Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2026
Publication Title
Latino Studies
Abstract
Opening paragraph:
In fall 2022, I began a tenure track position at Illinois State University (ISU), as a joint hire between the Department of Criminal Justice Sciences and the Latin American and Latino Studies Program (LALS). LALS is a multi-disciplinary program with affiliated faculty from multiple colleges and departments across campus. In contrast to affiliated faculty whose main teaching responsibilities are in their home departments, as a joint hire I have teaching responsibilities in Criminal Justice Sciences (two classes) and LALS (one class). I became part of a small cohort of faculty across departments (Languages, Sociology and Anthropology, Communications, and Speech-Language Pathology) who teach Introduction to Latino Studies (LAL 109).
Funding Source
This article was published Open Access thanks to a transformative agreement between Milner Library and Springer Nature
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
DOI
10.1057/s41276-026-00563-4
Recommended Citation
Ascherio, M. Teaching the sociological imagination: creating community in tumultuous times. Lat Stud (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41276-026-00563-4
Comments
First published in Latino Studies (2026): https://doi.org/10.1057/s41276-026-00563-4