizing this work and to everyone who has supported me along the way.

Congratulations to the other incredible winner, Professor Michelle Vasquez Ruiz!
January 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Application deadline extended! Are you passionate about accessibility in your professional organizations or experience navigating access needs? Consider applying as a Discussant for a virtual Working Group on Accessibility, Disability, and #PublicHistory. Submit at ncph.org/conference/o... by 12/15.
December 4, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Ah, yes, it’s those pesky grad students making less than $50k a year in one of the most expensive metropolitan areas in the country who are to blame for austerity and the collapse of the humanities.
Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs

The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks... #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4fOUhHu
BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including Engl...
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November 20, 2024 at 7:03 PM
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Thanks for sharing more names to this starter pack. There are now 123 or so scholars who work on Latina/o/x studies included in this list. Please share and also send also send more recommendations of folks to include! ¡Entre más mejor!

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November 15, 2024 at 11:00 PM