Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies
The Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies provides students with the critical skills to navigate a diverse and globally interdependent world through the study of Latinx arts, culture, history, literature, economy, and society.
Degrees
With the department’s foundational roots in student-activism, and a long-standing partnership with Brooklyn College’s Department of Childhood, Bilingual, and Special Education and the college’s many interdisciplinary departments and programs, you will gain the knowledge to position yourself for graduate study to careers in the public to private sector.
Meet Our Faculty
An important and vital part of the Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies Department is our highly qualified faculty.
Featured News
The Public Servant
Lisette Nieves ’92 has been transforming lives through public service since she was a teenager.
Liberating Education
Dean María Scharrón-del Río reveals how the School of Education prepares students to teach in a challenging world.
Hess Scholars Paul Ortiz and Barbara Smith to Lecture on “Defending the Humanities”
Ortiz is a professor of history at the University of Florida and will serve as Brooklyn College’s Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence for 2024.
Contact and Adviser Information
Department Chair: Alan A. Aja
Deputy Chair: Jasmine Mitchell
1205 Boylan Hall
E: prls@brooklyn.cuny.edu
P: 718.951.5561
F: 718.951.4183
Social Media
Proclamations
Proclamation, Office of the President, Borough of Brooklyn
Proclamation, Office of the President, Borough of Brooklyn
May 26, 2021
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies
Proclamation, The Assembly—State of New York
Proclamation, The Assembly—State of New York
May 26, 2021
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies
Documentary
Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College
Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College
- Watch the Documentary (Select the link within ‘This media is protected. Please click here to login.’ for the video.)
- Study Guide (PDF)